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Good Old New York: Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (August 30,2010)
n any Monday or Tuesday night, those who love jazz and pop — to listen and dance to—should make their way to Club Cache, in the basement of the Hotel Edison (221 West 46th Street), to catch Vince Gordano and the Nighthawks, playing from 8-11 PM. I did just that last Monday. The Nighthawks were Mike ...
Good Old New York: Bob Wilber at Birdland (September 1, 2010)
One of the more reassuring aspects of the New York jazz scene is that a few steady gigs remain—the Sunday and Monday night hoedowns at Arthur's Tavern on Grove Street; the EarRegulars at The Ear Inn on Sundays; Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (now on Monday and Tuesday) downstairs in the Hotel Edison. And this year ...
Wow! More Savory Snippets
Last Tuesday night at the Jazz Museum in Harlem, Loren Schoenberg played us Teddy Wilson, Bob Zurke, Benny Goodman, and Count Basie recordings we had never heard before (and he's going to keep it up for three more Tuesday evenings in a row). And today he and Michael Cogswell, director of the Louis Armstrong Archive at ...
Jottings of a Jazzman
The best biographical or autobiographical writings make a person the reader has never encountered come to life on the page. JOTTINGS OF A JAZZMAN: SELECTED WRITINGS OF LEN BARNARD, edited by his niece Loretta Barnard, has just that magic. When I was a few pages into it, I felt as if I had met and heard ...
Dmitri Kolesnik at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
by AAJ Staff
Dmitri KolesnikDizzy's Club Coca ColaNew York, NYAugust 27, 2010Dmitri Kolesnik came to New York from his native St Petersburg in 1991, to study bass with Ron Carter. Now Kolesnik is a firm fixture on the jazz scene in New York. At Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Kolesnik's band featured trumpeter Joe Magnarelli, ...
The Cookers and the Vijay Iyer Trio, at Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Charlie Parker Jazz FestivalTompkins Square ParkNew York, NYAugust 29, 2010After a blistering blues-based set by New York-based singer Catherine Russell, the 7-piece hard-bop ensemble The Cookers (Billy Harper: tenor sax; Eddie Henderson and David Weiss: trumpets; Craig Handy: alto sax and flute; George Cables: piano; Cecil McBee: bass and Billy Hart: ...
Ehud and Harry's Party (September 2, 2010)
Those names refer to the splendid young pianist Ehud Asherie, the inimitable tenor saxophonist Harry Allen. They were celebrating in a cozy corner of the Hotel Kitano's bar last Thursday—celebrating the release of their new quartet CD, MODERN LIFE, for the Posi-Tone label. At the Kitano, they were joined by master timekeepers Chuck Riggs, drums; Clovis ...
Jamiroquai "White Knuckle Ride"
There's worldwide excitement about the new Jamiroquai album; funk fans are hungry. We've heard a bit of the first single “White Knuckle Ride" floating around online and soon it will be released on 10" vinyl. They're currently working on that and another single called “Blue Skies" for the new album, Rock Dust Light Star. Head to ...
Cindy Blackman's Explorations, Jazz Standard August 18, 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Cindy Blackman's ExplorationsJazz StandardNew York, NYAugust 18, 2010 Cindy Blackman's Explorations' first set on Wednesday, August 18 opened with a very experimental-sounding number dominated by keyboards and drums that switched back and forth into a more traditional format. Linking the tune's two facets was Rashaan Carter's walking bass, which stood apart ...
Kirk Whalum's Donny Hathaway Tribute out Now: Everything is Everything
Donny Hathaway would have been 65 years old on October 1, 2010. Tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum's work has similarly crossed the boundaries between R&B, gospel and jazz with an emotional immediacy that is beyond compare. Kirk's new release, Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway brilliantly exhibits 8-time Grammy nominee Kirk's singular interpretive skills. Highlights ...
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