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Archie Shepp: The New York Contemporary Five
by John Barron
Although saxophonist Archie Shepp is listed as the leader of this release, The New York Contemporary Five was really a collective; a short-lived, free jazz super-group from the early 1960s. The band, with a front line of Shepp, cornetist Don Cherry and alto saxophonist John Tchicai, was recorded live at the famed Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, ...
Tenors of the Times (Part One): June 27, 2010
The EarRegulars were an all-reed edition (no brass need apply for that one Sunday) last week, June 27, 2010: Greg Cohen, bass; James Chirillo, guitar; Harry Allen and Scott Robinson, tenor saxophones. There were no JATP antics that night; rather, the four musical lines reminded me greatly of beautiful vines, creating a tapestry of lovely sounds ...
The Stryker / Slagle Band CD Release at The Jazz Standard Tues., Aug. 10th Sets at 7:30pm & 9:30
The Stryker / Slagle Band CD Release at The Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th Street (between Lexington and Park Avenues) Tues., Aug. 10th Sets at 7:30pm & 9:30 The Stryker / Slagle Band Dave Stryker--guitar Steve Slagle--sax Ed Howard--bass TBA--drums NEW CD: KEEPER The Stryker / Slagle Band Keeper ...
The Smokers Union - Jammin' On The Hudson
Riverbank State Park, in association with Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC, for our sixth consecutive year are pleased to present: “Jammin' On The Hudson." 'Jammin'; The Summer Concert Series for the 'serious' Jazz Lover! What could be more inviting than listening to the sounds of great Jazz Artists, cast out over The Hudson River, at sunset, for ...
Art Tatum Trio, Chicago
A good deal of energetic call-and-response was stirred up on this site by my posting what was proposed as an authentic Art Tatum signature. Reader Gary Pajer has generously shared with us his father's postcard from the London House in Chicago, signed by the three members of a notable trio: Gary's father didn't remember an exact ...
The Story Behind Ringo Starr's Gold-Plated Drum Headed to New York's Met
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is known for its grand exhibitions of iconic visual artists, most of them dead, but also a few living ones who have attained high-ranking stature in their fields. So it struck many in the art world as strange when the museum announced this week that it would be taking a ...
Jazz Gigs New York City
GABRIEL ALEGRIA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTET (Friday through Sunday) At 8 and 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 7 and 9 p.m. on Sunday Tutuma Social Club 164 East 56th Street, at Third Avenue (646) 300-0305 J. D. ALLEN QUARTET (Friday through ...
JC Stylles Jazz at Creole Restaurant & Supper Club in Harlem, NY on July 10th. 2010
Creole Restaurant and Supper Club is one of the hottest haunts in New York. With a list of performers that include Dave Valentin, James Spaulding, Cyrus Chestnut and David Murray just to name a few, Creole reigns supreme in the New York Jazz community. And let us not forget about their wonderfully scrumptious menu consisting of ...
Robert and Clara and Sting and Trudie
Crossover projects in classical music have traditionally been matters of opera singers or big-ticket instrumentalists performing jazz, pop or folk music, usually not as well as the musicians who perform this material full time. But since the late 1980s, crossover has moved in the other direction too. Stewart Copeland and Roger Waters have written operas; Paul ...
Organist Pat Bianchi Releases New CD "Back Home"
New York City based jazz organist Pat Bianchi will be releasing his sophomore recording entitled Back Home on the Doodlin' Records label. It will be available nationwide on July 13, 2010. Following the success of his first CD, East Coast Roots, released on Jazz Media, Bianchi's Back Home continues to showcase a different repertoire than that ...
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