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Koby Hayon Trio New Release - "Gemini" with Kermit Driscoll & Jerome Morris
Israeli Guitarist and composer Koby Hayon releases debut CD “Gemini" Koby Hayon was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. In 1999, Koby moved to Tel-Aviv to pursue his musical career, and played as a jazz guitar player in many different groups in venues throughout Israel . In 2001, Hayon moved to the United States, where he ...
A Futurist Art with Complex Latin Beats
Over the last 10 years there has been a small and steady movement to increase the audience for the Brazilian jazz composer Moacir Santos, who died in 2006. The movement has mostly happened in Brazil; here it's all uphill. You still can't find “Coisas," Santos's best album, on iTunes, and the CD sells for $70 on ...
One Person's "Modern"
When I was in graduate school, we knew that “modernism" began around the First World War; we are now in post-modernism," although the name makes me itchy, especially when it's collapsed into pomo." I feel a kinship to “modernism" as practiced by Woolf, Joyce, Kandinsky, Stravinsky, and so on. Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses ...
Television Singer Starts Myspace Contest to Find Web Developers
New York, NY -- Courtney Salter, a neo-soul artist on the Premier Musique Group (PMG) record label, has initiated a contest for all webmasters to design her MySpace page. The winner of the challenge will be allowed on the set of her upcoming music video; be the first to receive her highly anticipated EP Album prior ...
Artist Louise Bourgeois Internationally Revered Artist Passes
Louise Bourgeois, an internationally revered artist whose intensely personal work was inspired by psychological conflict, feminist consciousness and a fertile imagination, has died. She was 98. Bourgeois died Monday at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan after suffering a heart attack on Saturday, said Wendy Williams, managing director of the Louise Bourgeois Studio in New York. ...
MOJA Radio/Weekly Features: May 31 - June 6, 2010
This Monday, May 31st, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on one of the most popular and active bassists, composers and bandleaders around today, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE on the very day that marks his 38th birthday. You'll hear the story of ...
AllAboutJazz-New York June 2010 Issue Now Available!
Despite the burgeoning reputations of other cities, New York still remains the jazz capital of the world, if only for sheer volume. A night in NYC is a month, if not more, anywhere else - an astonishing amount of music packed in its 305 square miles (Manhattan only 34 of those!). This is normal for the ...
Sounding Manhattan Jazz
DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER: TO BILLIE WITH LOVE (Thursday) Ms. Bridgewater, the jazz singer who once earned an Olivier Award nomination for her theatrical portrayal of Billie Holiday, revisits that touchstone. (Through June 6.) At 8 and 10:30 p.m. Blue Note 131 West ...
NYC Summer Jazz Workshops, Presented by New York Jazz Academy, Now Accepting Applications
New York Jazz Academy, New York City's fastest-growing music school, is now accepting applications for its 2010 Summer Jazz Workshops. The week-long immersion camp will be held from July 26-30 (M-F, 10:00am-4:00pm) on Manhattan's Upper West Side at The Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, 263 West 86th St. (at West End Ave.), New York, ...
"Search Engine Terms," 2010
It's that time again: our irregular compendium of the odd ways that 1) people find this blog, and 2) what they think they are looking for, often the answer to a question or an attempt to locate something vaguely defined. Here are seven, with some often flippant commentary attached. fats waller vs billie holiday I wish ...
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