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Tia Fuller Releases Decisive Steps + MP3
Alto/soprano saxophonist/flautist Tia Fullers newest Mack Avenue release, Decisive Steps, is a sumptuous CD of ten tracks that illustrate her artistic fearlessness. A member of Beyoncs band for four years, Fullers agile, buoyant and elegant full-bodied sax lines effortlessly improvise a number of moods and grooves, as evidenced by the take-no-prisoners tempo of the title track. ...
Artie Shaw, Three Ways
Artie Shaw has been gone since 2004 and he last played the clarinet in public around fifty years before that, so the people who heard him play must be diminishing day by day. But he remains an astonishing musician and a public figure capable of stirring up controversies. I offer three ways of looking at the King ...
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra at Dizzy's
Juilliards student big band focuses on the music of two swing-era pianist-composers Mary Lou Williams and Duke Ellington. In this engagement they featuring a distinguished guest, Kenny Barron, in the piano chair. JUILLIARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dizzys Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center 60th Street and Broadway ...
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motiam Play the Blue Note
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian: Futher Explorations of Bill Evans. Chick Corea, an endlessly inquisitive pianist, spearheads a tribute to one of his quieter inspirations. His partners are both alumni of Evans trios: Eddie Gomez, a versatile and thoughtful bassist who also has many years of history with Corea, and Paul Motian, a ...
A Warm Night at the Ear (May 2, 2010)
It was in the eighties outside last Sunday but the unsually high temperature isnt the subject of this post. Im sure that the warmth in the West Village was emanating from inside The Ear Inn (326 Spring Street) where fervent jazz was once again being played. This edition of The Ear Regulars had co-founders Jon-Erik Kellso and ...
John Zorn's Masada: Seminar with Dave Douglas
Monday, May 10, 7PM - 10PM Stone Seminar 19 Dave Douglas on the Music of Masada At The Stone in NYC When John asked me to present a seminar, I thought: why not take a handful of Masada tunes, old and new, and play them with people? We'll ...
What is a Jam Session?
They announced I was leading it so I asked, and got blank stares in return. It was clearly the wrong question, so I followed up: Is it Standards? Is it Free Improvisation? Is it a reading of original compositions? Is it preformed groups getting up to play? It is musicians who don't normally play together ad ...
Hanne Hukkelberg + Overseas : Tuesdays in May at Nublu
Tuesdays in May at Nublu 62 Avenue C, Manhattan btw 4th and 5th street $10 F train to 2nd Avenue please note a slight variation in start times and line-ups Tuesday May 4th N.B. one set at 9pm (sharp) OVERSEAS ...
NYC's Swing46 Jazz & Supper Club Celebrates 13th Year Anniversary!
SWING 46 JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB 349 West 46th Street Restaurant Row New York, NY 10036 Ph: 212-262-9554 13th Year Anniversary Special SWING46 JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB remains committed to the tradition of a Great American Legacy" Their style, their product, their catalogue of music is ...
Gilles Peterson Digs Cuba
Two years ago, Gilles Peterson visited Cuba for the first time on a reconnaissance mission to check out the new generation of Havana-based artists. The fruits of his labor culminated in the album he presented, Havana Cultura, which was recently released, but now his Brownswood Recordings imprint is preparing the release of Havana Cultura Remixed out ...

