Results for "New York City"

John Medeski: Mad Science

by Graham L. Flanagan
January 1, 2010

The sight of John Medeski performing on stage--his brow furrowed by intense concentration--can be intimidating. Armed with an arsenal of instruments both traditional and unconventional, he concocts sonic combinations most listeners would never have otherwise conceived. It's obvious that he's there to work--not play. Like a mad scientist who's been stuck in his lab for months, ...

New York City

By Miroslav Vitous

Label: Freedom
Released: 2009

Sten Hostfalt & Trudy Silver at 5c Cafe NYC New Years Eve

December 30, 2009

Marco Benevento & Friends: Live In NYC: The Sullivan Hall Residency

by Chris May
December 29, 2009

Marco Benevento & Friends Live In NYC: The Sullivan Hall Residency The Royal Potato Family 2009 In January 2008, coinciding with the release of his monumental gumbo of retro-modern jazz, rock, pop and funk, Invisible Baby (Hyena, 2008), pianist Marco Benevento took over New York's then brand new ...

Vicki Burns and Ed MacEachen Perform on Tuesday January 5th at Uno Chicago Grill Bronx, New York

December 28, 2009

Jazz vocalist Vicki Burns and Master guitarist, Ed MacEachen team for a debut performance of a new duo at The Uno Chicago Grill in the Parkchester area of the Bronx. This performance is part of a dynamic new music series called Uno Music Tuesdays. 71 Metropolitan Oval Bronx, New York 718.824.8667 Vicki ...

Donny McCaslin Group at The Jazz Standard, Dec. 16, NYC

by Ernest Barteldes
December 28, 2009

Donny McCaslin Group Jazz Standard New York, New York December 16, 2009 The music from Donny McCaslin's recent album Declaration was the basis of this evening's first set, which was part of the saxophonist's two-day stand at the Manhattan jazz club, where he appeared with his nine-piece ensemble ...

Alexis Cole at St. Peter's Church

by Ernest Barteldes
December 27, 2009

Alexis Cole St. Peter's Church New York, NY December 04, 2009 Backed by a seven-piece band, vocalist Alexis Cole took the stage for the New York release concert of her latest CD, The Greatest Gift (Motema Music, 2009), with an inspired version of “Have Yourself A ...

AllAboutJazz-New York January 2010 Issue Now Available!

December 26, 2009

If a new year makes people reflective, what about a new decade? We are entering the second chapter in a new century and it's almost overwhelming to think of the events both remarkable and tragic, innovations both uplifting and idiotic and transformations both obvious and still being understood that have taken place. Even in the small ...

The Music of Art Blakey: 90th Birthday Celebration at the Iridium, NYC

by Dave Kaufman
December 26, 2009

Golden Boy: The Music of Art Blakey--90th Birthday Celebration David Weiss and 11 Musicians The Iridium Jazz Club New York, New York December 5, 2009 The great drummer and long-standing band leader Art Blakey would have celebrated his 90th birthday this past October. In honor of that ...

Evan Parker Residency with McPhee, Shipp, Zorn, Courvoisier, et al. at The Stone, NYC

by Gordon Marshall
December 26, 2009

Evan Parker Residency The Stone East Village, Manhattan New York, New York October 1-16, 2009 Rivaled only, in recent memory, by Cecil Taylor's 1988 “Kongresshalle" collaborations in Berlin,* Evan Parker's residency at The Stone in East Village, Manhattan was, like those, a string of assorted and inventive pairings. ...