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Article: Profile

Geri Allen: Journey to the Light

by Greg Thomas
August 27, 2009

Geri Allen's playing and compositional efforts manifest a stylistic flexibility grounded in her absorption of the lessons of the masters of the jazz idiom, and her desire to innovate upon that legacy. As an apprentice during high school and college, and then as a journeywoman, Allen has kept company with musical legends.

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News: Performance / Tour

Pianist/Composer/Vocalists Deanna Witkowski and Brenda Earle Share a Sacred Jazz Double-Bill at Cornelia Street Caf on Thurs, Sept 10 at 8:30 PM

August 26, 2009

What: Deanna Witkowski Quartet and Brenda Earle’s Sacred Voices with Felipe Salles, soprano and tenor sax; Ike Sturm, bass; Scott Latzky, drums (Deanna Witkowski Quartet); Julie Hardy, Jonathan Kline and Nathan Hetherington, voices; Keith Ganz, guitar; Ike Sturm, bass; Jared Schonig, drums (Brenda Earle’s Sacred Voices) When: Thurs, Sept 10 from 8:30-10:30 pm Where: Cornelia Street ...

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News: Obituary

Songwriter Ellie Greenwich Dies at 68

August 26, 2009

Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring songs, including “Chapel of Love," “Be My Baby" and “Leader of the Pack," died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68. Greenwich died of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, where she had been admitted a few days earlier for treatment of pneumonia, ...

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News: Festival

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September 2009 Lineup: Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival

August 25, 2009

Dizzys Club Coca-Cola September 2009 Lineup Amina Figarova, Renee Rosnes, Elana James, Marian McPartland, Marlena Shaw, Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Valerie Capers, Carmen Lundy, Evi Siamanda, Karrin Allyson & Others Featured in the 5th Annual Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival 5th Annual Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival Diet Coke, the world's ...

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News: Radio

Marlene Ver Planck on the "Jazz Spot" Sunday 8am & 8PM (Et)

August 22, 2009

Lenore Raphael's Jazz Spot, from Steinway Hall, NYC...Lenore talks and plays with some of the leading talent on today's Jazz Scene. The show is rebroadcast 11pm (ET)Fridays, immediately following the New York Tonight show with Rich Keith on purejazzradio.org. Check our website for the full program schedule: www.purejazzradio.org. Pure Jazz Radio, the best music in the ...

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News: Event

Rashied Ali Tribute Concert at Poisson Rouge (NYC) on September 5th

August 22, 2009

COLLECTIVE LANGUAGE featuring Gregg Bendian, drums & Zach Brock, violin (The Mahavishnu Project) with Jon Irabagon, sax (2008 Thelonius Monk Award winner) and Peter Brendler, bass present “A TRIBUTE TO RASHIED ALI: Interpreting the music of Interstellar Space and late-period Coltrane." Saturday, September 5th (7pm) Poisson Rouge 158 Bleeker St. ...

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Article: Live Review

Jon B and Ryan Leslie at Central Park Summerstage, NYC

by Ernest Barteldes
August 22, 2009

Jon B and Ryan Leslie at Central Park Summerstage New York, New York August 9, 2009 Vocalist Chrisette Michelle was a no-show last Sunday (according to a source, she cancelled two days before, but no further explanation was given), but that didn't stop fans from once again ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Grammy Nominated Jazz Pianist, Author and Radio Host Judy Carmichael at Feinstein's

August 21, 2009

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York” by New York Magazine, and “an invaluable New York institution” by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the return of internationally-acclaimed Grammy Award nominated stride pianist, radio host and author JUDY CARMICHAEL. At Feinstein’s, Carmichael – hailed as “a major figure ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mike Baggetta Quartet Tonight @ Cornelia Street Guitar Festival

August 20, 2009

Performing works from their recently release Fresh Sound New Talent album “Small Spaces" and new pieces. Part of the Cornelia Street Cafe 2009 Guitar Festival: Mike Baggetta Quartet Mike Baggetta - Guitar Jason Rigby - Saxophone Michael Bates - Bass George Schuller - Drums Thursday, August 20th 8:30pm ...

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Article: Live Review

Alfredo Rodriguez at the Jazz Standard: Cuban Piano Prodigy's NYC Debut

by Giovanni Russonello
August 20, 2009

Alfredo Rodriguez Trio Jazz Standard New York, New York July 28,2009 Alfredo Rodriguez is fond of saying that music has been his life since he was very young. The thing is, he's still very young. But the story of this 23-year-old pianist's daring defection from Cuba, his uncanny ...