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Article: New York Beat

Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 2

by Nick Catalano
August 16, 2009

Part 1 | Part 2 This seminal documentary continues on the second CD with a scene straight out of a typical Gotham jazz collaboration: singer Gretchen Parlato and pianist Aaron Parks are together in a NYC apartment working out a vocal arrangement. Gretchen is heard commenting on the vagaries of jazz singing and the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Moppa Elliott Jazz History Scrambled, with Love and Respect

August 15, 2009

Theres a bustling, ostentatious impiety in the music of Mostly Other People Do the Killing. Led by the bassist Moppa Elliott, its a jazz quartet with a diligent grasp of history but an anarchic take on convention. At Zebulon in Brooklyn late on Thursday night, the group riffled through jazz idioms with hammy geniality, like an ...

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News: Music Industry

You're Bob Dylan? Police Need to See Some ID

August 15, 2009

Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood. Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John ...

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Article: Book Review

The Ghosts of Harlem (Sessions with Jazz Legends)

by Russ Musto
August 15, 2009

The Ghosts of Harlem (Sessions with Jazz Legends) Hank O'Neal Paperback; 496 pages ISBN: 0826516270 Vanderbilt University Press 2009 Hank O'Neal is a jazz renaissance man--an author, photographer, concert promoter, label owner and record producer. Best known for his role as the owner/operator of Chiaroscuro Records, ...

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News: Event

AAJ Orchestra to Premiere at Pier 66 (NYC) on August 14th - Free!

August 14, 2009

Jazz Comes off the Web and onto the River Free Jazz Concert on the Hudson Pier 66, on the Hudson River at West 26th Street Friday, August 14, 2009 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM New York City, A brand-new jazz ensemble, The All About Jazz Orchestra, will give its debut performance on Friday, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Steely Dan Wrap Beacon Theatre Stand with Gaucho Gig

August 14, 2009

Last night Donald Fagan and Walter Becker got dressed, walked down the street and made a little lucre playing the most cynical music ever. The event was the final night of Steely Dans long stand at New Yorks Beacon Theatre. Theyve been here since July playing the final three records of their early career 1976s Royal ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Alternative Harps at Theater 80 (NYC) on August 27

August 14, 2009

A unique blend of improvised and composed music will be showcased by harpists Brandee Younger, Mia Theodoratus and Riza Hequibal on August 27 at Theater 80 St. Marks. The chic trio announced today that they will demonstrate their talents fusing jazz, classical and world music. These compelling harpists consist of Younger, a soulfully buoyant personality who ...

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News: Recording

Guitarist Omar Haddad Releases "Ceremony" - Concert at The Shrine (NYC) on September 18th

August 14, 2009

Guitarist Omar Haddad presents his new CD of original Jazz compositions, Ceremony, a Guitar-Piano duo. The event will take place on Friday, September 18th at 6:00 p.m., at The Shrine: 2271 A. C. Powell Jr. Blvd., New York (7th Ave. at 134th St.), featuring Jesse Stacken on piano. There will be no cover charge. About Omar ...

News: Performance / Tour

Deep Minor at Drom (NYC) on August 18th at 8PM

August 14, 2009

Dear friends, I hope this message finds you well, and that you're enjoying the summer. Please mark your calendars for a rare NYC appearance by Deep Minor. We're playing at Drom in the lower east side, a week from today. Details: When: Tues, August 18th 8 PM Where: Drom, 85 Ave A b/w ...

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Article: Megaphone

The Art of Listening: A Sense of Place

by AAJ Staff
August 14, 2009

By Gerry Hemingway I am writing to offer my insights about the experience of listening from the perspective of being a musician. The art of listening is, of course, a somewhat open-ended topic that, for the sake of this article, will concentrate primarily on a few points of what I have observed and can ...