Results for "New York City"

Music Royalties Group is Moving Jobs out of New York

July 2, 2009

The entity that collects royalties almost every time somebody plays a Michael Jackson tune is exporting about 32 jobs to Nashville as it prepares to move from Midtown to the 7 World Trade Center office tower. The organization, Broadcast Music Inc., which collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers, including Mr. Jackson, ...

Somi: Live at Joe's Pub in New York City!

July 2, 2009

Fast rising East African vocalist Somi will perform at Joe's Pub in New York City on July 9th, 2009 at 7:30PM. Originally from Rwanda and Uganda, Somi has made West Harlem her home over the past five years. Her critically acclaimed album Red Soil In My Eyes (Harmonia Mundi, 2007) maintained a spot in the top ...

Tony Bennett Never Left Astoria Behind

July 1, 2009

Tony Bennett sings about leaving his heart in San Francisco. But when he talks, it seems to have remained in Astoria, the western Queens neighborhood where he grew up. “The finest place to live", Mr. Bennett, 82, said as he showed a reporter his favorite haunts. “Ive been all over the world Paris and Florence and ...

Ron Kaplan Sings New York at Feinstein's

July 1, 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 debut of Ron Kaplan July 10 and 11. The show will be a collection of tunes from his latest CD, New York which ...

3 Cohens at Village Vanguard

by David Miller
July 1, 2009

Anat, Uval and Avishai CohenThe Village VanguardNew York, New YorkJune 23, 2009If jazz is an attitude, then the Cohen family has it in spades. That much was evident from the moment Anat, Yuval and Avishai took the hallowed Village Vanguard stage on a sweaty Tuesday night. In a set whose moods ...

Andrew Drury Group at I Beam on July 10th

June 30, 2009

Peter Evans, trumpet Briggan Krauss, alto saxophone Chris Speed, tenor saxophone Andrew Drury, drums & compositions I Beam Studio 168 7th St. (b/n 2nd & 3rd Ave, Gowanus/Park Slope) Brooklyn, NY July 10, 2009 8pm $10 suggested donation for more info: [email protected] Kristen Berardi ...

Dave Allen Quartet at 55 Bar on July 1st

June 30, 2009

Esperanza Spalding Charismatic and Soulful Maturing Star of Jazz

June 30, 2009

Esperanza Spalding carried herself like a worldbeater at Central Park SummerStage on Sunday afternoon, and resistance was largely futile. In her ebullient singing and her agile bass playing, Ms. Spalding radiated a cyclone-force charisma, along with the fresh-faced self-conviction that only precocity can bestow. But the hourlong show was more than a reminder of her talent. ...

Jerry Lewis, Marvin Hamlisch Taking 'Nutty Professor' to Broadway

June 30, 2009

A musical version of the 1963 comedy classic “The Nutty Professor" is headed to Broadway, and the director will be none other than Jerry Lewis himself. The comedian, who won't be acting in the musical, has brought on board Marvin Hamlisch to write music and Rupert Holmes to do book and lyrics. Producers are planning on ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center Now Accepting Rhythm Road Applications

June 30, 2009

Jazz at Lincoln Center is now accepting band applications for the 2009-2010 Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program. The program, now in its fifth year, is a collaboration with The U.S. Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Applications are due by Aug. 10. American music groups from throughout the United States specializing in ...