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DeJohnette, Perez and Patitucci Trio at the Blue Note

April 18, 2009

Intent on Mystery, a Trio Finds Common Ground, Jack DeJohnette, Danilo Prez and John Patitucci: Mr. DeJohnette, performing as part of a trio at the Blue Note. For about the first 10 minutes of their opening set at the Blue Note on Tuesday night the drummer Jack DeJohnette, the pianist Danilo Prez and the bassist John ...

Fulfilling what has been lacking...

by AAJ Staff
April 18, 2009

By Mickey Bass Jazz, as we once knew it, has become a thing of the past. For a lot of years clubs and promoters have been saying that this music is dead. My response to that statement is, “How can jazz be dead when its creators are still alive and well and creating?" ...

Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies

by Ivana Ng
April 18, 2009

Big Ears: Listening For Gender in Jazz Studies Edited by Nichole T. Rustin and Sherrie Tucker Paperback; 472 pages ISBN: 0822343207 Duke University Press 2008 Reading Ingrid Monson's “Fitting the Part," one of 15 fascinating essays in this tome, I wonder if I too ...

Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Five Bass Hits

by A. Henkin
April 18, 2009

Townhouse OrchestraBelle VilleClean Feed2008 Evan Parker/Ingebrigt Haker FlatenThe Brewery TapSmalltown Superjazzz2008 TrinityBreaking the MoldClean Feed2009 Ingebrigt Haker FlatenThe Year of the Boar

Spring Has Broken Out All Over

April 17, 2009

Benedikt Jahnel Trio in New York

April 17, 2009

Benedikt Jahnels Modular Concepts shines with crystal clarity and pure unsentimental emotion, from the first tone the music presents itself in such a natural way that one never questions but simply enjoys and follows along with it. Jahnel is a virtuoso whose harmonies and rhythmically ingenious playing radiate both intensity and transparency. First and foremost he ...

Sten Hostfalt Quartet Live at Puppets Jazz NYC

April 16, 2009

Sten Hostfalt Quartet Live at Puppets Jazz Bar NYC Tuesday April 21 * 9pm-1pm (3 sets ) * $6 cover Sten Hostfalt - guitar/compositions Ole Mathisen - saxophone James Luke - bass Dave Miller - drums 294 5th Ave. (at 11th st) Park Slope, Brooklyn NY ...

Howard Fishman's Biting Fish Brass Band @ Nublu

April 16, 2009

The Biting Fish Brass Band features Downtown favorite Howard Fishman fronting a New Orleans-style brass band and performing an eclectic, funky repertoire that careens from street-beat style traditional gospel to surprising covers to Fishman's own quirkly, fun originals. A former New Orleans resident, Fishman brings his deep affection for Louisiana music to bear, with references to ...

A Look Inside the Renovated Concert Hall at Lincoln Center

April 16, 2009

With giddiness and glee, musicians tested the acoustics of the newly renovated Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday, less than a month before it reopens after a $159 million, 22-month upgrade, a major milestone in Lincoln Centers $1.2 billion remaking. The musicians, acoustical experts and Lincoln Center officials in attendance all proclaimed the hall much more present, ...

It's Dolphy Day!

April 16, 2009

Today, we just had our third beautiful day of the week here in the 1000 islands region of Ontario and New York. Nice and sunny, temperatures in the mid 50's/upper 60's, not a cloud in the sky. It's days like these that an annual tradition is celebrated at a college in Upstate New York called, “Dolphy ...