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Ada Rovatti CD Release: "Green Factor"
Green Factor is a unique recording with a melting pot of Irish, Celtic, jazz and fusion influences with strong harmonies and sophisticated arrangements. Green Factor Tracks: The Kerry Dance The Green Factor Oh Corko Mio I Lost My Wisdom Oh Danny Boy The Untold Story Somewhere Over The Rainbow Wild Colonial Boy Peter Pan Your Highness ...
Apollo More Than Just a Theater, with More Than Just an Audience
From the 1930s to at least the 1960s the Apollo was a combination town meetinghouse, “American Idol” and La Scala for black American music. It celebrated the democratic impulse and the aristocratic impulse; it was where you could see comedians play the oaf and Duke Ellington play the genius. From vaudeville through swing, bebop, doo-wop, R&B, ...
The Apollo Uptown Shrine’s Upbeat Anniversary
JAMES BROWN, the Godfather of Soul, pressed huge tips into his hand for errands and urged him to read. The comedian Jackie (Moms) Mabley sent him to the store to buy chitlins or pork chops, to be shared with everyone, cooked on a hot plate. Flip Wilson sent him out for food too but locked the ...
U2 “Spider-Man” Musical Swinging onto Broadway February 2010
The planned Spider-Man musical, featuring music and lyrics by U2’s Bono and the Edge, will make its Broadway debut in February 2010. Previews of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark start January 16th, with the musical’s official starting date February 18th at the Hilton Theatre. Julie Taymor, director of film musical Across the Universe, is set to ...
Banana Republic Celebrates the Diverse Rhythms of City Life with New Musician-Filled Campaign "City Stories"
Nine unique music artists share their sounds and style in national Spring/Summer ads starting February 17 Banana Republic has assembled a talented, multicultural group of music artists to celebrate the richness of city life in a new spring/summer campaign called CITY STORIES, launching nationwide Feb. 17. The campaign features nine diverse musicians, including Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Sara ...
Ryan Snow Presents "Basement Music Series" with Peter Evans, Adam Caine, Jack Wright on February 27 & 28
An ongoing series at: Snow's Basement 796 Grand St. #1 Brooklyn NY 11211 Friday, February 27th Peter Evans Solo Trumpet Adam Caine Trio (Caine guitar, Tom Blancarte bass, John Wagner drums) Jason Nazary Solo Laptop Saturday, February 28th Jack Wright Trio (Wright sax, Reuben Radding bass, Andrew Drury drums) Ben ...
Mike Stern And Kenny Garrett at Iridium, New York
by AAJ Staff
Mike Stern and Kenny GarrettIridiumNew York, New YorkDecember 31, 2008 It is New Year's Eve, and the temperature shown on the buildings around Time Square as minus 12!... I had just seen Mike Stern, jazz-fusion guitarist extraordinaire, at Broadway's Iridium jazz club. To get there, I had to sacrifice a backpack, ...
Boston Modern Orchestra Project: Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz
by Ted Gordon
What might seem the most innocuous music is often the most avant-garde, the most challenging; the spark that forces the question of what defines the boundaries of jazz. Gunther Schuller's “Journey Into Jazz," composed in 1962, is just that: a children's narrative, telling the story of one Eddie Jackson, “a boy who learned about jazz," a ...
Dmitry Baevsky at Smalls Jazz Club Tonight
Dmitry Baevsky 4tet will be at Smalls tonight Dmitry Baevsky - Alto Sax Jeb Patton - Piano Clovis Nicolas - Bass Joe Strasser - Drums 12:00 & 1:30 AM 183 West 10th street @ 7th Ave New York City About Dmitry Baevsky Dmitry Baevsky ...
Faruq Z. Bey with the Northwood Improvisers: Journey into the Valley
by Clifford Allen
Though in the jazz world, Detroit and southern Michigan often get the most credit for producing Hahd bop talents like Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan and the brothers Jones, there has long been a slow-burning fire of free improvisation and creative music tapping into the Motor City's pulse. Reedmen Faruq Z. Bey and Skeeter Shelton, both onetime ...
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