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News: Performance / Tour

Maria Neckam @ Bar Next Door in NYC, Monday, Jan. 12th

January 11, 2009

“It wasn't just the unaffected clarity or refreshing timbre of her voice, nor her remarkable range that captured my imagination; it was the fearless integrity of her musical ideas.” --Bill Barnes, jazz.com MARIA NECKAM (voice and compositions) Live at BAR NEXT DOOR (La Lanterna) MONDAY, January 12th, 8-11:30pm at with Dan Tepfer (keys) and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jill Newman Productions Presents Mos Def in 3 Nights at Blue Note, January 23-25

January 11, 2009

MOS DEF Produced by Jill Newman Productions in Three Nights at the BLUE NOTE JANUARY 23 - 25 Following a sold-out concert featuring MOS DEF at the Highline Ballroom on Friday, January 9, Jill Newman Productions presents the consummate emcee, vocalist, musician and actor on three nights at the Blue Note January ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Young Men With A Horn: Ambrose Akinmusire & Vitaly Golovnev

by George Kanzler
January 11, 2009

Trumpeters Ambrose Akinmusire and Vitaly Golovnev were the winner and semi-finalist, respectively, in the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition. On these debut albums as leaders, they reveal ambitions that go beyond expressing trumpet prowess, which they both have, to personal conceptions as composers and bandleaders. On that score, the two trumpeters' paths ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Michelle Walker - Live @ Smoke Jazz Club - Weekend Show Just Added

January 10, 2009

Michelle Walker - Jazz Vocalist APAP WEEKEND - SHOW JUST ADDED LIVE @ SMOKE JAZZ CLUB SUNDAY JANUARY 11TH - 6:00PM-8:00PM SMOKE JAZZ CLUB 2751 Broadway NYC, NY between 105th and 106th Streets Take the #1 Train to 103rd Street FEATURING: NIKOLAZ HESS - PIANO Winner of the RAI competion Best European Jazz Pianist, Danish Pianist ...

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Article: Year in Review

AllAboutJazz-New York Best of 2008

by A. Henkin
January 10, 2009

MUSICIANS OF THE YEARAnthony Braxton Marilyn Crispell Hank Jones Roy Haynes Rudresh Mahanthappa RECORD LABELS OF THE YEARAUM Fidelity Clean Feed Intakt Jazzwerkstatt (Germany) Mosaic VENUES OF THE YEARCornelia Street Cafe (West Village) Jazz Standard (Murray Hill/Gramercy) Roulette (SoHo) The Stone (Alphabet City) ...

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Article: Live From New York

January 2009

by AAJ Staff
January 10, 2009

Harris Eisenstadt Tightly crafted as it was, drummer Harris Eisenstadt's music at Cornelia Street Cafe (Dec. 5th) had an elusiveness, an instability, even a darkness that contrasted with his quintet's celebratory name, Canada Day (the band formed on Jul. 1st). Joined by trumpeter Nate Wooley, tenorist Matt Bauder, vibraphonist Chris Dingman and bassist Eivind ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Danny Grissett: Encounters & Waldron Mahdi Ricks

by Elliott Simon
January 10, 2009

Ghostliness permeates both pianist Danny Grissett's Encounters and trumpeter/ flugelhornist Waldron Mahdi Ricks' eponymous album. Grissett is on Ricks' debut as a leader and leads a trio for his sophomore effort. The sessions showcase two sides of the young pianist--one who can most certainly swing in a modern jazz way, but who also has the rarer ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Tony Monaco: Vital Organs

by Jim Santella
January 10, 2009

Tony Monaco Live at the Orbit Room Chicken Coup Records 2008 Don Hales Unified String Theory Chicken Coup Records 2008 Tony Monaco comes from the Jimmy Smith school of ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Guitar Duets: Elliott Sharp/Scott Fields & Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer

by Karen Hogg
January 10, 2009

Elliott Sharp/Scott Fields Scharfefelder Clean Feed 2008 Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer The Lady of Khartoum Creative Nation Music 2008 Guitar duos present many possibilities for intrepid musicians. Such ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Lafayette Gilchrist: Soul Progressin' & Live in Berlin

by Brandt Reiter
January 10, 2009

Lafayette Gilchrist Soul Progressin' Hyena 2008 David Murray Live in Berlin Jazzwerkstatt 2008 I first heard pianist Lafayette Gilchrist in 2003, playing a one-night-stand duo gig with ...