Results for "New York City"

Acclaimed Vocalist Steve Tyrell to Spend Holidays at NYC's Cafe Carlyle

October 27, 2008

S T E V E T Y R E L L B A C K T O B A C H A R A C H ACCLAIMED VOCALIST TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS AT CAFE CARLYLE NOVEMBER 4 to DECEMBER 31, 2008 New York, NY--Acclaimed vocalist STEVE TYRELL returns to the Cafe Carlyle (located in ...

Enrico Pieranunzi: As Never Before & Yellow and Blue Suites

by Stuart Broomer
October 26, 2008

Among pianists working in the harmonic tradition of the late Bill Evans, Enrico Pieranunzi has achieved a rare individuality, bringing unrivaled senses of line and sheer sonority to the style. Along with the advanced harmonic language, the Italian pianist belongs to a native bel canto tradition that extends to classical pianists as brilliant as Arturo Benedetti ...

Sherrie Maricle: Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center and What the World Needs Now

by Ken Dryden
October 26, 2008

Since co-founding The DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Stanley Kay (who served as manager/creative director until ceding the spot to trumpeter Jami Dauber) in 1992, Dr. Sherrie Maricle has consistently led one of the most swinging big bands. Over the years, the drummer has recruited many of the top female jazz instrumentalists in the US, with a ...

Michelle Walker Live @ Bar Next Door Monday October 27th 8PM-11PM

October 25, 2008

Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE BAR NEXT DOOR MONDAY October 27, 2008 On Monday October 27th, Vocalist Michelle Walker returns to one of her favorite performance rooms, the Bar Next Door for an intimate evening of live jazz vocals. The Bar Next Door is one of the smaller and most ...

Opeth in NYC: Progressive Rock or Jazz Metal?

by AAJ Staff
October 25, 2008

Opeth Nokia Theater New York City September 18, 2008 On almost the last official day of summer, Swedish band Opeth brought civility, intelligence, wit, good musical sense and of course rock to New York. In fact, leader and main engine of the band Mikael Akerfeldt said, in his affable, slightly ...

Anthony Braxton: Beyond Quantum/Performance (Quartet) 1979/12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007/Trio (Victoriaville) 2007/Solo Willisau

by Jeff Stockton
October 25, 2008

Anthony Braxton/Milford Graves/William Parker Beyond Quantum Tzadik 2008 Anthony Braxton Performance (Quartet) 1979 Hatology 2007 Anthony Braxton 12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007 Victo 2008 Anthony Braxton ...

David Haney / Andrew Cyrille: Clandestine and Conspiracy A Go Go

by John Sharpe
October 25, 2008

Perhaps because the piano can be a percussive instrument, piano/drum duets don't have a huge list of practitioners, with the honorable exception of Cecil Taylor. There's a Taylor link on these two recordings by Washington-based pianist David Haney and master drummer Andrew Cyrille, who had a 10-year tenure with Taylor from 1965. Haney is a percussive ...

McBride, Payton and Whitfield at The Jazz Standard, NYC

by Herb Boyd
October 24, 2008

Christian McBride, Mark Whitfield and Nicholas Payton The Jazz Standard New York, New York September 4, 2008 Fresh from a recent busy weekend at the Detroit International Jazz Festival where he was artist-in- residence, bassist/composer Christian McBride was back on his home turf in Manhattan with his familiar sidemen, guitarist ...

Westchester Jazz Jam at Jackson & Wheeler Restaurant in Pleasantville, NY

October 23, 2008

ESP-Disk’ Announces Its November Releases of Cutting Edge Music

October 23, 2008

ESP-Disk’, the premier American avant-garde record label of the sixties, announces its November 2008 releases of modern music of the past, present and future with six titles, including three reissues of groundbreaking albums from its catalogue of uncompromising free jazz and new music of the sixties, two newly recorded dates evolving from that tradition, and an ...