Results for "New York City"

David Buchbinder: Odessa/Havana

by Elliott Simon
June 4, 2008

Significant Jewish participation in the Latin dance craze of the 1950s resulted in several novelty fusion records that Latinized traditional Jewish melodies within a jazz context. By presenting the melody against a Latin rhythm, “Hava Nagilah" was thusly transformed into a cha-cha. In 2002, Cuban percussionist Roberto Rodriguez reinvented and dramatically advanced this sub-genre by beautifully ...

Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza

by Ernest Barteldes
June 4, 2008

On this major label debut, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding demonstrates plenty of eclecticism, taking on styles ranging from samba, hard-driving jazz and R&B, a risky combination in less confident hands. However, Spalding revels in the multiple directions without ever sounding pretentious. The Berklee College alum opens the disc singing in fluent Portuguese, with a ...

Dianne Reeves: When You Know

by Jim Santella
June 4, 2008

True love has been a timeless topic for poets, storytellers and minstrels since the world began. From a young lover's innocent stares and awkward movements to the more compassionate phases that follow, Dianne Reeves turns her attention to the awareness that grabs hold when love takes over. What better way for an emotional singer to reach ...

Steve Lehman Quartet: Manifold

by Stuart Broomer
June 3, 2008

In just a few years, Steve Lehman has established a remarkable track record as a saxophonist, bandleader and composer. This quartet recording is drawn from performances recorded in 2007 in Coimbra, a small city in central Portugal. Contemporaneous with the quintet recording On Meaning (Pi, 2007), Manifold is a slightly looser ensemble, with more emphasis on ...

Jacob Garchik: Romance

by Laurel Gross
June 3, 2008

Jacob Garchik may be a trombonist but he marches to the tune of a different drummer. Although his compositions and playing on this new recording don't fall into an easy category, Romance is eminently likeable. While at first everything sounds unpredictable and free-spirited--imagine colors you haven't seen, combinations of sounds you haven't heard--it's ...

ShotXShot: Let Nature Square

by Kurt Gottschalk
June 3, 2008

The ShotXShot formula is a simple one. It follows the Ornette Coleman model of group improvisation on set themes, although its music doesn't sound like Coleman's harmolodics. It has a rolling, mellifluous sound, without Coleman's sharp angles. And rather than the sax/trumpet front line of Coleman's classic quartet, it has the twin saxophones of Bryan Rogers ...

JVC Jazz Festival New York Debuts at the Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture

June 2, 2008

Nine Concerts Include Performances by Billy Taylor, Charles Lloyd, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Cecil Taylor, George Cables, Ravi Coltrane, Geri Allen, Bad Plus 1 with Kurt Rosenwinkel. NEW YORK, NY - The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival New York, produced by The Festival Network, LLC (FN), presents a “festival within the festival" at the Concert Hall at the ...

Maria Neckam Tonight at Bar Next Door

June 2, 2008

Sean Smith Quartet @ 55 Bar- Sunday, June 8 (6:30-9:00)

June 1, 2008

The Sean Smith Quartet Performs at: 55 Bar on Sunday, June 8 From 6:30-9:00 PM (early set) With: John Ellis - Saxophones Keith Ganz - Guitar Sean Smith - Bass & Composition Russell Meissner - Drums NO COVER! -1 Drink minimum The ...

Grimes Times! June 2008

June 1, 2008

Sunday, June 1st (tonight!), 8 p.m: Julie Patton's “Ghost of a Chance Defense Fun(d) Band" rent party, w/ Julie Patton ("voicesays"), special guest Henry Grimes, “Poet of the Air" (words, instrumental voicing), Brad Jones (bass), Drew Gardner (percussion), Rod Williams (piano), Paul Van Curen (guitar), and more, at the Stone, northwest corner of Ave. C at ...