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Manhattan New Music Project: Jazz Cycles (The Music of Paul Nash)

by Donald Elfman
January 8, 2008

Paul Nash--composer, teacher, and guitarist--learned in 2003 that he had a fatal brain tumor. He decided to leave a final legacy in a project that would remaster and reissue his earlier Paul Nash Ensemble recordings. This is the first of two discs--the proceeds of which will go to a fund to continue the promotion of further ...

Andy Bey: Ain't Necessarily So

by Martin Longley
January 8, 2008

Singer Andy Bey is less well known as a pianist, but nowadays he leads his trio from the piano stool, his instrumental wanderlust having an equal capacity to his voice for taking a saunter down the less familiar alleyways. This live album was recorded a decade back at Birdland, in what was effectively Bey's first significant ...

Ellen Kaye with Tony Romano @ The Metropolitan Room Tue., Jan. 22 7PM + Sat., Jan. 26 5PM

January 7, 2008

ELLEN KAYE With TONY ROMANO @ The Metropolitan Room Save the Dates! 2 Different Nights, 2 Different Times TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 7 PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 5 PM “Ellen Kaye is a natural when it comes to New York Nightclub Entertainment. What makes her stand out from the other talented ...

Monday Jazz at the Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY - December Schedule

January 7, 2008

MONDAY JAZZ at the Turning Point Cafe Great atmosphere, menu, and prices Jazz Every Monday 8pm-11pm Monday January 7, 2008 Saxophonist John Richmond Quartet John Hart, guitar, Bill Moring, bass, Tim Horner, drums Monday January 14, 2008 Saxophonist Tim Armacost Quartet Matt Wilson, drums ...

An Evening with Dianne Reeves

January 7, 2008

On Valentines Day, spend a romantic evening at the Apollo Theater. Considered to be one of the most important vocalists of our time, Dianne Reeves possesses, without a question, one of the finest Voices in jazz-simultaneously powerful, intimate and full of Emotion. Dianne Reeves is a contemporary Jazz legend who squeezes every ounce of passion out ...

Celebration of Life for Earl May

January 7, 2008

Jan Leder Trio Returns for Fourth Season at Rudy's Beau Rivage

January 7, 2008

Joan Stiles: Hurly-Burly

by Elliott Simon
January 7, 2008

Back with her own unique take on the piano's place in jazz, the aptly named Joan “mistress of many Stiles presents a session with myriad influences in a variety of formats with her sophomore effort, Hurly-Burly. Her first release, Love Call (ZoHo, 2004), was a breath of fresh air that more than hinted at clever arranging ...

Wallace Roney: Jazz

by Andrew Velez
January 7, 2008

Even as Jazz is a tribute to Roney's mentors Art Blakey, Miles Davis and Tony Williams, it is much more. The musical flavors here cover a spectrum of jazz feeling, everything from bop to fusion to funk and other local stops. “Vater Time," the set's jump-right-in opener, is a Roney tune that moves from a funky ...

Katie Bull: The Story, So Far

by Jim Santella
January 7, 2008

A genuine jazz singer, Katie Bull pulls no punches when it comes to interpreting original material. She tosses in a few classic songs on The Story, So Far while portraying lyrics convincingly, scat singing with natural ease, adding a sincere blues texture to each selection, all of it coming from the bottom of her heart.