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The Django Announces December Schedule Featuring Dr. Lonnie Smith Tributes, Holidays With Duchess, Orrin Evans, New Year's Eve With Houston Person, And More
The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, offers an impressive month of music with jazz legends and rising stars. Today’s leading artists gather on The Django stage to celebrate NEA Jazz Master Dr. Lonnie Smith in special back-to-back tribute concerts 12/9. Two leading pianists make their Django debut: Benito Gonzalez 12/3 followed by Orrin Evans 12/8 ...
New Releases by Alexis Cole, Nicole Henry, Carol Albert Plus A Birthday Celebration for Joni Mitchell
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from vocalists Alexis Cole, Nicole Henry, pianist Carol Albert, and a piano/organ collaboration of Jeremy Monteiro & Alberto Marsico, with birthday shoutouts to Joni Mitchell, Betty Bryant, Carmen Lundy, Kurt Elling, Anne Sajdera, Amanda Tosoff and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music ...
Simona Smirnova Jazz Quartet: Bird Language At The Red Room - Nov. 12th - 7pm This Friday!
"Bird Language” is a mesmerizing and genre-bending show where Baltic folklore, jazz and pop styles are blended into one intriguing performance. Presented with a unique theatrical flavor, Simona's original compositions bring Lithuanian ethnic zither (kanklės) to jazz; and fascinate the audience with breathtaking vocals, mimicked bird sounds, ethereal sound of zither and virtuosic jazz improvisations by ...
New Releases, Halloween Jazz Plus A Celebration of Jay Clayton's 80th Birthday
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast celebrates Halloween with new releases from Arnie & Hudge (Arnt Arntzen and Jen Hodge), Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, bassist Dave Young and trombonist Nabou Claerhou with birthday shoutouts to Jay Clayton (80 years young), Amanda Monaco, Julia Lee and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their ...
Drummer Paul Mullikin Presents Orchestral Quintet Musician-Teacher-Composer
Multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator Paul Mullikin was born into a musical family and realized at an early age that music was his calling. Following a 2019 residency at Denver’s Nocturne Club, drummer Paul Mullikin hit the studio with his Orchestral Quintet. With the help of a “Pathways to Jazz" grant, the group was able to capture ...
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Sohrab Saadat
Born:
A Comprehensive Biography of SoSaLa
The early years
Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (aka SoSaLa) was born to Iranian parents in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1953. However, following the sudden death of his business partner, Sohrab’s father had to close down their joint business and, on the advice of a family member and when Sohrab was just three months of age, the Saadat Ladjevardi family moved to live in Hamburg, Germany. There Sohrab’s father established an export trade company called Iran Hamburg. Growing up in Germany, Sohrab’s early lessons on piano ended abruptly, when his teacher found she couldn’t abide his style of playing.
Downtown Manhattan's Premier Jazz Club, The Django, Announces November Line-Up
The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, offers an impressive month of music with jazz legends and rising stars. Five emerging, award-winning female vocalists hit our stage in November: Armenian native Lucy Yeghiazaryan 11/3, Jazz Gallery founder Lezlie Harrison 11/13, winner of JazzMobile Vocal Competition Emily Braden 11/17, Ron Carter’s mentee Brandi Disterheft 11/19, followed by ...
Pat Martino: Creative Force
by Mike Brannon
This article was first published at All About Jazz in June 2000. Pat Martino. A name that strikes anything from fear to sheer awe and reverence in musicians who know who this is. And what he's done and been through. And continues to go through. The name resonates a bridge between the true Jazz ...
New releases from Hiromi, Karen Marguth, Houston Person and Beth McKenna
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from pianist Hiromi, vocalists Karuna Shinsho, Karen Marguth and saxophonists Houston Person and Beth McKenna with birthday shoutouts to Anita O'Day, Bobby Troup, Esperanza Spalding, Laura Nyro (born on the same day -how cool is that?), Thelonious Monk, Jenna Mammina, Jane Bunnett, Lakecia Benjamin, Freddy Cole and more. Thanks for listening ...
Nadav Snir-Zelniker: The Sound of Surprise
by David A. Orthmann
For the last dozen years or so I've frequented The Turning Point Café in Piermont, NY. I return to the small, informal venue time and time again to hear live jazz that's long on substance and short on pretense and ceremony. Though the town may seem removed from the hustle and bustle of New York City, ...
