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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Legend Annie Ross Continues Her Run Of Tuesdays at the Metropolitan Room

December 30, 2006

Jazz legend Annie Ross continues her run of Tuesdays at the Metropolitan Room At Gotham New York's newest and best music room 34 West 22nd St. (between 5th & 6th Ave.) New York City Reservations (212)206-0440 http://www.metropolitanroom.com/ Dates and times: Tuesday, January 2nd @ 7:00 PM Tuesday, January ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Stevie Holland Appearing At The Metropolitan Room January 17th, 9:30 PM; January 18th, 19th & 20th, 8:00 PM

December 30, 2006

Stevie Holland Appearing At The Metropolitan Room Stevie Holland will be appearing at The Metropolitan Room in New York City from Wednesday, January 17th through Saturday, January 20th, 2007. She will be accompanied by Kris Davis on piano, Edward Perez on bass and Jeff Davis on drums. The program will consist of classics, standards ...

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Article: Album Review

Willie Jones III: Volume III

Read "Volume III" reviewed by Russ Musto

by Russ Musto
December 30, 2006

Drummers aren't well-known for leading trio dates with piano and bass accompaniment--Roy Haynes the notable exception--but Willie Jones III is not your typical drummer. Jones, who cut his chops on the West Coast in the cooperative group Black/Note and recorded with Horace Silver's quintet, made a name for himself in New York as a member of ...

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Article: Year in Review

All About Jazz: New York - Best of 2006

by AAJ Staff
December 29, 2006

Musicians of the Year Andrew HillGeorge LewisJoe LovanoEvan ParkerJohn Zorn Record Labels Of The Year Leo RecordsMosaic RecordsPsi RecordsSmalls RecordsTzadik Records Clubs/Venues of the Year Birdland (Midtown)

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News: Event

Yvonne Curry, Dance/Tap & Friends - Jan 5 in NYC--Free!

December 28, 2006

THIRD STREET MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT PRESENTS YVONNE CURRY dance/tap & FRIENDS “The Best of Ten Years at Third Street Music School Settlement" A memoir in words, dance, jazz, swing and R&B conceived, choreographed and directed by Yvonne Curry Friday, January 5, 2007 at 7:30 pm -- FREE ADMISSION -- The ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Sheet Music and Extended Sale from Jazz Singer/Pianist Blossom Dearie

December 28, 2006

Now available at www.DaffodilRecords.com: The First Blossom Dearie Songbook. An attractive folio containing 13 of Blossom's most popular songs. This is not a simple book of leadsheets, it contains Blossom's own arrangements, some she still uses to this day. Mike Renzi helped to create this with Blossom and we are proud to have it back in ...

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Article: Album Review

Roy Haynes: Whereas

by Russ Musto
December 28, 2006

At 81 years old, Roy Haynes is one of the true wonders of the jazz world. His performances over the past decade have consistently demonstrated that he is the music's greatest living drummer, a title to which he can easily lay claim based on ability alone, although his age does make his energy and power all ...

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Article: Profile

Buddy DeFranco: The Stick Around Kid

by Andrew Velez
December 28, 2006

At 83, he continues to practice on the clarinet every day so as to not “lose that edge." The countless artists whom he has played and recorded with include Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey, Roy Eldridge, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Tal Farlow, Billie Holiday, Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Stan ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Cuneiform Records

by Marc Medwin
December 28, 2006

"I've spent 23 years trying to disappoint people--I love doing that," Cuneiform frontman Steve Feigenbaum laughs, but there's a lot of truth to the quip. Since the spring of 1984, the small but prolific label has been thwarting expectation in or near or in-between a number of genres, that misunderstood and mislabeled beast known as “prog" ...

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Article: Album Review

Jessica Lurie / Andrew Drury: That Is What It's Like To Be

Read "That Is What It's Like To Be" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland
December 27, 2006

Stylistic and atmospheric shifts occur frequently and abruptly on This Is What It's Like To Be, derived from a combination of skill and poor recording techniques. Saxophonist/flutist Jessica Lurie and drummer/percussionist Andrew Drury recorded four tracks in their basement “studio, and five others were captured live in varying locales. Though the result turns out rather disjointed, ...