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Blue Note featured on B.E.T. for Nas interview on "Rap City"

December 21, 2006

Airing December 23, 1pm and 5pm: Nas--the son of trumpeter-cornetist Olu Dara (who played with David Murray and Henry Threadgill)--will be interviewed at the renowned Blue Note for “Rap City," the BET TV series that showcases the established stars and up-and-comers of hip-hop. While a live band performs onstage, the 33-year-old Nas--born Nasir bin ...

3-Peat For HighNote/Savant Whose CDs Receive Most Jazz Radio Airplay In The US For 3rd Consecutive Year

December 21, 2006

NYC-Based Record Company Ends 2006 With 14 Titles On JazzWeek's Year- End Top-100 Jazz Radio Chart & 10 In Top-50 (For the third consecutive year HighNote/Savant Records was the most listened-to jazz label in the US, finishing 2006 with 14 titles on JazzWeek's Top-100 Chart, 10 in the Top-50. JazzWeek's year-end chart appears in the December ...

Jan Leder Trio plays Rudy's Beau Rivage Sunday Brunch '07

December 21, 2006

The Jan Leder Trio featuring Jan Leder - flute; Hiroshi Yamazaki - piano; Art Lillard - drums, plus special surprise guests, will be appearing every Sunday, January through March '07 at Rudy's Beau Rivage, 17 Livingston Street, Dobbs Ferry, from noon to 3pm. Enjoy a smorgasbord of delectible dishes along with exquisite Hudson River views and ...

Harold Mabern: Blessed

by Terrell Kent Holmes
December 21, 2006

Harold Mabern, one of jazz's most enduring and dazzlingly skilled pianists, was born in Memphis, a city that produced saxophonists George Coleman and Charles Lloyd, trumpeter Booker Little and pianist Phineas Newborn, Jr. Mabern started out as a drummer but, under Newborn's influence, switched to piano. During his over half-century on the scene as sideman and ...

Michael Bisio & Tomas Ulrich: Pulling Strings

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 21, 2006

Of all the string lineups, the bass and cello don't often get to hang together. The generally underutilized cello is often called in place of the bigger bass, or sometimes (as in Ron Carter's case) is used as a second instrument. The bass is generally not invited to string quartet parties, and it's generally paired with ...

Various Artists: 30th Anniversary Collection

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 21, 2006

Back in the early '80s, before ECM, Gramavision and Nonesuch started to notice the sounds being made below 14th Street, and Knitting Factory Records, Antilles and Enemy began documenting the growing scene, a handful of artists were doing it themselves. Eugene Chadbourne's Parachute and Elliott Sharp's Zoar were two of the early downtown DIY efforts and ...

Dekel Bor Trio featuring Billy Hart TONIGHT at Smalls

December 20, 2006

This past few weeks have been a great success for The Dekel Bor Trio-between recording with multi-Grammy-winning producer Robert Sadin and shooting a DVD, the band gigged all over to sold out shows, performed on BET Jazz and gave multiple interviews-with the smalls concerts being the icing on a really great cake. This Wednesday, Dec. 20th ...

Sten Hostfalt & Jimmy Weinstein Live @ Stain Bar in New York on December 23rd

December 20, 2006

Jazz Journalists Association's 10 Best Listening Session and Holiday Party Dec. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. at the New School

December 20, 2006

You are invited to the Jazz Journalists Association's 10 Best Listening Session and Holiday Party Dec. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. In a variation inspired by Down Beat's Blindfold Test, the JJA presents Sheila Anderson (program show host, WBGO-FM), Francis Davis (Village Voice) and Dan Ouellette (Billboard, Down Beat) springing selections of their favorite cds of ...

Raymond Todd, Scott May, Shayna Dulberger, Jimmy Weinstein and Sten Hostfalt at Spoken Words Cafe Dec. 21

December 20, 2006

LIVE thursday DEC 21 2006 @ The Spoken Words Cafe' NYC raymond todd - trombone toy piano and poetry scott may - violin / percussion shayna dulberger - bass sten hostfalt - guitar jimmy weinstein - drums the concert starts at 8 pm 226 ...