Results for "New York"

Bob DeVos: Shifting Sands

by Elliott Simon
November 13, 2006

It is old news that the classic B-3 guitar trio is back. What is news though are the inventive explorations happening in the genre--and Shifting Sands, the latest from guitarist Bob DeVos, is one such delight. DeVos meshes his teeming tone with the chordal subtleties of organist Dan Kostelnik and wide-open feeling of drummer Steve Johns. ...

Weather Report: Forecast: Tomorrow

by Marc Medwin
November 13, 2006

There is no question that Weather Report, the brainchild of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter formed hot on the heels of Bitches Brew, deserves this long-overdue box set. The group's first few albums defied and established classifications whose reverberations are felt to this day. But first, a two-headed complaint: Why are we only ...

Marko Djordjevic's Sveti with Sten Hostfalt and Nir Felder LIVE NYC NOV 13th

November 12, 2006

Milton Nascimento at The Blue Note, Oct 26, 2006

by Ernest Barteldes
November 12, 2006

Milton Nascimento Blue Note Jazz Club New York October 26, 2006 Returning to the Blue Note for only the second time in his long career, Brazilian-born Milton Nascimento played a memorable concert on the fourth day of his week-long residence there. This time around, he was not promoting any particular ...

Red Mitchell / George Cables: Live at Port Townsend

by Ken Dryden
November 12, 2006

Piano/bass duos are not as commonplace as piano/bass/drums trios, probably because duos rarely make up a regularly working group. That doesn't mean that the frequently one-off recordings by duos aren't of immense interest. The remarkable duo concert featuring bassist Red Mitchell and pianist George Cables (who had never played together) turned out to ...

Ira Sullivan

by Russ Musto
November 11, 2006

When Ira Sullivan makes his eagerly anticipated appearance as a featured soloist with Eric Alexander's quintet at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola this month, it will be the first time the amazing multi-instrumentalist will be playing a weeklong engagement in New York in twenty years. Sullivan was a regular visitor to the city from 1980 to 1986, when ...

Vision Festival XI, Angel Orensanz Foundation For The Arts, NYC - Day Six, 18 June 2006

by John Sharpe
November 11, 2006

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 Afternoon | Day 5 Evening | Day 6 The Vision Festival is an artist-organized and run event which depends on a small but dedicated staff augmented by volunteers and well-wishers. It differs from other jazz festivals in its inclusivity, representing a ...

Jazz on the West Coast: The Lighthouse

by Tom Greenland
November 11, 2006

Jazz On The West Coast: The Lighthouse Rose King Productions 2006 Jazz on the West Coast: The Lighthouse is a time capsule/oral history of the legendary Southern California venue active throughout the '50s. A collaboration between impresario John Levine and bassist/musical director Howard Rumsey, the Hermosa Beach club became the ...

Valery Ponomarev: Beyond The Obvious

by Ken Franckling
November 11, 2006

Beyond The Obvious is ex-Jazz Messenger Valery Ponomarev's seventh CD as a leader for Reservoir. His Means of Identification, recorded in 1985, was the label's debut release. Beyond The Obvious stands apart from the six prior (all quintet) sessions in terms of its instrumental format. It's out at a time when the Russian-born trumpeter is in ...

WeiSheng Lin: Gone with the Wind

by Donald Elfman
November 11, 2006

What a lovely, unpretentious jazz album this is! Gone with the Wind gathers a true fusion of Eastern and Western players, and yet there's nothing about the playing or tunes that drags that in the open. It features a beautiful handful of jazz standards, an original by the leader, and an arrangement of a Chinese pop ...