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Oliver Lake: From Which Freedom Continues

by Kurt Gottschalk
November 2, 2006

It's not a term to toss around, but sometimes it fits. Oliver Lake, one could say with little worry of hyperbole, is a renaissance man. Best known as an original member of the longstanding World Saxophone Quartet, he is also an organizer with a sense for business--from founding the Black Artists Group (BAG) in St. Louis ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Cellar Live Comes To The Big Apple November 10th and 11th at Greenwich Village's Fat Cat

November 1, 2006

CELLAR LIVE COMES TO THE BIG APPLE Cellar Live, a Canadian based record label run out of the famous Cellar Restaurant / Jazz Club is coming to New York City. On November 10th and 11th at Greenwich Village's FAT CAT, Cellar Live will present THE UPTOWN QUINTET with guest THE CHAD MAKELA QUARTET (November 10th ) ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mary Foster Conklin East Coast CD Release Event November 7th at Sweet Rhythm

October 31, 2006

November 7 - 8pm and 9:30pm Mary Foster Conklin East Coast CD Release Event - BLUES FOR BREAKFAST - REMEMBERING MATT DENNIS (Rhombus Records) Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Avenue South NYC $15 cover + 2 drink minimum http://www.sweetrhythmny.com/ with John di Martino-piano; ...

News: Performance / Tour

Two Upcoming NYC Shows featuring Gary Lucas And Gods & Monsters

October 31, 2006

October 31, 2006 Two Upcoming NYC Shows featuring GARY LUCAS and his band GODS AND MONSTERS GARY LUCAS --guitars and vocals; JERRY HARRISON--keyboards and vocals; ERNIE BROOKS--bass and vocals; BILLY FICCA--drums; JASON CANDLER--alto sax “An underground rock fan's dream team"--The New Yorker Saturday Nov. 4th: CMJ Music Marathon, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights in Jazz Presents 'We Call It Music' Thursday, November 9, 2006 - 8 P.M. at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center

October 31, 2006

Jack Kleinsinger presents HIGHLIGHTS in JAZZ New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series Thursday, November 9, 2006 - 8 P.M. We Call It Music featuring Mose Allison Trio + Ken Peplowski Marty Grosz Duo + Charles McPherson with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jamie Baum Septet at The Cornelia Street Cafe Thursday, November 2

October 31, 2006

CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319 http://corneliastreetcafe.com/ Presents The Jamie Baum Septet Jamie Baum - flute, alto flute, compositions Dave Smith - trumpet Doug Yates - alto sax, bass clarinet Vincent Chancey - French horn Luis Perdomo - ...

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Article: Album Review

Winard Harper: Make It Happen

Read "Make It Happen" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
October 31, 2006

Drummer, composer and bandleader Winard Harper brings his relentless exuberance to Make It Happen, where the seemingly disparate Afro-Caribbean and bebop styles stand shoulder to shoulder. The percussion-driven nature of the recording is evident from the top, with an energetic arrangement of Charlie Parker's “Segment where Alione Faye's percussion binding the fabric of the two genres ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Zak Trio: For Tomorrow

Read "For Tomorrow" reviewed by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
October 31, 2006

Consider the minor thrills in life. Six minutes into For Tomorrow, on a romantically titled track, “Plaza de Toros, Peter Zak's robust piano notes rise like smoke and embroider delicate but bold audio patterns into the rhythmic backdrop. Willie Jones III lends his dexterous, almost rocky command of drums to create a mood of urgency and ...

News: Book / Magazine

AllAboutJazz-New York November 2006 Issue Now Available

October 30, 2006

Though jazz is not overly replete with steamy gossip (imagine a Cosmo story like “Sexy Secrets of Trumpeters Revealed"), it does have its fair share of important news. With that in mind, we inaugurate our What's News column this month, a place to inform our readers of items of general interest to the jazz community. While ...

News: Performance / Tour

Vocalist Michelle Walker November 5 at Smoke Jazz Club

October 30, 2006

Jazz Vocalist, Michelle Walker, a recent transplant from Washington, DC to New York City, will perform in concert at Smoke Jazz Club on Sunday November 5, 2006 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. In just four short years of professional singing, Michelle has begun to amass an impressive musical resume of concert and festival performances, including The Lincoln Center-Women in ...