Home » Search Center » Results: New York
Results for "New York"
Carol Liebowitz / Nick Lyons: First Set
by Roger Farbey
The first seven tracks presented here emanate from a series of live concerts performed in 2012, the final number “Another Time" being studio-recorded in 2007. The live concerts took place in front of an audience in the loft of Connie Crothers under whom Carol Liebowitz studied piano. This improvisational pair recalls the duo performances ...
Bassist John Gray And The Jazz Thieves "Brooklyn Elegy" Strike Again With New Video!
New music video supporting their latest release Brooklyn Elegy. The Jazz Thieves, through personal and evocative lyrics, passionate and soulful improvisation, and thoughtful, wide-ranging originals revitalize jazz by reconnecting it to its roots. Inspired by their heroes Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Bill Withers and Ray Charles, they “steal" the feel, fire and fervor of 70's soul, ...
Jordan Young: Jazz Jukebox
by C. Andrew Hovan
One of the strengths of Marc Free's Posi-Tone imprimatur is that it is responsible for introducing us to many great and upcoming jazz artists. Drummer Jordan Young is a Detroit native who has studied with some of the best of the modern-day masters and is making a name for himself in New York. His sophomore release ...
Saxophonist Ayumi Ishito Releases Debut Album, "View From A Little Cave"
On Friday, December 16, the saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Ayumi Ishito will release her debut studio endeavor, an album entitled View From A Little Cave. The new collection of songs, entirely composed by Ishito, will be available on all major digital music platforms. Furthermore, a record release show is tentatively scheduled for New York City in ...
Cameron Mizell: Negative Spaces
by Dave Wayne
A whole bunch of very accomplished guitarists out there have styles can be described cursorily as lying within a triangle that has John Scofield, Pat Metheny, and Bill Frisell at its vertices. There's nothing wrong with this. Scofield, Metheny, and Frisell are amazing, prolific, and highly influential. And even within these confines, there's a lot of ...
Jerry Granelli Holds A One-Week Residency At John Zorn's The Stone On January 3-8, 2017
Born in 1940, and now in his late 70s , Drummer / Composer / Professor / Sound Painter Jerry Granelli has enjoyed an incomparable career in music from the inside out... way out! The winner of the last NEA Grant awarded ascended from playing with the great pianist Vince Guaraldi at the height of his popularity ...
Tisziji Munoz: Alpha Nebula Expanded: The Monster Peace
by Dave Wayne
The visionary guitarist Tisziji Munoz was introduced to the listening public in the late 1970s as a sideman on a now impossibly rare Pharoah Sanders album (Pharoah, India Navigation, 1977). This was followed by his debut as a leader, Rendezvous With Now (India Navigation, 1978). After a decade-long gap in recording activity, Munoz began releasing albums ...
Braxton Cook "Somewhere In Between" Saxophonist/Vocalist Jazz, R&B, Soul Hot, New Cutting Edge! Album Drop Date Jan. 31
BRAXTON COOK Somewhere In Between Saxophonist/Vocalist Jazz, R&B, Soul Hot, New Cutting Edge! Available January 31 About Braxton Cook A 25-year-old with an old soul. Sunny personality, with homemade qualities, and a love of relationships between music passion, family and friends. Braxton's positivity acts as a way to create a message and ...
Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground Host: Aaron Seeber
by David A. Orthmann
Aaron Seeber The Falcon Underground Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground Marlboro, NY November 9, 2016 One of the benefits of jazz fandom is catching a live performance by talented young musicians at a particular phase in their personal and collective development. There's something intriguing about players who are ...
The Sugar Hill Trio: The Drive
by Roger Farbey
Groups lacking a chordal instrument sometimes face inherent challenges especially when playing tunes from the Great American Songbook. That said, Sonny Rollins and Albert Ayler managed to produce classic recordings with this configuration. Think of Way Out West or Spiritual Unity. Whilst The Sugar Hill Trio isn't quite in that illustrious league, this unit gets pretty ...
