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Article: Live Review

Ann Hampton Callaway at Birdland

by Tyran Grillo
November 5, 2017

Ann Hampton Callaway Birdland New York, NY November 1, 2017 In her iconic theme song for The Nanny, Ann Hampton Callaway quips: “She's the lady in red when everybody else in wearing tan." And while Callaway wasn't dressed in red when she graced Birdland on 1 November 2017, she did stand ...

Article: Live Review

Arturo Sandoval at the Blue Note

by Nicholas F. Mondello
October 30, 2017

Arturo Sandoval The Blue Note New York, NY October 28, 2017 The Halloween Party crowd was out in full regalia in the Village last night, but, the real action was at Arturo Sandoval's first show at the Blue Note. The 10-time Grammy®-winning Maestro was in top form as he and his ...

Article: Live Review

New Cicada Trio at The Rubin Museum

by Tyran Grillo
October 26, 2017

New Cicada Trio The Rubin Museum New York, NY August 23, 2017 Few musicians understand that music lives at the edge of language more than Iva Bittová (violin, vocals), Timothy Hill (guitar, acoustic bass, vocals), and David Rothenberg (clarinets, electronics). As the New Cicada Trio, they offer a world unto themselves, ...

Article: Live Review

Jim Ridl: Project 142 at the DiMenna Center

by Victor L. Schermer
October 25, 2017

Jim Ridl Tones and Tomes in Tempo DiMenna Center New York, NY October 19, 2017 Jim Ridl is a brilliant and imaginative pianist whose music is true to his North Dakota origins while firmly rooted in the jazz tradition. Versatile and adaptive to almost any situation, he fronts his own ...

News: Recording

Contagious Music Proudly Presents The Debut Recording From Pianist/Composer Eden Ladin - "Yequm"

October 25, 2017

Available on Contagious Music – October 6, 2017. After nearly nine years of living in NYC and being an in-demand sideman for the likes of Omer Avital, Myron Walden, Wallace Roney, Ari Hoenig, bassist Avishai Cohen, Camila Meza, trumpeter Avishai Cohen and many others, pianist/composer/bandleader Eden Ladin proudly announces the release of his debut album, Yequm, ...

Article: Live Review

Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band at the New York City Baha’i Center

by Tyran Grillo
October 24, 2017

Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band New York City Baha'i Center New York, NY August 22, 2017 In this teetering age in which we live, where one wrong move might tip an edge too far in one direction, drummer/composer Art Lillard and his “Heavenly Big Band" stand firmly toward the ...

News: Recording

Bassist/Composer Or Bareket Connects With His Roots On His Debut Recording – "OB1"

October 24, 2017

Available October 6, 2017 on Fresh Sound OB1 is Bareket’s Debut Recording & Features Shahar Elnatan-guitar, Gadi Lehavi-piano, Or Bareket-bass, Ziv Ravitz-drums/mixing & mastering, with Special Guests Vitor Gonçalves-accordion & Keita Ogawa- percussio “Bareket's omnivorous musical mind is as irresistibly restless as his fingers, and the results are wonderful to behold."—Geno Thackara, All About Jazz “While ...

News: Advocacy

The Sonny Rollins Bridge Project seeks to rename NYC’s Williamsburg Bridge to commemorate Rollins’ musical sabbatical there from 1959-1961

October 21, 2017

In the summer of 1959, saxophonist Sonny Rollins disappeared from the jazz scene. He was 28 years old and at the height of his career. He would not record or perform publicly for almost three years, a virtual eternity for a jazz musician. Instead, Rollins took it to the bridge: he would practice, typically alone, up ...

Article: Catching Up With

The Dazzling Alexis Cole

by Suzanne Lorge
October 19, 2017

Jazz singer Alexis Cole's career has been anything but conventional. She's done residencies in far-flung places like Ecuador, India, and Japan. She fronted the Army's big band for several years as a soldier herself. And now she's a faculty member in the jazz program at SUNY Purchase. With a dozen critically acclaimed albums under her belt, ...

News: Book / Magazine

Saxophonist Mark Turner Profiled In International Arts Magazine

October 17, 2017

The latest issue of Music & Literature showcases and explores the career of American saxophonist Mark Turner. Exclusive tributes and appreciations from over 20 of Turner’s musical collaborators and admirers, including Avishai Cohen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, María Kim Grand, Marcus Gilmore, Gilad Hekselman, Ethan Iverson, Billy Hart, Jorge Rossy, among many others, complement an extensive new retrospective ...