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Article: Album Review

Benny Green: Live In Santa Cruz

Read "Live In Santa Cruz" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

We hope you've made the journey these past thirty plus years with pianist Benny Green. From hotshot young lion to keeper of the jazz flame he has consistently electrified audiences with his live performances. Live In Santa Cruz recorded at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center follows up on a recording he made as bassist Ray Brown's sideman ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Celebrates 50th Birthday With Premiere-filled Concerts June 11 + 14

Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Celebrates 50th Birthday With Premiere-filled Concerts June 11 + 14

Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Celebrates 50th Birthday With Two Premiere-Filled Concerts June 11 + 14 New York City, NY: On the occasion of his 50th birthday (June 13, 2015), the Austrian Cultural Forum New York presents an unprecedented overview of composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti's work as a composer including new pieces written specifically for the occasion. The concert ...

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Article: Album Review

Roberta Piket: Emanation

Read "Emanation" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Pianist Roberta Piket sat down at her instrument alone on Solo (Thirteenth Note Records, 2012). It was her first recording in the format, after and marvelous series of trio and quartet sets. An artist known for her “inside/outside" abilities and a cerebral yet emotive approach to piano, her recording debut as a solo artist was unabashedly ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Helias Open Loose: The Signal Maker

Read "The Signal Maker" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Bassist Mark Helias runs a tight ship. Not in the sense of tricksy arrangements or impossible time signatures. It's more the laser sharp focus his accomplished Open Loose combo brings to the job in hand. And that job is breathing bustling and unpredictable life into the baker's dozen selections that constitute The Signal Maker, the unit's ...

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News: Event

National Jazz Museum In Harlem - Benefit Concert - June 10 - Dianne Reeves

National Jazz Museum In Harlem - Benefit Concert - June 10 - Dianne Reeves

National Jazz Museum in Harlem Benefit Concert - June 10 - 7:30PM The Kaye Playhouse - Hunter College Featuring Dianne Reeves & Special Guest Honoring Reggie Workman & Albert Maysles (In Memoriam) 2015 GALA BENEFIT CONCERT Featuring: DIANNE REEVES Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist & Grammy Award Winner ...

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News: TV / Film

"Marcus," The Film About Marcus Miller

"Marcus," The Film About Marcus Miller

In the documentary film Marcus, Patrick Savey gives us a unique view into this legendary bassist’s world, capturing his New York roots in Jamaica, Queens and following his path as he meets masters of jazz like Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius, David Sanborn, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau and Miles Davis. The film is a fantastic visual and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Megan Hilty Returns To Café Carlyle, May 19-30

Megan Hilty Returns To Café Carlyle, May 19-30

SINGER/ACTRESS MEGAN HILTY RETURNS TO CAFÉ CARLYLE WITH NEW SHOW, SONGS FOR MY DAUGHTER, MAY 19-30, 2015 Having garnered acclaim for performances on stage and screen, Megan Hilty makes her return to Café Carlyle in a two-week engagement, May 19-30. In Songs For My Daughter, Hilty will perform the classics that shaped her childhood and which ...

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Article: Interview

Thana Alexa: Singer And Instrument

Read "Thana Alexa: Singer And Instrument" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Music started tugging at the sleeve at the age of three for Thana Alexa, a New York based singer who began making music there as a violinist, moved to Croatia where she discovered jazz, and returned as a singer poised to sweep into a successful career. It started with the piano--kind of. Her tinkering ...

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Article: Album Review

Tim Ferguson's Inside/Out: Hold That Thought

Read "Hold That Thought" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Bassist Tim Ferguson's unconventional trio Inside/Out is a collaborative group that makes its recorded debut with Hold That Thought. Sandwiched between a piece by bassist Charlie Haden and another by pianist Mal Waldron this engaging mix of free improvisations and original compositions brims with a warm intimacy and intense lyricism. Haden's “Silence" opens with ...

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Article: Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Alloy

Read "Alloy" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Tyshawn Sorey's fourth release as a leader, the intriguingly mystical Alloy, is a stimulating study of contrasts. The four, long Sorey originals are simultaneously expansive and intimate, somber yet with moments of subtle vibrance and stately yet brimming with spontaneity.Sorey sticks to his main ax the drum set on the album ...


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