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Don Was: The Music Is Paramount
by R.J. DeLuke
The president of the iconic Blue Note Records, the man who is stewarding the label as it marches into it's 75th anniversary year celebration, comes from the wrong side of the tracks, in a sense. He's not a gut in a suit. He came up through the trenches as a working musician. He liked jazz and ...
Roy Campbell Day Memorial At Roulette
On Wednesday, February 26, the many dear friends and associates of the late Roy Sinclair Campbell Jr. will gather at Roulette through the efforts of Arts for Art. The performance begins at 6:45. A Slide Show featuring The Music of Roy Campbell 6:45PM - 7:00PM Valerie Morris, Roy Campbell's sister, will recall his remarkable life. 7:00PM ...
Joel Harrison Five On Tour!
Guitarist and 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Joel Harrison will be hitting the road for a short tour, beginning February 26, 2014 at the Edinboro University in Erie, PA and ending in Kingston, Canada on March 2, with stops in Toronto, Canada and Ottawa Canada in-between. The Joel Harrison Five will also include saxophonist Chris Cheek, pianist ...
Nu Jazz Entertainment Announces Jazz & Classical Panel At Digital Entertainment World (DEW) Conference In February 2014!
Nu Jazz Entertainment has just announced that Founder & CEO Jerald Miller will be leading the only panel at the Digital Entertainment World (DEW) 2014 music conference (Los Angeles) to deal with Classical, Jazz, World Music & Non-popular music content. The panel “The Future of Classical, Jazz & Non-Popular Music” will take place on February 20, ...
John Fogerty at the Paramount
by Mike Perciaccante
John Fogerty The Paramount Huntington, NY January 30, 2014 John Fogerty's musical modus operandi encompasses many different styles: Americana, roots rock, Southern rock, psychedelia, swamp rock, country, rockabilly, blues and pop--in short, good old fashioned rock 'n' roll. His songs read like the soundtrack of the past forty ...
David Fiuczynski's Planet Microjam To Play At Shapeshifter Lab In Brooklyn On February 21
Guitar virtuoso, master composer, and RareNoise recording artist David Fiuczynski, showcases his talent with Planet MicroJam at Shapeshifter Lab on February 21. Fiuczynski, well-known for founding the Avant/Pop/Rock band, Screaming Headless Torsos, draws his unique sound from explorations of microtonality as well as Western sounds. He has found inspiration in the work of classical traditionalists and ...
Euphoria Continues Chico Hamilton Legacy At Drom 3/16
Sunday, March 16 @ 7:15PM Sunday, April 27 @ 7:15PM Sunday, May 18 @ 7:15PM Sunday, June 22 @ 7:15PM DROM, 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th St), New York City; Train F to 2nd Ave) HOW: $15/Advance $20 (includes copy of new CD). To reserve, call DROM at ...
What Is the Future of Jazz in New York?
Being a jazz musician in New York City has never been easy. For most of its century-long existence, jazz has gotten by on the margins, and so have those who’ve played it. But the gloomy consensus last night in a panel discussion at the CUNY Graduate Center was that being a jazz musician in the city ...
Cava Menzies/Nick Phillips: Moment to Moment
by Dan Bilawsky
Hushed lyricism, noir-ish episodes and smoky scenarios are brought to mind with Moment To Moment. This gentle quartet outing is a product of the budding musical relationship between trumpeter Nick Phillips, a music business veteran who still finds time for his horn, and Cava Menzies, a music educator who lives a double life as a performing ...
Shirazette Tinnin: Humility: Purity of My Soul
by Hrayr Attarian
Drummer Shirazette Tinnin's debut album Humility: Purity of My Soul is a solid and inventive soul-jazz date that showcases several facets of her talent. In addition to Tinnin's passionate yet subtle and sophisticated handling of her kit the disc demonstrates her compositional creativity and her deft leadership. Tinnin's boldly visceral beats create the stimulating ...
