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News: Advocacy

Disaster relief service at The Paramount in downtown Huntington, Long Island, NY

The Paramount is providing disaster relief services for Hurricane Sandy victims. The Paramount 370 New York Avenue Huntington, NY 11743 631-673-7300 From The Paramount's Adam Ellis: We are set up to collect food for Long Island Cares daily in the box office from 12p-6p We are hosting a blood drive ...

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Article: Album Review

Paul Lytton / Nate Wooley / Ikue Mori / Ken Vandermark: The Nows

Read "The Nows" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Consider the great duos of the cinema, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson and so on-what each successful duo has in common, is a chemistry, an attraction or spark between them. Such is the case with the musical duo of percussionist Paul Lytton and trumpeter Nate ...

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Article: Album Review

Shu Nakamura: A Day of Dreams

Read "A Day of Dreams" reviewed by Mark Redlefsen

by Mark Redlefsen

Hailing from Nagoya, Japan, Brooklyn, New York-based Shu Nakamura plays guitars, keyboards and percussion on A Day of Dreams. Shu also displays his ability to compose, arrange and sing. Through learning, working, and teaching a variety of different kinds of music from his youth in Japan, Shu is more of a world musician than one existing ...

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Article: Album Review

Monday Michiru: Soulception

Read "Soulception" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

Matters of the spirit are examined in Soulception, the compelling release from Monday Michiru--a multitalented Japanese American singer, composer, and actress, who has released over a dozen successful albums in Asia, Europe, Australia, and South America. An avid producer influenced by diverse sources, she's got that certain crossover appeal that is fluent in urban R&B, contemporary ...

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Article: Album Review

Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up: The Air is Different

Read "The Air is Different" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Drummer Tomas Fujiwara inhabits the fertile Brooklyn scene alongside guitarist Mary Halvorson, a frequent collaborator who is part of his band, The Hook Up; alongside cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, both are also featured on collective The Thirteenth Assembly's outstanding Station Direct (Important, 2011). So it's not surprising that similarly smart multifaceted compositions, delivered through tight but ...

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Article: Live Review

Adam Ant: New York City, NY October 6, 2012

Read "Adam Ant:  New York City, NY October 6, 2012" reviewed by Christine Connallon

by Christine Connallon

Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse / Brothers of Brazil The Best Buy Theater New York City, NY October 6, 2012 A perfectly paired show rolled into the Best Buy Theater on October 6, 2012. The sold out, Saturday night show positioned the rockabilly/punk Latin ...

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Article: Live Review

Ian Anderson: New York, NY, October 5, 2012

Read "Ian Anderson: New York, NY, October 5, 2012" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

Ian Anderson The Beacon Theatre New York, New York October 5, 2012 It was a decidedly older crowd that attended Ian Anderson's show at The Beacon Theatre on this cool, early October evening. Though the majority of the audience ranged from early-forties to early-sixties, it was also at least partially populated ...

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Article: Film Review

Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project

Read "Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Pat Metheny The Orchestrion Project Eagle Eye Media 2012 When guitarist Pat Metheny released Orchestrion (Nonesuch) in 2010, it almost immediately became one of his most controversial recordings since Zero Tolerance for Silence (Warner Bros., 1992). Why, in a jazz world, where interaction with other musicians is so fundamental to its ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Formanek: Small Places

Read "Small Places" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Bassist Michael Formanek's second release on ECM, Small Places, is an impassioned and gratifying album. Working with the same quartet as his first, The Rub and Spare Change (ECM, 2010), the music here has crystallized and matured further as the familiarity and camaraderie among the artists has grown. Although The Rub was freer ...

News: Event

WBGO Champions Of Jazz Honors Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Lundvall & Hogan Lovells

WBGO Champions Of Jazz Honors Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Lundvall & Hogan Lovells

WBGO Champions of Jazz Gala Honors Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Lundvall and Hogan Lovells November 7 at Jazz at Lincoln Center Bobby McFerrin & Friends, featuring Joe Alterman, Cyrus Chestnut, Paquito D’Rivera, Al Foster, Gil Goldstein, Joe Lovano, Richard Marx, Marcus Printup, Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson and More to Perform at Benefit in Celebration of Jazz NEWARK, NJ: ...


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