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Article: Album Review

Iris Ornig: No Restrictions

Read "No Restrictions" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Intrepid bassist Iris Ornig's second release follows the thematic structure of her remarkable debut, New Ground (Self Produced, 2009), but is more polished and coherent, hence more engaging. This is a hard goal to achieve, as the first was a thoroughly enjoyable and stimulating album. If New Ground was a collection of short ...

News: For Sale

Hudson Valley Jazz Festival Launches Broad Initiative / Business

Hudson Valley Jazz Festival Productions is an extension of the yearly four day event that was just completed this past August. Shortly, Hudson Valley Jazz Festival Productions and Savage Tunes, will release a new video highlighting several performances and provide a brief overview of future plans and new projects. Right now we'd like to introduce you ...

News: Award / Grant

Apply For Chamber Music America's Residency Project Funding Program

Apply For Chamber Music America's Residency Project Funding Program

Application Deadline: November 16, 2012 Small music ensembles and presenters in jazz, classical and world are invited to apply to Chamber Music America's Residency Partnership Program. This grant opportunity supports ensembles and presenters in building audiences for jazz, classical/contemporary, and world small ensemble music through residency projects. Funding is specifically aimed at activities that take place ...

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News: Event

Jazz Concert Benefit Dizzy Gillespie Memorial At Cotton Club on October 16, 2012

Jazz Concert Benefit Dizzy Gillespie Memorial At Cotton Club on October 16, 2012

The Cotton Club Harlem 656 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027 7:30 PM Christopher Kennedy Lawford to host Jazz Concert Benefiting the Dizzy Gillespie Fund In NYC. The Historic Cotton Club Harlem, Ruby Flower Productions and a stellar line up of musicians present on October 16, 2012 the Dizzy ...

News: Event

Tito Puente: Celebrating The History Of Latin Music And The Man Who Helped Create It

Tito Puente: Celebrating The History Of Latin Music And The Man Who Helped Create It

FREE SEMINAR SERIES “Tito Puente: Celebrating the History of Latin Music and the Man Who Helped Create It" This free seminar series will highlight the history of Latin Music and Tito Puente based on the book “Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente" and the impact Tito had on music the world over. Hosted by author ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

I Carry Your Heart: Alexis Cole Sings Pepper Adams

Read "I Carry Your Heart: Alexis Cole Sings Pepper Adams" reviewed by Larry Taylor

by Larry Taylor

Alexis ColeI Carry Your Heart; Alexis Cole Sings Pepper AdamsMotema Music2012I Carry Your Heart; Alexis Cole Sings Pepper Adams is a stunning piece of work. The lyrics, pure poetry; the music, cerebral and swinging. This creation is even more amazing when seen as part of a five-volume production ...

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Article: Live Review

The Offspring with Neon Trees and Dead Sara: Huntington, NY, September 20, 2012

Read "The Offspring with Neon Trees and Dead Sara: Huntington, NY, September 20, 2012" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

The Offspring with Neon Trees and Dead Sara The Paramount Huntington, New York September 20, 2012 On a pleasant late-September evening, the Offspring set Long Island's Paramount concert hall on fire with its metal-influenced punk rock brand of musical mayhem. The Southern California band performed a set mostly comprised of ...

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Article: Live Review

Donald Harrison & Quantum Leap: New York City, NY, September 20, 2012

Read "Donald Harrison & Quantum Leap: New York City, NY, September 20, 2012" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes

Donald Harrison & Quantum LeapThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkSeptember 20, 2012New Orleans-based saxophonist Donald Harrison kicked off the evening's first set with a shuffle-based groove, immediately starting with an improvised solo. The quintet, rounded out by pianist Zaccai Curtis, bassist Max Moran, drummer Joe Dyson and electric guitarist Detroit ...

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Article: Live Review

The J. Geils Band: Westbury, NY, September 12, 2012

Read "The J. Geils Band:  Westbury, NY, September 12, 2012" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

The J. Geils Band North Fork Theatre at Westbury Westbury, New York September 12, 2012 To quote a phrase made famous by Peter Wolf and the members of the J. Geils Band, it was “nothing but a house party." The latest incarnation of the J. Geils Band rolled (literally--the band ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Formanek: Small Places

Read "Small Places" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It's no secret that pathological fans view every artist discovered as a new branch on an endlessly growing musical tree. It should come as no surprise, then, that labels--at least, those run by folks as pathological as the fans they hope to attract--operate with the same eye to discovery and expansion. ECM has, in its forty-plus ...


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