Results for "New York"

The Church Live at B.B. King's Bar And Grill, New York City

by Mike Perciaccante
March 13, 2011

The ChurchB.B. King's Bar And GrillNew York, USAFebruary 17, 2011 Three decades of The Church revisited in three classic albums. When Australia's The Church was scheduled, on Thursday, February 17, 2011, to perform Untitled 23 (Second Motion, 2009), Priest = Aura (Arista, 1992) and Starfish (Arista, 1988) in their entirety, ...

February Forays

by Nick Catalano
March 12, 2011

February is one of those months when this New York Beat column could expand into a full periodical because of the plethora of jazz activity occurring in Gotham. I began my trek early in the month, when the city was buried in crystal mounds of snow from winter storms that had pounded the ...

Introducing Shawn Baltazor

by David A. Orthmann
March 11, 2011

Forty-five minutes prior to New Tricks' opening set, Shawn Baltazor began to tote his drum kit from a parking space down the street from Trumpets Jazz Club. Four drums were neatly stacked and secured to a rolling luggage carrier. An oversized sack contained bulky metal hardware and miscellaneous equipment. A cymbal bag with a shoulder strap ...

Recursive Improvisations: The Art of Eric Metcalfe, With Jason Moran and Naomi Beckwith

March 11, 2011

An introduction to the art of Canadian avant-garde artist Eric Metcalfe opens out into a discussion of the complex relationship among jazz, art, and contemporary global culture. Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:30 pm 301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University Morningside Campus Free and open to the public Vancouver-based artist Eric Metcalfe (b. 1940) ...

Monument Eternal: Alice Coltrane's Spiritual Aesthetics, with Franya Berkman, Lewis and Clark College

March 11, 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011, 8:00 pm 622 Dodge Hall, Columbia University Morningside Campus Free and open to the public. The author will sign copies of her book at the event. Alice Coltrane was a composer, improviser, guru, and widow of John Coltrane. Over the course of her musical life, she ...

The Jazz Session #247: Sarah Manning

March 11, 2011

Acclaimed Jazz Violinist Zach Brock to Tour Canada and U.S. in Support of His New CD the "Magic Number" Wednesday, March 23rd - Saturday, April 16th

March 10, 2011

New York, NY—Brooklyn-based jazz violinist and composer Zach Brock will perform a series of East Coast and Midwest concert dates from Wednesday, March 23rd—Saturday, April 16th. Heralded as “the great bright hope for jazz violin" by the Chicago Tribune and as “the new cat" that has “the stuff" by jazz legend Stanley Clarke, Zach is joined ...

Jazz Around Town: Live Jazz in and Around Rochester, NY

March 10, 2011

Every week we try to pull together the live jazz gigs going on in and around Rochester from a number of sources to provide you with the most comprehensive listings. Artists, you can add your gigs to these by sending them to me by Wednesday afternoon for gigs occurring the following day through the next Wednesday. ...

John McNeil's Backbone

by Ben Waltzer
March 8, 2011

Like many trumpeters, John McNeil has a unique brand above his upper lip where flesh meets metal. It looks like a setting sun, and was visible from up close, as he removed his instrument from his mouth, rose steadily from his stool, and grasped the microphone. “This is the part of any jazz ...

Leila Adu presses her luck with mysterious music video for "Fortuna" single

March 8, 2011

Leila Adu caps European leg of Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker Tour with debut of “Fortuna" ..."Leila Adu is a Revelation..."—Robert Wyatt, legendary founder of Soft Machine and Bjork collaborator “Leila Adu is a rebel-inspirer. And not in the way that calls for the raising of fists, or the hurling of sharp word-blades. Her defiance ...