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The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University presents: African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston
A book reading and signing with Randy Weston and Willard Jenkins Packed with fascinating anecdotes, African Rhythms is Randy Weston's life story as told to the music journalist Willard Jenkins. It encompasses Weston's childhood in the Brooklyn neighborhood where his parents imbued him with pride in his African heritage, his introduction to jazz, and his early ...
The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University presents: The jazz composer, moving music off the paper
A book reading and signing with Graham Collier “Jazz happens in real time, once." This mantra has provided the inspiration for my music and my beliefs about jazz, which are at the core of the jazz composer. The work of the three icons of jazz composition—Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Gil Evans—is dealt with at length, ...
Warren Allen's Best Releases of 2010
by Warren Allen
2010 was special for its sheer quality in quantity. While no one album truly ran away from the pack (as evidenced by the vast disagreements between other writers' top recording lists this year), each month seemed to produce something new and fantastic. Represented here are 15 releases, some by well-established names and some by new(ish) faces, ...
CD Release Party
The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn, a popular early jazz, swing and blues band throw a party celebrating the release of their greatly anticipated third CD Permanent Magic sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery. CD release party, live music performance and swing dance. The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn are an early jazz, swing and blues band composed of acoustic ...
Tomasz Stanko Quintet: New York City, January 14, 2011
by Warren Allen
Tomasz Stanko Quintet with Chris PotterJazz StandardNew York, NYJanuary 14, 2011 Polish trumpet legend Tomasz Stanko has long had a close relationship with New York City. One of the first great jazz musicians to come out of Eastern Europe in the late 1970s, Stanko today splits his time between Warsaw ...
Randy Ingram Quartet at the 55 Bar, Tuesday Feb. 1st, 7-9pm
Randy Ingram Quartet Randy Ingram, fender rhodes Mike Moreno, guitar Matt Clohesy, bass Jochen Rueckert, drums Live at the 55 bar Tuesday, Feb. 1st, 2011 7pm-9pm No Cover 55 Christopher Street New York, NY 10014 212-929-9883 55bar.com “Randy Ingram, an astute young ...
Dave Stryker Organ Quartet at Cecil's Jazz Club
by David A. Orthmann
Dave Stryker Organ QuartetCecil's Jazz ClubWest Orange, NJDecember 4, 2010 Guitarist and bandleader Dave Stryker straddles the line between art and entertainment as well as anyone in jazz. For those who simply wanted to have a good time, the opening set on the second night of his two night stand ...
The Jazz Session #234: Robert Hurst
Bassist Robert Hurst has been a first-call musician since his early days with Wynton and Branford Marsalis. Hes just released two new albums, Bob Ya Head (Bebob Records, 2011) and Unrehurst, Vol. 2 (Bebob Records, 2011). In this interview, recorded at Jazz Standard in New York, Hurst talks about the politics and rhythms underlying Bob Ya ...
Jazz Around Town: Baby It's Cold Outside...
You see a pattern? Yes, this is Rochester...it's January... I should not be surprised should I? But I'm feeling it in my bones (literally, my old knees and their scar tissue are just about fed up with it). There's a bit of jazz being played here and there around Rochester. Here's what I was able to ...
The Jazz Session #233: Lynne Arriale
Pianist Lynne Arriale's new CD, Convergence (Motema, 2011), is her second album to feature a horn player, this time saxophonist Bill McHenry. In this interview, Arriale talks about her decision to expand her band; how she searches within herself as part of her compositional process; and why she enjoys teaching as a means of human connection. ...
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