Results for "New York"

Bill Frisell At The Stone

by AAJ Staff
September 18, 2010

Bill FrisellThe StoneNew York CitySeptember 7, 2010 Bill Frisell has captured the imagination of music fans of many types, since his first records in the 1980s. He is the world's favorite alternative take on guitar. Yet, he may be, instead, the next step in guitar rather than another side of ...

Pharmacopia Releases "Mobile Music Diversions"

September 15, 2010

Whilst rebuilding his studio, pharmacopia's Peter Dragotta had a creative diversion. The idea; a solo improvisation using mobile applications (apps) on two iPhones (1st Gen and 3GS), and an iPad along with his Akai EWI wind synth. The resulting five tracks are sequential edits from two raw recording sessions; no additional post mastering was applied. They ...

Conversations with Composers: Miya Masaoka in Conversation with Vijay Iyer

September 14, 2010

Miya Masaoka is one of the most innovative and fascinating composer-musicians to emerge in the last twenty years. Her compositions for multiple choirs, insects, and birds, her innovations in electronics, and her koto performances with Pharoah Sanders, Wadada Leo Smith and many others have earned her high praise and respect in a wide variety of musics. ...

"It's Glory": The Ear Inn (September 5, 2010)

September 12, 2010

Last Sunday I made my way down to The Ear Inn with great eagerness. Jon-Erik Kellso and Neal Miner were going to be there along with two players making their debuts at 326 Spring Street: altoist Dmitry Baevsky, whom I'd admired on a duet gig with Ehud Asherie at Smalls, and the remarkable guitarist Ray Macchiarola. ...

The Jazz Session #199: Beth Schenck

September 13, 2010

Memorial Concert For Celebrated NYC Music Educator Jerry Sheik

September 13, 2010

On October 2, 2010, music will fill the O. Henry School's auditorium in Chelsea in tribute to beloved music teacher, Jerry Sheik, who passed away on June 1st. Performers are his former students, now renowned musicians, who have gone on to work with both the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic, as well as Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, ...

Tamia + Mario + Chrisette Michelle, Central Park Summerstage August 22, 2010

by Ernest Barteldes
September 11, 2010

Tamia + Mario + Chrisette MichelleCentral Park Summerstage New York, NYAugust 22, 2010During an afternoon dedicated to neo-soul music, Canadian-American vocalist Tamia took the stage backed by a solid five-piece band. Her set list comprised mostly of romantic-tinged tunes that explored her wide vocal range that brought to mind the early ...

Fay Victor At The Local 269 in New York

by AAJ Staff
September 11, 2010

Fay VictorThe Local 269New York, NYSeptember 6, 2010 New York jazz and avant-garde/free vocalist Fay Victor performed two sets with a new jazz ensemble at The Local 269 on September 6, 2010. The Local 269 is a jazz and rock club/bar on East Houston Street, on New York's Lower East ...

Good Old New York: Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (August 30,2010)

September 9, 2010

n any Monday or Tuesday night, those who love jazz and pop — to listen and dance to—should make their way to Club Cache, in the basement of the Hotel Edison (221 West 46th Street), to catch Vince Gordano and the Nighthawks, playing from 8-11 PM. I did just that last Monday. The Nighthawks were Mike ...

Good Old New York: Bob Wilber at Birdland (September 1, 2010)

September 9, 2010

One of the more reassuring aspects of the New York jazz scene is that a few steady gigs remain—the Sunday and Monday night hoedowns at Arthur's Tavern on Grove Street; the EarRegulars at The Ear Inn on Sundays; Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (now on Monday and Tuesday) downstairs in the Hotel Edison. And this year ...