Results for "New York"

3rd Annual 'Post' Charlie Parker Festival Open Mic/Jam Session at the Muhammad Salahuddeen Memorial Jazz Theatre (NYC)

August 4, 2010

”BIRD LOVERS" WELCOME! On Sunday, August 29, 2010 the University of the Streeets (UOTS) will host it's 3rd Annual 'Post' Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Open Mic/Jam Session. UOTS has been an institution dedicated to supporting the jazz community for over four decades, offering legendary jazz figures, as well as youngsters a place to meet, rediscover old ...

The Respect Sextet returns to Le Poisson Rouge on 8/17, celebrates new album!

August 4, 2010

THE RESPECT SEXTET RETURNS TO LE POISSON ROUGE ON TUES, AUGUST 17, 2010 AT 10:00PM TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEWEST, DIGITAL-ONLY RECORDING, “FARCICAL BUILT FOR SIX" Toby Twining with Eric Brenner to open NEW YORK, August 4, 2010—The Respect Sextet will perform at Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 to celebrate the ...

Jerome Sabbagh Trio featuring Billy Drummond at Smalls on August 12th

August 4, 2010

Jerome Sabbagh Trio—Smalls—New York Thursday, August 12th @ 9:30 PM Jerome Sabbagh: saxophone Joe Martin: bass Billy Drummond: drums About Jerome Sabbagh Saxophonist and composer Jerome Sabbagh was born in Paris, France and moved to the States at the age of 20. After attending Berklee College of Music in Boston on scholarship for two ...

Download Two Free MP3 Tracks from Pianist Coto Pincheira

August 3, 2010

An AAJ exclusive! Familiarize yourself with pianist Coto Pincheira's music by downloading two free MP3s from his latest release The Sonido Moderno Project. Coto Pincheira Moves to New York! Latin jazz pianist Coto Pincheira has relocated to Brooklyn, NY after living and recording in the Bay Area for the last several years. “It has been and ...

Eddie Lang Day in Philadelphia: October 25, 2010

August 2, 2010

The Jazz Session #187: David Weiss

August 2, 2010

Trumpeter David Weiss and his band Point Of Departure explore music from the late 1960s on their new record, Snuck In (Sunnyside, 2010), recorded live at Jazz Standard in New York. In this interview, Weiss talks about the little-known Detroit composers who wrote some of the songs on the new record; why he chose to cover ...

Red Norvo's Spotlight Band on Film

August 1, 2010

The distinguished jazz film scholar Mark Cantor offers another cinematic mystery: “In Back Beats and Rim Shots, Warren Vache and Johnny Blowers discuss a band put together by Red Norvo, under the sponsorship of Coca Cola, for an overseas tour during World War II. The tour never happened, but before the band broke up a film ...

Annual Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial

July 31, 2010

Saturday, August 7th, 4:00PM--7:00PM on 46th Street at Queens Blvd. Don't Miss the 10th Annual Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Jazz Concert. The Largest, Free, Outdoor Jazz Concert in western Queens! A night of Swing & Dixieland music. Annual concert to honor jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke. (There is a banner of him hanging at the ...

Suresh Singaratnam: Lost In New York

by Bruce Lindsay
July 30, 2010

Born in Zambia but brought up in Toronto, Canada, trumpeter Suresh Singaratnam is formally trained in both jazz and classical music, latterly at the Manhattan School of Music. Lost In New York is an album of original compositions that chronicles the young musician's early years in the city. It's a mix of experiences and emotions that ...

Los Cenzontles at Americas Society, July 21 2010

by Ernest Barteldes
July 30, 2010

Los CenzontlesAmericas SocietyNew York, NYWednesday, July 21, 2010 The California-based 8-piece ensemble came to the crowded Upper East Side room with a selection of contemporary-inflected traditional Mexican music, kicking off with “Hermosissimo Lucero," an a capella number in two voices. That was followed by an original number entitles “Soy Mexico Americano," ...