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News: Event

Premik & Friends with Premik's Annual Birthday Bash Celebration

July 29, 2010

Premik together with friends will bring you a very special night at the Bean Runner Cafe this Friday night. All invited to join in the party as this has been the decided night for Premik's annual BIRTHDAY BASH! As always there will be top line-up of musicians giving voice to their instruments to be sure to ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #186: Steve Coleman

July 29, 2010

Steve Coleman leads his band Five Elements through another thought-provoking set on Harvesting Semblances And Affinities (Pi Recordings, 2010), his first American-label release in nine years and his first new album in four years. In this interview, Coleman talks about a wide range of topics, from seeing Sonny Stitt play a student horn in a motel ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ellery Eskelin / John Hebert / Devin Gray at the Tea Lounge on July 30th

July 28, 2010

Friday July 30th Sets at 9.30 and 10.30PM Live at the TEA LOUNGE in Brooklyn NYC Ellery Eskelin--tenor sax John Hebert--bass Devin Gray--drums/compositions Please join us as we explore the worlds of new and old sounds... 837 Union Street Brooklyn, NY (718) 789-2762 Suggested $5 Entrance tealoungeny.com Q train ...

News: Obituary

Remembering Karl Watt

July 28, 2010

One of the many delights of having a blog is meeting people--not always in person--who enrich your life with their presence, their music, their stories. One such person is banjo player Candace Brown, who's a member of Chris Tyle's Silver Leaf Jazz Band. I had posted a clip of that band in full flower, playing the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

BT3 Brings Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to the Iridium Jazz Club - Friday, August 13 @ 11:30PM as Part of Their Emerging Artist Series

July 27, 2010

From a lifetime of breaking boundaries, leading an award-winning, DC-based hip-hop/fusion band, Miscellaneous Flux, and collaborating with numerous musical pioneers (Vernon Reid, Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber, and DJ Logic), guitarist Ben Tyree, pushes forward with his own ground-breaking, improvisational, sci-fi/jazz/funk trio project, BT3. On Friday, August 13 @ 11:30pm, Tyree will present BT3 at the ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #185: Marc Copland

July 26, 2010

Pianist Marc Copland joins Dave Liebman, Billy Hart, Drew Gress and John Abercrombie in the band Contact. Their new album is Five On One (Pirouet Records, 2010). In this interview, Copland talks about the formation of the band and his relationships with the individual members; his years in D.C. and his switch from saxophone to piano; ...

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News: Event

Kelley Suttenfield's "Where Is Love?" CD Launch at Kitano on July 29, 2010

July 26, 2010

Rhombus Records recording artist Kelley Suttenfield officially launches her debut CD--Where Is Love?--at New York's KITANO on July 29, 2010 Sets at 8pm & 10pm KITANO 66 Park Avenue at E. 38th Street NYC 10016 No Cover, $15 minimum. Reservations advised: 212 885 -7119 With Michael Cabe- piano, Tony Romano--guitar; ...

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Article: Live Review

Giant Step 20th Anniversary: Aloe Blacc + Raphael Saadiq, Central Park Summerstage, July 17 2010

by Ernest Barteldes
July 25, 2010

Giant Step 20th AnniveraryAloe Blacc + Raphael SaadiqJuly 17, 2010Central Park SummerstageNew York, NYFor his first appearance in New York, Los Angeles-based singer Aloe Blacc came on stage backed by a solid nine-piece band, showcasing his take on the classic soul revival that harkens back to the likes of ...

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News: Video / DVD

Connee Boswell, 1934: "Isn't It a Shame?"

July 25, 2010

Even though Ella Fitzgerald insisted that Connee Boswell was her first and perhaps greatest influence, Connee hasn't been given her due. Perhaps because there hasn't been a proper reissue of her solo recordings (as opposed to the well-deserved attention given to the recordings she made with her sisters) listeners don't pay enough attention to her solo ...

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News: Opinion

England Swings!

July 25, 2010

“like a pendulum do," is the Sixties refrain that comes to mind, but I have other evidence to present here. Our UK sojourn so far has offered many charity shops and second-hand bookshops, and a few jazz oases, potential and real. The potential one was spotted in York: unfortunately, in the fashion of used CD shops, ...