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News: Performance / Tour

Ben Stapp & the Zozimos Collective @ the Stone

Ben Stapp & the Zozimos Collective @ the Stone

July 22nd, 10pm--the Stone ( corner of avenue C and 2nd street ) Justin Wood (saxophones, flute) Kenny Warren (trumpet) Danny Fischer (drums) Curtis Stewart (violin) Isaac Darche (guitar) Ben Stapp (tuba, narrator) A collective Chamber Group performing selections from Mr. Stapp's jazz-folk operetta Hansel and Gretel (Instrumental Version) Incorporating rhythmic drones, faux 4-D tonality, ...

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News: Recording

Portland, Or's Blue Cranes Release 3rd Album of Indie-Tinged Chamber Music, "Observatories," September 14, 2010

Portland, Or's Blue Cranes Release 3rd Album of Indie-Tinged Chamber Music, "Observatories," September 14, 2010

It takes a minute for a band to hurdle growth spurts and become the eloquent ensemble it hopes to be. But striving for a truly individual sound, one that depends on the contributions of each member is a noble goal. After three years as a quintet with two saxophones up front, Blue Cranes have achieved such ...

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News: Recording

Water from Gregory Porter

New jazz artist Gregory Porter exhibits such vocal mastery that no less a jazz luminary than Wynton Marsalis has gone on record to call him “a fantastic young singer." The debut album, Water, is out now on Motema Music. For the recording of Water, Gregory Porter tapped a powerful cadre of strong players, among them the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Eyal Vilner Big Band Live at Iridium Jazz Club! Saturday July 31!

Ladies and gents! The Eyal Vilner Big Band is going up Broadway for a show at the Iridium Jazz Club! After two years of music collaboration where Greenwich Village was our home base, we are going up town to be featured on a special series presented by the Iridium entitle New Faces After Midnight. I'm happy ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Premik Russell Tubbs & Friends, an Evening of World Beat & East-West Improvisations

Premik Russell Tubbs & Friends, an Evening of World Beat & East-West Improvisations

Join Premik Russell Tubbs with 4 other top New York players for this musical evening as we explore and explode in colorful rhythms and textures to bring one on a journey...an escape of the mundane. Adam Klipple will be on keys and piano. Enough can not be said about Adam as his innate intuitive music sense ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Buster Williams Presents Flamenco Jazz Project at Iridium Jazz Club August 6-8, 2010

Buster Williams Presents Flamenco Jazz Project at Iridium Jazz Club August 6-8, 2010

Bassist and composer Buster Williams leads his Something More ensemble in a presentation of flamenco and jazz entitled Spanish Sun--Flamenco Rising, with Mark Gross on saxophone, Eric Reed on piano, Ignacio Berroa on drums, and special guest Adam del Monte on flamenco guitar, at the Iridium Jazz Club August 6-8, 2010. Sets begin at 8:00 p.m. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band at Iridium on August 10

Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band at Iridium on August 10

With guest sax soloist Bob Mover Iridium 1650 Broadway @ 51st Street New York, NY 212-582-2121       Tuesday, August 10 Sets at 8:00 and 10:00 P.M. Tickets: $25 About Art Lillard Art Lillard is a musician with many gifts. In each of his musical roles--drummer, composer, arranger and bandleader--he shares with us his ...

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Article: Live Review

Alex Silverio Quartet at Americas Society, July 1, 2010

Read "Alex Silverio Quartet at Americas Society, July 1, 2010" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes

Alex Silverio Quartet Americas Society New York, NY July 1, 2010 The Brazil-based quartet (Alex Silverio: bassoon; Neimar Dias: electric guitar; Igor Pimenta: upright bass; Eduardo Guarinon: drums) started off their concert at The Upper East Side's Americas Society with Branislaw Kasper's “Invitation," a straight-ahead piece with touches ...

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Article: New York Beat

More British Jazz: Edition Records

Read "More British Jazz: Edition Records" reviewed by Nick Catalano

by Nick Catalano

During the past few years much attention has been given in this column to currents in European jazz. The British scene is characterized by intense club activity and a robust recording output epitomized by Edition Records—a label unafraid to support new compositional ideas and innovative styles.A recently released CD displays the compositions of Dave ...

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Article: Album Review

Archie Shepp: The New York Contemporary Five

Read "The New York Contemporary Five" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron

Although saxophonist Archie Shepp is listed as the leader of this release, The New York Contemporary Five was really a collective; a short-lived, free jazz super-group from the early 1960s. The band, with a front line of Shepp, cornetist Don Cherry and alto saxophonist John Tchicai, was recorded live at the famed Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, ...


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