Results for "New York"

NYU Students Aim to Invent Facebook (Again). We've Got Your Back.

May 13, 2010

Remember when Facebook really was a private club? In the days before we called anything a “social network?" When “sharing" and “connecting" wasn't bait for the switch of “monetizing" the stuff and nonsense of our lives? Well, four NYU students do, and they are so nostalgic for those halcyon days way back in 2004 that they ...

Ted Nash Quintet Plays Dizzy's

May 13, 2010

Ted Nash's Quintet returns to Dizzy's May 19th-23rd with an exciting anthology of music from successful recordings. Such as “Portrait in Seven Shades," “Still Evolved," “In The Loop," and “Rhyme and Reason," as well as music from a commission from the Museum of Modern Art entitled “CitiEscape." Ted will be sharing the stage with outstanding guest ...

Catherine Russell: Inside This Heart Of Mine

by Marcia Hillman
May 13, 2010

Singer Catherine Russell covers a lot of jazz territory on her new CD--performing material from vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley, New Orleans, Delta blues, the Swing Era and the Django-esque '30s. Accompanying her on this journey is a full battery of musicians that replicate the sounds of each of the styles covered: musical director Matt Munisteri (guitar ...

Frank Vignola: 100 Years Of Django

by Martin Longley
May 13, 2010

In this centenary year of Django Reinhardt's birth, it's inevitable that homages will be uppermost in the minds of the guitarist's disciples. Frank Vignola has no desire to resist this temptation, given that so much of his very fiber is directly descended from the Reinhardt legacy. But aside from the unavoidable “Nuages," Vignola sidesteps down a ...

Ken Peplowski: Noir Blue

by Martin Longley
May 13, 2010

In his liner notes, saxophonist/clarinetist Ken Peplowski reveals that after hitting fifty, he had no desire to make albums that are going through the motions of record company requirements. Not that such bodies are lately in a position to demand anything. He now intends to make recordings when the inspiration is strong and when the circumstances ...

Jean-Michel Pilc: True Story

by Joel Roberts
May 12, 2010

Paris-born pianist Jean-Michel Pilc continues his impressive series of Dreyfus Jazz releases with True Story, his first album since 2006's New Dreams and the debut effort for his exciting new trio featuring respected veteran drummer Billy Hart and talented Russian-born bassist Boris Kozlov. The 49-year-old Pilc, a resident of New York for the past 15 years, ...

Ahmad Jamal: A Quiet Time

by Graham L. Flanagan
May 12, 2010

As one of the most highly influential jazz musicians on earth, pianist Ahmad Jamal enhances that sparkling reputation with his outstanding new studio effort A Quiet Time. The disc features two of the strong supporting players from his previous release, It's Magic (Dreyfus, 2008): James Cammack (bass) and Manolo Badrena (percussion), with Kenny Washington replacing Idris ...

Peter Bernstein: Peter Bernstein Quartet, Live at Smalls

by Laurel Gross
May 12, 2010

Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around, a must-hear, go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh, of-the-moment feel. A fixture on the New York scene and beyond, Bernstein deserves to be even better-known for his intricately beautiful melodic lines, harmonic sophistication, spot-on improvisation and good taste. ...

Natalie John's Debut Album, "Unveiled," to be Released June 21st

May 11, 2010

Suresh Singaratnam: Lost in New York

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 11, 2010

International in residency, Suresh Singaratnam is also multi-faceted when it comes to his music. Lost in New York, his third release, is an amalgamation of sound. Born in Zambia, Singaratnam has also lived in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. He revealed a hint of his eclectic interest when, as an eighth-grade ...