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Gilles Peterson Digs Cuba
Two years ago, Gilles Peterson visited Cuba for the first time on a reconnaissance mission to check out the new generation of Havana-based artists. The fruits of his labor culminated in the album he presented, Havana Cultura, which was recently released, but now his Brownswood Recordings imprint is preparing the release of Havana Cultura Remixed out ...
King Britt Interview
It may be hard to believe but the legendary Philadelphia DJ/Producer King Britt has been in the music game for twenty years now. Beginning his career in 1990 as E-Culture on the Strictly Rhythm label, Britt quickly became the DJ for the Grammy winning hip-hop group Digable Planets. Segueing into production work, hes remixed tracks for ...
Kenny Davern, Remembered
First, some comedy. The last time I saw Kenny Davern in action was at Sunnie Sutton's 2006 Rocky Mountain Jazz Party--only a few months before his death. At the dinner for musicians and friends the night before the party started, Kenny took a napkin off one of the tables, draped it over his arm, and transformed ...
AllAboutJazz-New York May 2010 Issue Now Available!
Lest one needs a reminder of the globalization of the world in general and music in particular, last month's eruption of a volcano under Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier was a particularly effective one. Lost in all the news reports of stranded travelers on both sides of the Atlantic were the many musicians whose tour plans were disrupted ...
The Jazz Session #165: Torben Waldorff
Guitarist Torben Waldorffs new CD is called American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare, 2010). On it, Waldorff explores improvisation that is deeply rooted in the American and British rock music he grew up with as a kid. In this interview, Waldorff talks about how he chose the title of the new record; the band and how they all ...
The Jazz Session #164: Henry Threadgill
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Henry Threadgill has always followed his own particular muse, and his new album, And This Brings Us To, Vol. 1 (Pi Recordings, 2009), is no different. In this interview, Threadgill discusses the musical language hes developed, and the demands it places on the musicians who play with him; why he constantly searches for ...
BT3 Returns with Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to Fat Baby -- Wednesday, May 19th @ 8PM
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 Wednesday, May 19th at 8pm, Tyree will present BT3 at Fat ...
Dave Holland Quintet at Birdland, April 20, 2010
by David Miller
Dave Holland QuintetBirdlandNew York, NYApril 20, 2010The Dave Holland Quintet (DHQ) is one of those rarest of things in jazz--a working group. These days, due to a number of factors (cough$$cough), jazz musicians are spread very thin in terms of the number of projects they participate in. They jump fluidly from ...
Jazz Dates in New York City
Music of Jazz in the City RALPH BOWEN (Friday) Walter White on trumpet, Lage Lund on guitar, Kenny Davis on bass and Adam Cruz on drums. 9 and 10:30 p.m. Jazz Gallery 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village (212) 242-1063 GEORGE COLLIGAN ...
Folk Music Singer and Actress Susan Reed Dubbed 'America's Concert Favorite'
Folk music thrush and actress Susan Reed died April 25 of natural causes in Greenport, N.Y. She was 84. Reed was introduced to folk music by members of Ireland's Abbey Players, who would spend time with her family during visits to the United States. She went on to star at Cafe Society in Gotham for two ...
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