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Hal Galper: Now Hear This
by Ken Dryden
Hal Galper has had a long, distinguished career as a jazz pianist, bandleader, composer and educator. While the pianist has made a flurry of recordings over the past few years, record labels are beginning to mine the wealth of material he produced during the '=1970s. Now Hear This was first issued by Enja in 1977 and ...
Terry Waldo: The Ohio Theatre Concert
by Andrew Velez
No less a ragtime icon than composer Eubie Blake himself endorsed pianist, musical director, arranger and early jazz scholar Terry Waldo as being an extension of my own musical self." Waldo's irresistible way with this music is in full glory on this 1974 concert. Blake himself was to have participated, but missed the concert due to ...
Rakalam Bob Moses: Father's Day B'hash
by Lyn Horton
Accepting the offer of a fellow instructor at the New England Conservatory for free studio time, drummer Rakalam Bob Moses assembled a band of evolving musicians and longtime collaborator Stan Strickland (tenor saxophonist and clarinetist), to record, on June 16, 2006, Father's Day B'Hash. Moses proposed ideas for saxophonists Strickland, Ommudra Thomas Arabia, Nick Videen, Luis ...
Free Movie Night! "The Art of the Jazz Soloist" at Tribeca PAC
Scenes Through the Cinema Lens is an original retrospective focusing on the performing arts in film. Each screening examines a different theme and allows audiences to enjoy selections from well-to lesser-known films. With its strong focus on jazz orchestras and vocalists, this years series will highlight several of the great performers who appeared at the Lost ...
Jack Kleinsinger Presents Highlights in Jazz 37th Anniversary Gala with Special Guest George Wein Thurs., Feb. 11th 8PM Tribeca Performing Arts Center
JACK KLEINSINGER Presents Highlights In JAZZ New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series 37th Season The Final Year! According to Jack this is the final year not the final season.... UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ SHOWS Thursday, February 11, 2010 37th Anniversary Gala Jay Leonhart, ...
Joe Locke at Dizzy's in NYC, January 26, 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Joe Locke Dizzy's Club New York, New York January 26, 2010 Columbus Circle and Central Park South were the backdrop for Joe Locke and his band (Geoffrey Keezer: piano; George Mraz: bass; Clarence Penn: drums; Kenny Washington, vocals) as they began their six-day residence at Dizzy's Club in New ...
Jamie Cullum Releases "The Pursuit" & Upcoming US Tour Dates
JAMIE CULLUM LAUNCHES ONE MAN BRITISH INVASION" OF AMERICA GOLDEN GLOBE & GRAMMY NOMINEE ANNOUNCES MARCH TOUR DATES AND RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM THE PURSUIT ON MARCH 2, 2010 English singer/songwriter/pianist/multi-instrumentalist Jamie Cullum, who has been dubbed a one man British invasion" (Hollywood Reporter), has announced a series of US tour dates to coincide with the ...
Jeremy Pelt Taking a Ride on Jazzs Main Line
The trumpeter Jeremy Pelt has spent most of the last decade as a young exemplar, traveling the postbop continuum on his own steam, at his own pace. As a bandleader he has plunged headlong into funk and dipped a toe in chamber orchestration, but the larger theme of his output seeks a footing on the bedrock ...
Mark Berman ("Sex and the City") Returns to NYC's "Top of the Rock" February 24
Mark Berman, jazz piano star notable for his hot montuno piano playing on HBO's Sex and the City" theme song, as well as for his live playing with such stars as Aretha Franklin, Mark Murphy, and Wycliffe Gordon, to name but a few, brings his jazz trio to the 67th Floor Weather Room at the Top ...
The Jazz Session #139: Linda Oh
Bassist Linda Oh was born in Malaysia to Chinese parents, grew up in Perth, Australia, and now plays the bass in New York City. Her debut recording, Entry (self-produced, 2009), is a strong trio statement featuring trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and drummer Obed Calvaire. In this interview, Oh discusses her decision to challenge herself on her first ...

