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Calmer FT. Sten Hostfalt at Public Assembly (NYC) Oct. 24

October 23, 2009

Rene Manning Releases New CD, "All Grown Up"; CD Celebration on October 29th

October 22, 2009

Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Renee Manning is known for her robust voice, rich tones and impeccable time making her truly a musicians vocalist. Her new release, All Grown Up, showcases those attributes in a soothing, quieter set parallel to the powerful big band selections shes known for. Her debut in the jazz world as a singer ...

Free Concert! Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs at the Zinc Bar

October 22, 2009

Michelle Walker Live @ The Zinc Bar Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:00pm & 8:00pm Sets The Zinc Bar 82 W 3rd St New York, NY 10012 (212) 477-8337 zincbar.com No Cover - $0 FEATURING: Michelle Walker - Vocals ...

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar, Terry & Gyan Riley, Kenny Garrett and Larry Ochs

by Martin Longley
October 22, 2009

Ravi & Anoushka ShankarCarnegie HallOctober 10, 2009 Ravi Shankar's 90th birthday is arriving this year, and still the master plays on, even if he no longer sits cross-legged, instead perching delicately on the edge of his performing platform. As well, Shankar now hoists a lighter sitar variant, shorn of ...

Matt Geraghty Project Video Series: Portugal and Blue Note

October 21, 2009

The Matt Geraghty Project has launched two new videos featuring the group performing in NYC and on tour in Portugal. The first video showcases a brand new composition entitled 'Song for Joanna' performed live at the Blue Note featuring Avishai Cohen, Mike Moreno, Adriano Santos and Misha Tsiganov. The second video gives a snapshot of the ...

The Jazz Session #99: Robert Glasper

October 21, 2009

Robert Glasper believes that improvised music can authentically incorporate hip hop rhythms and he also believes that authenticity is a necessary quality to make the mix work. That kind of authenticity is what he's striving for on Double Booked (Blue Note, 2009), the new CD featuring both his acoustic trio and his larger electric band. In ...

WBGO Celebrates 30 Years with Benefit Concert

October 20, 2009

WBGO celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz benefit concert honoring nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D'Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, Downbeat Magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary. The benefit is set for Tuesday, November 3, at 8:00 pm at Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz ...

Jerry Costanzo Upcoming CD Release

October 20, 2009

Jerry Costanzo is Currently working on his next CD, entitled Can't We Be Friends. With a little luck, we should have it out by mid winter. Stay Tuned! Featuring: Ted Firth (piano), Joe Cohn (guitar), Mark Sherman (vibes), Ben Wolfe (bass), Jimmy Madison (drums), Andy Farber (tenor, bari, flute), Mike Carubia (trumpet). About Jerry Costanzo Jerry ...

Ran Blake Feature on NPR's Weekend Edition

October 19, 2009

The Jazz Session #98: Industrial Jazz Group

October 19, 2009

The Industrial Jazz Group is a 15-ish-piece large ensemble that plays the inventive, challenging and often hilarious music of composer Andrew Durkin. That sentence, though, doesn't come close to doing them justice. The band, made up of musicians fluent in jazz, classical and rock and inspired by the free-for-all spirit of Frank Zappa is a force ...