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Bill Frisell: Disfarmer
by Joel Roberts
Guitarist Bill Frisell's latest foray outside jazz into folk-country-Americana is a soundtrack of sorts to an exhibit of photographs by Michael Disfarmer, an eccentric and curmudgeonly portrait artist who recorded stark, stunning black and white images of his fellow townsfolk in rural Arkansas in the 1940s and '50s. Most of the 26 tracks ...
Rez Abbasi: Things to Come
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
It may be a new day in America but we're all still keenly interested in identity. This is a statement of sociopolitical reality, but it is also an observation of musical trend. In the liner notes for Things to Come, guitarist Rez Abbasi writes about recording music that “is neither jazz nor Indian; it has its ...
Beat Kaestli @ Bar Nex Door, An Evening of French and American Standards
Acclaimed vocalist Beat Kaestli presents his unique selection of French and American Standards on his debut performance at the Bar Nex Door, featuring Ben Stivers - keys and Ben Rubin - bass. The Bar Next Door is a great music venue/restaurant, located in the heart of the West Village and offers a delicious Italian menu and ...
Patty Ascher at Feinstein's
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with jazz vocalist, PATTY ASCHER September 8 – 12. In this special promotional event, Ascher will premier songs from her soon to be ...
Dave Liebman / Michael Stephans: Nomads
by Chris Kompanek
Veteran saxophonist Dave Liebman is no stranger to experimentation, cutting his teeth playing with Elvin Jones and then Miles Davis' groundbreaking fusion group in the '70s. Drummer/poet Michael Stephans has played with everyone from Pharoah Sanders and John Patitucci to classic rock legends David Bowie and The Rolling Stones. On Nomads, the duo takes on many ...
Joe Lovano: Folk Art
by Jeff Stockton
Some jazz artists enter a period in their careers where they've said all they have to say yet carry on, eking out a living, resting on laurels and simply playing out the string. Not saxophonist Joe Lovano. Folk Art is his 22nd recording for Blue Note alone, a run that has been marked by artistic consistency ...
Diane Hubka: I Like It Here/Live in Tokyo
by Ken Dryden
Cool-toned vocalist Diane Hubka first caught the attention of jazz journalists with her 1999 debut CD Haven't We Met?(Challenge-A) and she has continued to prove herself as an inventive, gifted interpreter of a wide range of material on her subsequent releases. Since leaving New York City for Southern California in 2004, she has played and recorded ...
Jazz Standard Announces Schedule for October 2009
JAZZ STANDARD Swings Into October with Return Visits from Saxophonist Joshua Redman and the 7th Annual Festival of New Trumpet (Font) Music Best Jazz Club 2008 (New York Magazine) JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation's premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in October. The annual Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) returns to ...
Dave Allen Quartet Featuring David Liebman - September at 55 Bar
Dave Allen Quartet performs September 8th at the 55 Bar. Dave Allen Quartet with Dave Liebman - sax Chris Lightcap - bass Adam Cruz - drums 55 Bar 55 Christopher St 10pm-1am Allen has found a true voice, his effortless technique downplays the apparent ...
Connecting Dots, from Bird to Michael Jackson
Did you know Charlie Parker and Michael Jackson share a birthday? Thats right: Aug. 29. And so the long wave of this summers Jackson tributes rolled through the annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival on Saturday. As always, the festival, organized by the City Parks Foundation, happened in two parts Saturday afternoon at Marcus Garvey Park in ...
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