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Esperanza Spalding Charismatic and Soulful Maturing Star of Jazz

June 30, 2009

Esperanza Spalding carried herself like a worldbeater at Central Park SummerStage on Sunday afternoon, and resistance was largely futile. In her ebullient singing and her agile bass playing, Ms. Spalding radiated a cyclone-force charisma, along with the fresh-faced self-conviction that only precocity can bestow. But the hourlong show was more than a reminder of her talent. ...

Jerry Lewis, Marvin Hamlisch Taking 'Nutty Professor' to Broadway

June 30, 2009

A musical version of the 1963 comedy classic “The Nutty Professor" is headed to Broadway, and the director will be none other than Jerry Lewis himself. The comedian, who won't be acting in the musical, has brought on board Marvin Hamlisch to write music and Rupert Holmes to do book and lyrics. Producers are planning on ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center Now Accepting Rhythm Road Applications

June 30, 2009

Jazz at Lincoln Center is now accepting band applications for the 2009-2010 Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program. The program, now in its fifth year, is a collaboration with The U.S. Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Applications are due by Aug. 10. American music groups from throughout the United States specializing in ...

Booker T. Jones, Abdullah Ibrahim, Neil Cowley, Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen & Dave Douglas

by Martin Longley
June 30, 2009

Booker T. JonesJoe's PubJune 10, 2009Booker T. Jones, as in Booker T. & The MGs. The quite intimate Joe's Pub is sold out, not surprisingly. This Hammond B3 organ grinder is here to push his new solo disc, Potato Hole. The album features Memphis man Jones working with The Drive-By ...

The Jazz Session #64: The Respect Sextet

June 29, 2009

Listen Members of the Respect Sextet discuss their new album, Sirius Respect (Mode, 2009), where they explore the music of composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and Sun Ra. Formed nearly a decade ago at the Eastman School of Music, the Respect Sextet combines freewheeling improvisation with driving rhythms and a sense of humor. The members of the band ...

Creole Club Latin Jazz Legacy Series

June 29, 2009

Creole Restaurant and Music Supper Club continues to raise artistic and showcase standards while invigorating the Harlem Jazz scene and proudly presenting the Latin Jazz Legacy Series featuring the top artists in the Latin Jazz genre CHEMBO CORNIEL LATIN JAZZ QUINTET CD Release Party July 10th & 11th 8 & ...

Sten Hostfalt/Blaise Siwula at Goodye Blue Monday NYC June 30

June 28, 2009

Guilherme Monteiro Quartet at Jazz Gallery

by David Miller
June 28, 2009

Guilherme Monteiro QuartetThe Jazz GalleryNew York, New YorkJune 20, 2009 Guilherme Monteiro took the stage at the Jazz Gallery with his quartet on a subdued Saturday night in June as part of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records (BJUR) festival. Monteiro was playing in support of his debut album, Air, recently released ...

Myra Melford: Under The Water (Piano Solo and Duo), Continuation & My Fingers Will Be Your Tears

by Kurt Gottschalk
June 28, 2009

Satoko Fujii / Myra Melford Under the Water Libra 2009 Alex Cline Continuation Cryptogramophone 2009 Andrew Drury My Fingers Will Be Your Tears Cadence Jazz Records ...

Paul Motian: Zen Brushstrokes

by Tom Greenland
June 28, 2009

Larry Gelb America Is Free ImaginMusic 2008 George Garzone Among Friends Stunt Records 2009 Michael Adkins Quartet Rotator Hat Hut 2008 Ed Schuller & ...