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Article: Album Review

Bob Rodriguez: Portraits

Read "Portraits" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon

There are times when there's the urge to put on some solo piano music, turn down the lights and experience the intimacy that no other instrument can so perfectly create. And while the pensive Portraits that Bob Rodriguez paints on this solo effort are done up in somber tones there is an immeasurable beauty to these ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Shaynee Rainbolt Sings Russ Garcia - The Four Trombones Ride Again in NYC

Shaynee Rainbolt Sings Russ Garcia - The Four Trombones Ride Again in NYC

CHARMED LIFE: SHAYNEE RAINBOLT SINGS RUSSELL GARCIA Shaynee Rainbolt and her Four Trombone Band Barry Levitt (piano) Tom Hubbard (bass) Ray Marchica (drums) and the FOUR TROMBONES: John Allred, Nate Mayland, Isrea Buttler & George Flynn SATURDAY APRIL 4TH 5PM THURSDAY MAY 7TH 9:45PM Cover $20 ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Making the Cello Jazzy: Its All in the Pizzicato Pluck

Making the Cello Jazzy: Its All in the Pizzicato Pluck

The cellist Erik Friedlander possesses a deep, singing tone on his instrument, and when he gives into it completely, he can be a heartbreaker. At the diminutive Brooklyn club Barbs, which he regards as a second home, his sound approaches room-size resonance, with little or no amplification, just about anytime he draws a bow across the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Billy Bang and Yusef Komunyakaa at Harlem Stage

The Harlem Stage Gatehouse is the intimate setting for this emotionally charged work that combines the exceptional talents of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa with the cutting edge sounds of jazz violinist Billy Bang. Coming from seemingly disparate backgrounds — Komunyakaa raised in Louisiana; Billy Bang reared in the Bronx — the two share a common ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dave Allen Quartet - April 2nd at Tea Lounge, NYC

Dave Allen Quartet - April 2nd at Tea Lounge, NYC

Dave Allen Quartet plays the Tea Lounge April 2nd With Noah Preminger - sax Dave Ambrosio - bass Dan Weiss - drums THE TEA LOUNGE 837 Union St, Brooklyn $5 suggested Allen has a fully developed and mature approach to composition, technical command of his instrument, and the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Is West Side Story Overrated?

Is West Side Story Overrated?

The new Broadway revival of West Side Story, opening on Thursday at the Palace Theater in New York. One of the perks of being a theater critic, in those dog days of the season when you find yourself struggling to sit through the latest Chekhov revival or pretentious little comedy about tightly wound New York singles, ...

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News: Event

Woodlawn Cemetery Honors Jazz Appreciation with Concert

Woodlawn Cemetery Honors Jazz Appreciation with Concert

A free concert celebrating the jazz greats memorialized at Woodlawn, hosted by saxophonist Victor Goines. In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month (April), The Woodlawn Cemetery is hosting weekend concerts and tours to celebrate in style and pay tribute to some of history's great American jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Illinois Jacquet, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Max ...

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News: Book / Magazine

AllAboutJazz-New York April 2009 Issue Now Available

AllAboutJazz-New York April 2009 Issue Now Available

This month’s theme is one of overcoming adversity. We didn’t necessarily plan it that way but jazz is a music filled with drama, the personal struggles informing the musical statements. Our Cover Story is pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, who has been a trailblazer as both a woman and an Asian-American leading bands since the ‘50s. Interview subject ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Randy Ingram Trio at Smalls on March 30th

Randy Ingram Trio at Smalls on March 30th

Randy Ingram Trio @ Smalls Monday, March 30, 7:30 and 9:00pm Randy Ingram, Piano Matt Clohesy, Bass Jochen Rueckert, Drums Smalls Jazz Club 183 W 10th St (at 7th Ave) New York, NY 10014 ...

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Article: Live Review

Lee Konitz Quartet: Spontaneous Improvisation

Read "Lee Konitz Quartet: Spontaneous Improvisation" reviewed by Daniel Kassell

by Daniel Kassell

Lee Konitz QuartetJazz Legacy SeriesCreole Music Supper ClubNew York, NYMarch 21, 2009 For two nights Lee Konitz was improvising at Creole Restaurant, Third Avenue at 116th Street in Harlem's Barrio. On the Saturday, March 21st 10pm show Mickey Bass introduced the Quartet as part of his Brownstone Entertainment Complex's ...


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