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Ben Webster / Stan Tracey: Soho Nights, Vol. 1
by Graham L. Flanagan
This month celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of jazz's titans: Ben Webster. His career spanned over 40 years, from being a journeyman in the Ellington orchestra to becoming one of that group's biggest stars and subsequently emerging as one of the most iconic figures of the tenor sax. On ...
Dick Hyman: Thinking About Bix (Piano Solo)
by George Kanzler
A piano is not a cornet. That should be obvious, yet both the name of the label, Reference Recordings and statements like this one by pianist Dick Hyman in the notes--"As with all of these replicas, I've tried to reproduce Bix' solo exactly."--belie that obvious fact. Hyman's reproductions of cornet solos by Bix Beiderbecke lack not ...
Cecil Taylor: CT: The Dance Project
by Marc Medwin
Since the late-'80s, the pioneering imprint FMP has released more of pianist Cecil Taylor's work than any other company, including the mammoth box set documenting his month-long 1988 residency in Berlin. CT: The Dance Project, recorded two years later, documents a performance of which this music was only one component. Bert Noglik's accompanying notes afford reminiscences ...
'West Side Story' on Broadway
The further we get in time from when “West Side Story” was written, the more the musicals mythic dimension come into focus. This beloved 1957 classic earns its timeless status not through the authenticity of its snapshot of gang-ridden New York but rather through its re-envisioning of Romeo and Juliet as a ravishing fusion of drama, ...
Martino Unstrung Premiere NY Screening Draws Overflow Crowd
The documentary Martino Unstrung offers an in-depth study of guitarist Pat Martino and the brain disorder that required life-saving emergency surgery which left him with total amnesia that would have ended his career were it not for his persistence and courage in relearning his craft anew. In 2008, this writer reviewed the film and interviewed Martino, ...
Michelle Walker Live @ Smoke Sunday March 22nd 6PM-8PM
On Sunday March 22nd, 2009, Michelle Walker returns to one of her resident performance haunts on the New York Jazz scene, SMOKE Jazz Club, with a talented line up of instrumentalists joining her on stage: Ron Affif ~ Guitar Michael O'Brien ~ Bass John Davis ~ Drums SMOKE Jazz Club ...
Bill Wimmer Releases "Live Testament" to Jazz Project Omaha
New York, New York--Bill Wimmer wanted to connect to longtime jazz associates and record an album. It all finally came together when he met with Dave Stryker (guitar), Victor Lewis (drums), Tony Guilzia (percussion), and Mark Luebbe (bass) to record a live set dubbed Project Omaha, set for release April 7, 2009 on his own Wimjazz ...
Live Nation Questioned over $6 Parking Fee
Live Nation Questioned Over $6 Parking Fee As Ticket Service Woes Continue Is the Live Nation ticketing website sneaking a new charge onto tickets on top of their already steep service fees? The New York Daily News alleges that for concerts at New Jersey’s PNC Bank Arts Center, tickets purchased through Live Nation for events at ...
Sphinx and Preacher: James Carter and the Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
by Eric Benson
Odean Pope Saxophone Choir, featuring James Carter Blue Note New York, New York March 15, 2009 For the first thirty minutes of its set on Sunday night, the Odean Pope Saxophone Choir displayed its signature blend of precision and warmth, eight saxophones—nine when Pope stopped conducting and took up ...
Tierney Sutton Band: Desire
by Joel Roberts
Most singers place the emphasis on romance when interpreting the Great American Songbook. Not Tierney Sutton. The LA-based vocalist's Desire is a decidedly unromantic, melancholy effort that looks at the darker side of standards by the likes of Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, as well as more contemporary tunes by Dave Frishberg and others. ...
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