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Paul Simon Opens Remodeled Beacon Theater
Diamonds on the Soles, Paint on the Walls, Nostalgia in the Air Paul Simon on Friday in the first performance at the newly remodeled Beacon Theater. He played a grab bag of hits from throughout his career. More Photos » Multimedia To welcome the new president Paul Simon played “American Tune,” a sigh of ...
Musicians' Composition Residency at Flushing Town Hall
NYC Performing Arts Spaces, a program of Fractured Atlas, is sponsoring the newly-created Con Ed Musicians' Residency: Composition Program. Summary This pilot residency will provide three (3) individual composers with daytime, weekday use of suitable composition and rehearsal space in Flushing Town Hall (FTH), in Flushing, Queens, for a three-month period. FTH is a ...
Sam Sadigursky: Words Project II
by Elliott Simon
Multi-instrumentalist Sam Sadigursky has released the second of his Words Projects, wherein musicians and like-minded vocalists present poetry in a beat-cum-back to the future manner. This is not your grandfather's poems read over a bongo but is creative integration of vocals into an instrumental fabric. Sadigursky's saxophones and clarinet as well as Pete ...
Uri Caine Ensemble: The Othello Syndrome
by Martin Longley
Addressing the output of classical composers seems eventually to have become the dominant thrust of keyboardist Uri Caine's work. Schumann, Wagner, Bach, Beethoven and Mahler have fallen to sometimes radical re-posturing of their grand scores. Caine messes with the old assumed interpretations, deliberately distorting the usual expectations of performance by inserting elements of jazz, rock, funk, ...
Jack Walrath: Ballroom
by Francis Lo Kee
Jack Walrath not only displays tremendous trumpet playing, a rich and varied approach to composition and wonderful band, he also puts something into this fantastic CD that's missing from too much new jazz: a sense of fun and humor. That's not to say that it isn't sensitive and touching at times--"An Hour Blessed" is arguably as ...
Daring to Take a Chisel to Two Monuments of Jazz
Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and John Coltrane's Giant Steps may be the most fetishized jazz records in the last 50 years, and this year they both turn exactly 50. The saxophonists, George Garzone, Ted Nash, Sherman Irby and Walter Blanding Jr. Backing them, bassist Ivan Taylor, and the drummers Rodney Green and Jimmy Cobb. A ...
Thanks for a Jazzman Relentlessly Spreading the Music
MARK MORGANELLI began building a legacy in the 1970s, booking big- time shows for his college jazz band. Today, he is among Westchester’s most prolific presenters, regularly staging concerts in major halls and jazz-starved communities alike. At the same time, he maintains a career as a trumpeter dedicated to broadening Westchester’s cultural palate. Little wonder that ...
Simon and Garfunkel Reunite in New York
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel joined forces for a surprise reunion last night (Feb. 13) at New York's Beacon Theatre, which was hosting its first event after a seven-month renovation by Madison Square Garden Entertainment. The pair performed “The Sound of Silence," “The Boxer" and “Old Friends" during the encore, marking what is believed to be ...
Charles Davis & His Quartet at Creole Restaurant (NYC)
Combine the exquisite dining experience of “Creole" with the flavor of Internationally known Jazz Artists; toss in the nostalgia of an ambience found in elegant 'Supper Clubs' and you have our “Jazz Legacy Series". Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC; bringing Jazz back 'Uptown', to what was once the 'spawning ground' of the 'Be-bop' Era, and its' Traditions... ...
Blue Note at 70
by Joel Roberts
No label in jazz can match the history and legacy of Blue Note Records. Since its founding in New York in 1939 by German emigre Alfred Lion, Blue Note has been associated with an amazing assortment of jazz luminaries including Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, ...
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