Results for "New York"

February 2009

by AAJ Staff
February 7, 2009

Jeff “Tain" WattsJeff “Tain" WattsWinter JazzfestLe Poisson RougeNew York City January 10, 2009The big draw of Winter Jazzfest was drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts' midnight set at Le Poisson Rouge Jan. 10th in honor of Max Roach's birthday, with Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Branford Marsalis (tenor and soprano ...

Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC

by George Kanzler
February 7, 2009

Willie Nelson / Wynton Marsalis Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC Eagle Eye 2008 Willie Nelson has the final word on this DVD, heard over the closing credits, and he nails it: “You know, labels were invented to sell the music. You had to name it before ...

New York Week End Jazz Clubs

February 6, 2009

Jazz Listings RASHIED ALI QUINTET (Sunday) Rashied Ali has had a substantial career in the jazz avant-garde, beginning with his role in the late-period bands of John Coltrane. But hard bop is the foundation for this quintet, with a front line of the trumpeter Josh Evans and the tenor saxophonist Lawrence Clark. At 7:30 ...

Sten Hostfalt and Blaise Siwula at Goodbye Blue on February 11th

February 6, 2009

Lynette Washington Performing Live Friday Nite with the Jeff King Band at Solomon's Porch

February 6, 2009

Jazz and Conversations The Jeff King Band & Special Guest: Vocalist Lynette Washington Lynette will lift your spirits and make your heart soar. Playing New Jazz Standards All Musicans Welcome Back @ The New Solomon's Porch New York, NY Come ...

Tony DeSare Finding the Mercer That Suits Him Best

February 6, 2009

Imagine youre in Johnny Mercers hometown, Savannah, Ga. It is spring 1952, buds are budding, and you can hear train whistles in the distance. That is how the singer and pianist Tony DeSare, a baby Sinatra, set the scene for his reverent centennial tribute, Mercer, Moon River and Me, at the Oak Room of the Algonquin ...

Dred Scott Trio: Live At The Rockwood Music Hall

by Christopher Shoe
February 6, 2009

This album is the Dred Scott Trio's tribute to one of its most frequent gigs in New York. In a city where regular engagements are more and more scarce it is a beautiful thing to see the relationship this band shares with a venue; Live at the Rockwood Music Hall is a beautiful showcase of this ...

International Women In Jazz (IWJ) Jazz Chorus Workshops

February 5, 2009

International Women In Jazz Presents JAZZ CHORUS WORKSHOPS MARCH 7th MARCH 14th MARCH 21st Free to the Public Location: Club Room Musicians Union Hall 322 W. 48th Street, Manhattan NYC Time: 2 to 4 pm Each Saturday Have a fun time learning jazz songs, lyrics, melody and performance techniques with ...

Just Jazz: Saluting Andre Previn at 80 at Zankel Hall on February 19th

February 5, 2009

Just Jazz: The Joyce Wein Series Presents Saluting Andr Previn at 80 with Andre Previn and David Finck At Zankel Hall February 19 ~ 8:30 PM NEW YORK - SALUTING ANDR PREVIN AT 80, a duo performance with Previn on piano and David Finck on bass, ...

Milton Parker Carnegie Deli Partner Dies

February 5, 2009

Milton Parker, who brought long lines and renown to the Carnegie Deli in Manhattan with towering pastrami sandwiches and a voluble partner who kibitzed with common folk and celebrities alike, died in Queens on Friday. He was 90 and lived in Manhattan. Mr. Parker was primarily the back-room planner who brought taam a Yiddish word suggesting ...