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Wynton Marsalis in Conversation at 92nd Street Y

August 27, 2008

Wynton Marsalis believes that jazz can change all of our lives--artistically, politically, personally, and together as a society. On Tuesday, September 9, Wynton Marsalis comes to the 92nd Street Y for a “master class" on jazz and life, with NY1's Budd Mishkin. Marsalis discusses jazz as the quintessential American expression of personality and individuality. He reveals ...

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Eric Frazier at Rustik: Not Your Average Tuesday Night in Brooklyn

August 26, 2008

By DuEwa Frazier Rustik Tavern 471 Dekalb Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11205 (347)406-9700 Tuesday, August 11, 2008 On Tuesday, August 11th at 8pm, a crowd of music lovers, neighbors and musicians gathered for the weekly jam session and open mic hosted by jazz percussionist, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Prose Inspired Projects: Scott Fields/Henning Sieverts

by Elliott Simon
August 26, 2008

Scott Fields Ensemble Beckett Clean Feed 2007 Henning Sieverts Symmetry Pirouet 2007 Both of these releases have prose as their muse and include drummer John Hollenbeck as a sideman. ...

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Article: Film Review

Off the Road

by Kurt Gottschalk
August 26, 2008

Peter Kowald Off The Road Rogue Art 2007 Pretty much anyone who ever met the German bassist Peter Kowald has a story to tell. His commitment to community, to creative spirit, seemed to provide him with a charmed life. Laurence Petit-Jouvet's 2001 documentary Off the Road doesn't get ...

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Article: Book Review

Secret Carnival Workers

by Kurt Gottschalk
August 26, 2008

Secret Carnival Workers By Paul Haines, edited by Stuart Broomer Paperback; 232pages ISBN: 0978342607 Coach House Books 2007 Jazz and poetry ought to be natural kindred spirits. Both are about individualistic expression, projecting sentiment over logic. But with rare exception, “jazz poetry" tends to be pretty ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion at the Zinc Bar

August 25, 2008

Sammy Figueroa--congueroa extraordinaire--and his band will be playing at the Zinc Bar (NYC) September 2nd-4th, 2008 - for an audience hungry to see Figueroa play his hometown once again. Most all jazz connoisseurs know Figueroa for his eclectic and vast repertoire - his musical fluidity and incredible charisma. If you've never seen Sammy & the band ...

News: Performance / Tour

Samir Zarif's Voice-Overs, Featuring Maria Neckam at Bowery Poetry Club

August 25, 2008

The Bowery Poetry Club. 308 Bowery Street (Between Houston and Bleecker) F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker. 212-614-0505 Band members: Maria Neckam - voice Lars Dietrich - alto sax Samir Zarif - tenor & soprano John Escreet - piano Aidan ...

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Anna Bergman Presents "My Heart Stood Still: The Love Songs of Richard Rodgers" at Feinstein's

August 25, 2008

Following her sold-out engagement last spring, Anna Bergman returns to the stage of 'the nightclub of New York,' Feinstein's at Loews Regency (540 Park Avenue @ 61st Street) for the opening of its 10th Anniversary season. On September 14th, 15th and 21st (8:30PM) Anna will present her new show, My Heart Stood Still: The Love Songs ...

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Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula Live at Otto's NYC

August 24, 2008

LIVE IN CONCERT at Otto's Shrunken Head NYC Saturday AUGUST 30 at 7 pm ( no cover ) STEN HOSTFALT - guitar BLAISE SIWULA - saxophone Appearing together regularly on the NYC scene since Dec ...

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Article: Profile

Azar Lawrence

by Russ Musto
August 23, 2008

When Azar Lawrence first burst on to the jazz scene in the '70s he was hailed by many as the second coming of John Coltrane--an almost sacrilegious assertion considering the godlike stature to which Trane had risen during the decade following his premature passing. But it was not a totally unreasonable one considering that the powerful ...