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Article: Album Review

Carla Bley: The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu

Read "The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
April 2, 2008

Founded in 2003, Carla Bley's quartet The Lost Chords interprets her music with emotional depth and superior musicianship. By adding guest trumpeter Paolo Fresu for this session, she has stumbled on a formula that emphasizes camaraderie and spirit-sharing. The five artists fuse well together through blues, ballads, lyrical arias and the occasional ruckus. Far from predictable, ...

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News: Festival

Vision Festival XIII Performers Announced

April 1, 2008

Arts for Art, Inc. has announced the line-up for the 13th annual Vision Festival, New York's premier multidisciplinary celebration of avantjazz music, poetry, dance and art, which will run from Tuesday, June 10th through Sunday, June 15th at Manhattan's Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center. Vision Festival XIII will present more than 50 events, including music and ...

News: Festival

Meredith Borden Talks About Promoting the Blue Apple Blues (Bab) Festival

March 30, 2008

The Big Apple is a long way from Mississippi delta, and it's not often associated with the blues. Meredith “Babe" Borden and her musical partner, Jon Catler aim to change that. April 3rd, a Thursday, they will be hosting what they hope will become an annual event. This is when they will bring together four of ...

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Article: Live Review

Marc Copland / Gary Peacock / Bill Stewart at Birdland, NYC

by Budd Kopman
March 29, 2008

Marc Copland/Gary Peacock/Bill Stewart at Birdland, NYCBirdlandNew York City, New YorkMarch 20, 2008 However much we might wish that jazz, or indeed any art, be devoid of any relationship to economics, the the numerous extra-musical things that go into making a record, from promoting it to setting up a gig, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Hans Blix + Asiko at the Delancy April 12th

March 28, 2008

Hans Blix + Asiko @ The Delancey * 168 Delancey (Btwn Clinton and Attorney) New York, NY April 12th * 10pm, $8 Hans Blix, a trio of improvised madness, will be bringing their unique sound to The Delancey on April 12th. The trio crafts full songs ...

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Article: Live Review

Andrew Rathbun at the Manhattan School of Music, NYC

by Budd Kopman
March 27, 2008

Andrew Rathbun at The Manhattan School of Music, NYCManhattan School of MusicNew York City, NYMarch 19, 2008 Saxophonist Andrew Rathbun, as part of his fulfillment of the requirements for his Doctorate in Musical Arts, performed and conducted his own compositions at the Ades Performance Space, employing two ensembles. Although the ...

News: Event

New School Jazz Presents Brazilian Jazz at Dizzy's

March 26, 2008

THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PRESENTS THE NEW SCHOOL BRAZILIAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE AT DIZZY'S CLUB COCA COLA April 7, 2008, 7:30 p.m., at Jazz at Lincoln Center WHAT: The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music presents an evening of Brazilian Jazz at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca- Cola. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

World Premiere of Taylor Ho Bynum's "Madeleine Dreams" This Sunday 3/30 at Roulette

March 26, 2008

This Sunday night at 8:30 p.m., cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum will lead his improvising chamber ensemble SpiderMonkey Strings, with special guest vocalist Kyoko Kitamura, in the world premiere performance of his secular oratorio, Madeleine Dreams, at New York's Roulette. This event is part of a full month of New York performances by Bynum, including a March ...

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Article: Live Review

David Torn's Prezens at Joe's Pub, NYC

by Budd Kopman
March 26, 2008

David Torn and Prezens at Joe's Pub, NYCJoe's PubNew York City, NYMarch 13, 2008 The quartet that took the stage is a live version of the group that is on prezens (ECM, 2007), which is the result of guitarist/electronics magician David Torn's post-processing of many hours of improvising by him, ...

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News: Event

9th Annual Black & White Dance in Harlem

March 22, 2008

Luther Gales presents 9th Annual Black & White Dance Friday, April 4, 2008 9:00pm - 2:00am $50.00 at the Door Featuring The Harlem Jazz Museum All-Star Big Band Loren Schoenberg, Director Al Saints Church Spann Hall 47 East 129th Street at Madison ...