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New NYC Jazz Venue: Jack Bistro & Bar

March 10, 2008

Jack Bistro & Bar at 80 University Pl. corner of E. 11 St. in NYC has live jazz each Saturday night. Regularly appearing each Saturday is The Skye Jazz Trio, led by drummer Steve Rubin, featuring Joe Tranchina on keyboards. Contributing bass players have been: J. Brunka, Eric Lemon, Bill McCrossen, Jeremy Goldberg. Great restaurant bar ...

Joe Locke - Moment to Moment: The Music of Henry Mancini at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

March 10, 2008

Vibraphonist Joe Locke offers a fresh look at some of the most memorable and beautiful songs ever written: the music of Henry Mancini. He leads an all star band, which includes the superb talents of pianist Geoffrey Keezer, bassist George Mraz, drummer Clarence Penn and special guest vocalist Kenny Washington. Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March ...

The Cal Massey Music Festival Podcast

March 10, 2008

Bobby Previte: Verge: Pull To Open/Bump the Renaissance & April in New York

by Christopher Shoe
March 10, 2008

Bobby Previte Verge: Pull To Open/Bump the Renaissance Zoar/Sound Aspects -- Nothing on Television is True 2007 Bobby Previte April in New York Nothing on Television is True 2007 ...

Bill Gerhardt: Stained Glass

by George Kanzler
March 10, 2008

Although Cotangent plays gigs in New York, the band is also a cogent example of the fecundity to be found in regional and international jazz. Pianist Bill Gerhardt and bassist Mike Holstein are charter members of the Jazz Composers Forum, an organization based in Asheville, North Carolina. Tenor saxophonist Marc Mommaas, now Big Apple-based, hails from ...

Pat Metheny: Day Trip

by Francis Lo Kee
March 10, 2008

Pat Metheny's -Day Trip gets underway with the up-tempo “Son of Thirteen," bringing to mind the best of his playing, which combines the seemingly contradictory qualities of explosive virtuosity and tender lyricism. In his wheelhouse, the guitarist also knows how to feature the talents of collaborators (eg, Jaco Pastorius on Metheny's 1976 ECM debut as a ...

The Strings The Thing: Lily Maase & Ila Cantor

by Celeste Sunderland
March 9, 2008

Lily Maase Unbind Handmaid Music 2007 Ila Cantor Mother Nebula Fresh Sound-New Talent 2007 Unexpected touches, like the “Ahhs" sung on track seven “Centerlude: Vanishing Point" and ...

Carolyn Leonhart and Wayne Escoffery: If Dreams Come True

by Suzanne Lorge
March 9, 2008

Singer Carolyn Leonhart and saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, a couple both on and off the bandstand, completed a smooth run at New York's Smoke the weekend of Valentine's Day 2008, highlighting the title cut from If Dreams Come True along with some well-written originals and some intelligently reworked standards. Theirs is a sweetly romantic tale: The couple ...

Slavic Soul Party: Slavic Soul Party -- Teknochek Collision

by Matthew Miller
March 9, 2008

Slavic Soul Party has the best steady gig in Brooklyn. Every Tuesday night at Barbé's belongs to the tight, Balkan ensemble: forever. It's a savvy business decision for the tiny bar-cum-performance space and a great opportunity for the ensemble to refine the potent mix of Balkan, gypsy, jazz and funk influences that make them utterly unique. ...

Members of the the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Announce the Launch of Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records

March 8, 2008

BJURecords Kicks Off This Spring With Its First Three Releases From Alexis Cuadrado, Anne Mette Iversen and Bernard Emer Lackner Ferber - Available on April 22 “Consider this the opening shot in the latest revolution to hit New York's improv scene." --Time Out New York “Think of it as a mix-tape, a calling card from artists ...