Results for "New York"

Jimmy Owens: Peaceful Walking

by Joel Roberts
November 7, 2007

Trumpeter/flugelhornist Jimmy Owens is truly one of the unsung heroes of jazz. Over the course of his forty year career, the New York native has worked with giants like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach, and recorded as a leader for major labels like Atlantic and Polydor. He's also been active ...

The Pizzarelli Boys: Sunday At Pete's

by Ken Dryden
November 7, 2007

Bucky Pizzarelli was exposed to music from an early age, taught guitar by his uncle (Pete Domenick) after school. Domenick hosted frequent family sing-alongs at his home, in which the young Pizzarelli learned the basics of playing rhythm guitar and more than a few popular songs. After he became a professional and began a family of ...

"Bending Towards the Light... a Jazz Nativity" Swings into Birdland, December 23, 24, 25

November 6, 2007

A JOYFUL CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY FOR JAZZ FANS AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY New York, NY -- BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT... A JAZZ NATIVITY, the joyful musical holiday show that warms the hearts of families of all faiths, swings into Birdland (315 West 44th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues) for five performances ...

Big Apple Jazz / EZ's Woodshed - Day Jazz Club - November 2007 Schedule

November 6, 2007

NOVEMBER 2007 Schedule 2236 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. (7th Ave.) Between W. 131st / W. 132nd Sts. Subway B, C, 2 or 3 trains to 135th or the M2 bus stops right in front 212-283-JAZZ (5299) Tuesday 6-November 2p TBA 5:30p Bobby Porcelli Wednesday 7-November 2p Bob Mocarsky

Loop 2.4.3: Batterie

by Martin Longley
November 6, 2007

Formed in 2001, Loop 2.4.3 is a percussion duo from New Haven, Connecticut, but their sound is much bigger than the listener might expect. Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne Watson are seemingly part of the New Music fraternity, but an urge to compose their own pieces and a predilection for improvisation sets them apart from most of ...

Jewels and Binoculars: Ships With Tattooed Sails

by Jeff Stockton
November 6, 2007

Jewels and Binoculars takes its name from a line in one of Bob Dylan's songs, and the irony is it's the lyrics that tend to undermine the interpretations offered up by bassist Lindsey Horner, percussionist Michael Vatcher and reed player Michael Moore on Ships with Tattooed Sails. This is the third outing for this leaderless trio, ...

Gilad Hekselman: SplitLife

by Laurel Gross
November 6, 2007

Not that long out of school, guitarist Gilad Hekselman has already begun to create a body of work possessing a distinctive lyricism and easily embraceable artfulness that seems to reach beyond his years. Born in 1983 and transplanted to the US from Israel, Hekselman's highly effective debut album--aptly named Splitlife--strides dual worlds, Middle East and West, ...

This Week at the Jazz Museum Nov. 6-10, 2007

November 5, 2007

Ed Cherry Jazz Clinic and Concert Series @ Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus Tuesday, November 6, 2007 4:00 - 6:00 PM

November 5, 2007

Jazz Clinic and Concert Series @ Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus Tuesday, November 6, 2007 4:00 - 6:00 PM Jazz Guitarist Ed Cherry will lead a jazz seminar as part of Long Island University's Jazz Clinic Series. The series features musicians and music professionals with extraordinary links to jazz history in addition to being outstanding in ...

The Lyric Chamber Music Society of NY Presents Mad Fusion in All-Gershwin Program November 14, 2007 7:30PM

November 5, 2007

The Lyric Chamber Music Society of NY THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF MUSIC: Programs from Around the World TENTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON The Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York presents the second concert of its Tenth Anniversary Season on November 14, 2007, with an evening of all-Gershwin music performed by the dazzling, innovative ...