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Take Five with Pianist Shereen Cheong
by AAJ Staff
Meet Shereen Cheong Shereen Cheong is a New York-based Malaysian pianist, composer, arranger, producer and educator who developed a sense of music from the tender age of three. Pursuant to her classical training, she studied jazz piano with Malaysia's jazz veteran, Michael Veerapen. She is a graduate from Berklee College of Music, holding a dual degree ...
Why don't more jazz venues present the music more in line with how people live today, rather than how they lived 60 years ago?
by Christopher Burnett
I have pondered for more than a decade as to why most jazz venues don't present the music contemporary to the lifestyles of most people today. Some do. Progressive examples of such venues that come immediately to mind include, Shapeshifter Lab in jny: New York City and The Blue Whale in jny: Los Angeles. ...
PAKT at ShapeShifter Lab
by Mark Sullivan
PAKT ShapeShifter Lab Brooklyn, New York August 15, 2020 For their live stream concert from Brooklyn's ShapeShifter Lab, guitarists Alex Skolnick and Tim Motzer, fretless bass guitarist Percy Jones and drummer Kenny Grohowski followed New York's pandemic guidelines: they wore masks and maintained a six-foot social distance. So retroactively, organizer Leonardo ...
Meet Hiroyuki Masuko
by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
Although the Super Fans column started out with a New York focus, we realize there's a world of jazz--and jazz fans--beyond. Since those first columns in 2016, we've presented Super Fans from across the United States, including some who live part-time in other countries. But now we've officially gone international, with our first Super Fan from ...
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Tim Chernikoff
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Tim Chernikoff is a Jazz pianist originally from Palo Alto, California. His style integrates the jazz tradition with a fresh approach drawing from the styles of inspirations such as Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and current artists such as Robert Glasper, Aaron Parks and Taylor Eigsti. He started learning exclusively from a classical approach at age 6, until high school when he started playing in the jazz band. Around that time, he was inspired by his older brother to learn how to play music from an improvisational, collaborative approach. Also being inspired by local musicians such as Eigsti and the many artists he encountered while attending the Stanford Jazz Workshop, he studied jazz throughout High School, learning from a local teacher named Bill Susmann
Jessica Jones Quartet New CD "Moxie" Release Performance December 21 At ShapeShifter Lab
Jessica Jones Quartet New CD Moxie Two-Tenor Sax Madness! Release Date: December 8, 2015 CD Release Performance: December 21, 2015 ShapeShifter Lab - NYC Phone: 646-820-9452 Reunited After 30 Years! This rare two-tenor quartet (with Jessica and Tony Jones on tenors) busts things wide open with ...
Take Five With Michael Oien
by Michael Oien
Meet Michael Oien: Ever since he graduated from Berklee in 2004, bassist Michael Oien has been an important part of the New York jazz scene, appearing on a countless number of dates as a sideman. Recently he recorded his debut as a leader, the consistently creative And Now for Fresh Sound's New Talent label. This ...
Take Five with Jimmy Bennington
by Jimmy Bennington
Meet Jimmy Bennington: Jimmy Bennington was born May 22, 1970 in jny: Columbus, OH. Mentored by late Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones, Bennington celebrates 25 years in the music field in 2015. Jimmy has performed and recorded with many artists including David Haney, Perry Robinson, Julian Priester, Steve Cohn, Ed Schuller, Daniel Carter, Ken Filiano, and ...
Dimensional States For Orchestra: The Microtonal Music Of Sten Hostfalt At Shapeshifter Lab on June 19
After the successful March 13 2014 debut concert performance of composer/guitarist Sten Hostfalts large microtonal ensemble Dimensional States (a 15-piece featuring 2 dancers) at ShapeShifter Lab Brooklyn NY, follows the second (11-piece) June 19 2014 incarnation of the unique orchestra exclusively performing Sten Hostfalt compositions. Constance Cooper - voice Robyn Siwula - viola
London-Based Label Rare Noise Records Presents A Night Of Progressive Music At Shapeshifter Lab, Dec. 13 At 8pm
New York - Having built its reputation documenting the best of the avant-jazz scene, RareNoise offers a rare evening of improvised and composed music from three distinct bands, each with a new release on December 13: Ivo Perelman/Joe Morris/Balazs Pandi (ONE); Jamie Saft/Joe Morris/Gerald Cleaver/Chris Lightcap/Mary Halvorson (PLYMOUTH); Slobber Pup (BLACK ACES). One and Black Aces ...