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Loston Harris Trio at Bryant Park Tree Lighting on December 3

Loston Harris Trio at Bryant Park Tree Lighting on December 3

LOSTON HARRIS TRIO PERFORMS AT BRYANT PARK TREE LIGHTING DECEMBER 3 - TUESDAY JOINS ALL-STAR LINEUP OF PERFORMERS Celebrate and Give Back at the Tree Lighting Show Featuring Loston Harris The Loston Harris Trio will be featured at this year's Bryant Park Tree Lighting Show, which will present an array of personalities, musicians, and excitement. Throughout ...

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Article: Album Review

Tim Warfield: Inspire Me!

Read "Inspire Me!" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Saxophonist Tim Warfield has a lot of irons in the fire. While serving as “artist-in-residence" at Messiah College, attending to his duties as an adjunct faculty member at Temple University, appearing live under his own name and working with high profile artists like trumpeter Terell Stafford, he also found time to deliver three albums in an ...

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Article: Album Review

Myra Melford: Life Carries Me This Way

Read "Life Carries Me This Way" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Pianist Myra Melford's first solo disc, Life Carries Me This Way, is a musical exploration the paintings of California visual artist Don Reich. Rendering a painting--an art form that can be taken in at once, with one look--and addressing its moods, colors, shapes and textures over the course of a composition is not a easy task. ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Christmas IV: Jazz Instrumental - Duke Ellington, Tim Warfield, Manhattan Brass and Ted Rosenthal Trio

Read "Christmas IV:  Jazz Instrumental - Duke Ellington, Tim Warfield, Manhattan Brass and Ted Rosenthal Trio" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

This holiday season has turned out better than the past several when considering quality seasonal music releases. The jazz instrumental contingent has provided several fine recordings for consideration. Harmonie Ensemble / New York, Steven Richman Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn / Piotr Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suites Harmonia Mundi ...

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Article: Album Review

UNI Jazz Band One: This Is the Band

Read "This Is the Band" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

UNI is the University of Northern Iowa, which has had a respected Jazz Studies program for more than three decades, first under director Robert Washut and more recently under Chris Merz whose charges have recorded and released their tenth CD since Merz assumed the reins in 2002 (the band recorded eleven albums under Washut's guidance). Six ...

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Article: Album Review

Suzanna Smith: Halfway Between Heaven & Love

Read "Halfway Between Heaven & Love" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Oakland-based vocalist Suzanna Smith states that she is, ..." always looking for ways to play within the boundaries of a song's 'container,...' I think of songs as rooms and the longer you live in them, the more you can move about without bumping into things. I love when I reach that point with a song." She ...

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Article: Live Review

The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2013

Read "The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2013" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2013 City Park New Orleans, LA November 1-3, 2013 The 15th Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was the first to be held on New Orleans' City Park's new festival grounds. The new space brought some new challenges. There were no benches on the festival grounds ...

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Article: Album Review

Van Morrison: Moondance Expanded

Read "Moondance Expanded" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

Described as classic by the artist himself, Van Morrison's Moondance is one of those albums that is nothing but a sublime pleasure to rediscover it via the expanded edition. In its remastered version, the polished perfection of the original ten collection of tracks heightens a delicate density that's further illuminated by hearing the outtakes, alternate versions ...

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Article: Live Review

Styx at the NYCB Theatre At Westbury

Read "Styx  at the NYCB Theatre At Westbury" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

Styx NYCB Theatre At Westbury Westbury, New York November 15, 2013 Styx was formed in Chicago in the early '70s. Originally comprised of the Panozzo brothers (Chuck on bass and John on drums), Dennis DeYoung (keyboards), James “JY" Young (guitar) and John Curulewski (guitar), the band brought on guitarist Tommy ...

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Article: Album Review

Los Lobos: Disconnected in New York City

Read "Disconnected in New York City" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

Recorded within the intimate confines of the Big Apple's City Winery in December 2012, Disconnected in New York City finds Los Lobos' simultaneously recognizing, anticipating and celebrating its fortieth anniversary as a band. Little wonder the performances are so sparkling on the three discs within the 'Deluxe Edition,' potent beyond their somewhat abbreviated duration.


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