On Sunday, August 1st, pianist/composer Eri Yamamoto and her longstanding trio, featuring bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi, will celebrate their recent AUM Fidelity release, In Each Day, Something Good (AUM059), with a two-set performance at Cornelia Street Café….
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Darius Jones’ Three-Night Residency At Roulette Begins Tonight
July 28, 2010 – 7:58 am
Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist/composer Darius Jones‘ latest three-night residency at New York’s Roulette begins tonight. Jones, who was recently nominated for Up & Coming Artist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, will be performing with both his longstanding working trio and…
Mary Halvorson At The Whitney’s Christian Marclay: Festival
July 21, 2010 – 6:16 am
Starting this afternoon, guitarist Mary Halvorson will be performing numerous times over the next two weeks at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York as part of the ongoing exhibition, Christian Marclay: Festival. Ms. Halvorson, who Howard Mandel called “NYC’s…
Bill Dixon Memorial Event To Be Held July 31st At New York’s St. Mark’s Church In The Bowery
July 20, 2010 – 9:01 am
On Saturday, July 31st from 5:30-7:30 p.m., musician/composer/educator/artist Bill Dixon will be remembered with a memorial event at St. Mark’s Church In The Bowery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Dixon, an innovator in the world of creative improvised music and…
Taylor Ho Bynum To Introduce Revamped Sextet In August
July 15, 2010 – 8:04 am
This August, cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum will unveil the latest incarnation of his five year-old working ensemble, the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, when he and the group hit the road to perform a brand new book of music. These pieces…
Darius Jones Returns To Roulette For Three Nights Starting July 28th
July 8, 2010 – 8:43 am
AUM Fidelity recording artist Darius Jones (Darius Jones Trio, Little Women) will return to Roulette on July 28th for a three-night run featuring his longstanding working trio and a new quartet. Here’s the itinerary: Wednesday, July 28th at 8:30 p.m. Darius…
Tonight: Tomas Fujiwara & Taylor Ho Bynum At The Stone
July 1, 2010 – 8:24 am
Drummer/composer Tomas Fujiwara and cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum will perform tonight at The Stone in celebration of their latest duo release, Stepwise (NotTwo Records). Regular collaborators for nearly two decades, most recently as members of such active ensembles as Positive…
Fay Victor Ensemble + Panel Discussion At Vision Festival XV Tomorrow
June 24, 2010 – 7:14 am
Tomorrow at Lower Manhattan’s Abrons Art Center, vocalist/composer Fay Victor and her acclaimed quartet, the Fay Victor Ensemble, will open the sixth night of Vision Festival XV, which celebrates the combination of words and music. The band’s set will feature…
NPR Reviews Braxton’s 65th Birthday Concert
June 24, 2010 – 7:12 am
In a new post at NPR.org, Lara Pellegrinelli reviews last Friday’s celebration of renowned saxophonist/composer/educator Anthony Braxton’s 65th birthday at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York. The event was the first of a two-night series of all-star performances, co-produced by…