Robert Glasper Experiment at Celebrate Brooklyn
I hadn't originally planned to check out any music this holiday weekend, but when I found myself near home without any plans on Saturday night, I decided to wander up
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Preview: Roosevelt Dime at the Brooklyn Waterfront Museum
Picture this: there’s a cold beer in your hand, the sea breeze in your hair. A melodic banjo washes over your ears, followed by a long, cool, soulful wail. This
Mother Falcon at Joe’s Pub with Todd Reynolds
Photo credit: Sasha Hippard The first, striking feat at Mother Falcon's show on Sunday evening at Joe's Pub was simply fitting onto the stage. The Austin-born ensemble includes 12 musicians, many of them
Jenny Scheinman with Bill Frisell and Brian Blade at LPR
It's been a few years since violinist Jenny Scheinman gave up her regular Tuesday night gig at Barbès: a casualty of her constant touring as a jazz sidewoman, along with the
Celebrate Brooklyn!: Warpaint and Yellowbirds
California rock outfit Warpaint made their way to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Thursday night as part of the ongoing Celebrate Brooklyn! series. Hearkening back to trip hop groups like Portishead and Massive Attack, with
“Celebrate Ornette!” at Celebrate Brooklyn!
by Robert Leeper Photo credits: Christopher Gregory, The New York Times There was something majestic, something paternal in his sly smile. Ornette Coleman spent the better part of his time on
Preview: Ornette Coleman Celebration at Celebrate Brooklyn!
Ornette Coleman Quartet 1962 NYC | Jimmy Garrison, Bobby Bradford, Ornette, Charles Moffett | photographer unknown When Ornette Coleman made his storied 1959 New York City debut at the Five
Northside Festival Grows Up
For fans of indie music, Brooklyn's Northside Festival has always been the scruffy little sister to CMJ, filling the clubs of Greenpoint and Williamsburg each June with a woolly mix of
The Bad Plus Winds Down at Jazz Standard
by Angela Sutton I was very pleased to be able to reconnect with protean jazz trio The Bad Plus at Jazz Standard Sunday night, where the group—Ethan Iverson, piano; Reid