Brian Blade’s Life Cycles at The Jazz Standard
by Nick Stubblefield Credit: jazzafterhours.net Last Sunday at the Jazz Standard, drummer Brian Blade’s current project, the sextet “Life Cycles,” took the stage and played a forty-five minute set of
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Kendrick Scott Oracle Plays The Jazz Standard
by Nick Stubblefield Kendrick Scott Oracle played to an intimate but enthusiastic crowd at the Jazz Standard last Wednesday. Scott, a well-known drummer from various outfits around NYC, shined brightest
For Chico
From our review of Chico's Hamilton's show at DROM last year. Chico, one of jazz's living legends, passed away yesterday at the age of 92, playing and bantering right til the very
Christian McBride and Inside Straight at Columbia University
by Dan Lehner By now, bassist Christian McBride’s Inside Straight has pretty well established itself as the leading exponent of swinging music. What also needs to be said about the quintet,
Alone Together Tour at (Le) Poisson Rouge
by Brian Weidy Bringing together three people widely regarded as some of the most talented and innovative on their respective instruments, Alone Together's Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin, and Wood), Sarah