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Newport Jazz Festival ’14: Sunday Recap

by Dan Lehner Audiences at the Newport Jazz Festival are frequently given opportunities to see how radically different a single format can be. For the audiences of the Quad Stage on […]

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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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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

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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

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Taj Mahal Plays Solo at City Winery

by Brian Corliss Composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry St. Claire Fredricks—better known as Taj Mahal—brought forth his diverse roots to a solo show at City Winery on Memorial Day. From the moment he sat down

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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

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FREE TICKETS: The Bad Plus at Jazz Standard

NOTE: This contest has ended. "Avant-garde populist" trio The Bad Plus take over Jazz Standard this weekend, and FoM is giving away a pair of free tickets to your choice of

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FREE TICKETS: Marco Benevento at SubCulture

NOTE: This contest has ended. Experimental rock and jazz pianist Marco Benevento comes to SubCulture on Friday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., and FoM is giving away a pair of free tickets

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Snarky Puppy Closes Out U.S. Tour at Irving Plaza

by Nick Fallon This past Saturday Grammy Award–winning jazz/fusion group Snarky Puppy made a stop at Irving Plaza to play to an enthusiastic sold-out crowd. As the final stop on the band's

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