Preview: Snarky Puppy at Irving Plaza
Recent Grammy Award winners Snarky Puppy will be making a stop in New York this Saturday at Irving Plaza, where the jazz/fusion group will be performing in support of their latest album, We […]
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Arjun Plays Rockwood Music Hall
by Kira Brekke Since 2003, progressive rock and improv group ARJUN has been fusing these two unexpected genres together in the most fluid of ways. Needless to say, this instrumental-only
Winter Jazzfest 2014: Saturday Pics
Endangered Blood (Chris Speed, Jim Black, Oscar Noriega, and Trevor Dunn) last night at NYU Law School. More pics on the photo page.
Winter Jazzfest 2014: Friday Pics
Roy Hargrove Quintet at (le) Poisson Rouge. More pics on the photo page.
Winter Jazzfest 2014: Revive Big Band with Bilal and Dr. Lonnie Smith
It was a bit of a late night last night at LPR, but Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band (no website) made it worth the wait. Headlining the third of this week's
Preview: Winter Jazzfest 2014
Hard to believe, but this is the tenth year for the Winter Jazzfest: the annual wall-to-wall smorgasbord of jazz, fusion, and other "creative music." (Still trying to figure out what
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
Grandpa Musselman & His Syncopators at The Standard Biergarten
by Nick Fallon This past Sunday, Grandpa Musselman & His Syncopators played three sets for the Oyster Bash at The Standard Biergarten, bringing the sounds of ragtime and 1920s jazz to all the
John Zorn @ 60 This Week
John Zorn is pretty much everywhere you look this week in New York, where the Zorn@60 birthday festivities are ramping up to a fever pitch. Today (9/24) you can hear Zorn himself