Preview: Herbie Hancock Plays BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! This Thursday
It's not every day that one of the true living legends of jazz plays in your backyard, but that's what folks can expect this Thursday when pianist Herbie Hancock brings […]
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Brandee Younger and Camille A. Brown & Dancers at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
by Steven Pisano Brandee Younger may be one of the most talented jazz musicians on the scene today. But there are many music lovers, even jazz aficionados, who seem not to have
Jon Batiste and Stay Human at Celebrate Brooklyn
Due to another commitment, I only made it to the last hour of last night's show by Jon Batiste and Stay Human at Celebrate Brooklyn, but despite being onstage for nearly
Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles Funkify Highline Ballroom
by Nick Stubblefield Cory Henry and his Funk Apostles' blistering set last Thursday at Highline Ballroom melded rich church harmonies, soaring synth lines, and hard-hitting funk rhythms into a sonic soup that delivered
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird at the Apollo Theater
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Saxophonist Charlie Parker was one of the seminal jazz musicians of the twentieth century, whose fast and furious improvisational style was the
Preview: Big Ears Festival 2016
I'm excited to be returning to Knoxville, TN this weekend for the Big Ears Festival, which I attended for the first time last year and was pretty much blown away by
Winter Jazzfest 2016 Marathon – Friday
by Dan Lehner Parodoxically, the more Winter Jazzfest grows, the more fragmented it becomes. To accommodate the (admittedly fortuitous) problem of growing crowds, WJF had expanded even further from its
Preview: Winter Jazzfest 2016
For the 12th year in a row, Winter Jazzfest takes over the Village this week, with more than 100 bands playing a dozen venues across lower Manhattan. This year's festival –
“Real Enemies” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) “Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy." ―Edward Abbey Americans are suckers for a good conspiracy theory. Were those gunshots