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Quiet Jazz, Roaring Noise, Hip-Hop Wizardry

Releases by Jonah Jones, Bennie Maupin, Burning Star Core, Steinski and Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra.

San Francisco: Yoshi's Jazz Club & Restaurant

Jazz and sushi seem at first an unusual combination, but in the San Francisco Bay Area, they are inextricably linked, thanks to Yoshi?s.

Quiet Jazz, Roaring Noise, Hip-Hop Wizardry

Releases by Jonah Jones, Bennie Maupin, Burning Star Core, Steinski and Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra.

Decades of Rhythms, Tensing and Stretching Still

Charlie Haden and Paul Motian brought in Ethan Iverson, the pianist from the Bad Plus, into their set of narrative tension at the Village Vanguard this week.

Scars Amid the Party in New Orleans

At this year?s Jazzfest it was clear that New Orleans performances have added a new and possibly permanent custom: an acknowledgment of the scars left by Hurricane Katrina.

New Orleans Native Sons in Musical Return

On Sunday, the Neville Brothers plan to play their first hometown concert after Hurricane Katrina.

Saxophone With Subtext

Frank Wess converged the swing-era languages of Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, using dynamics and silence and restrained strength on Wednesday at the Village Vanguard.

Humphrey Lyttelton, 86, Host of a BBC Radio Game Show, Dies

Mr. Lyttelton was a jazz trumpeter and broadcaster who hosted the surreal BBC Radio game show ?I?m Sorry I Haven?t a Clue.?

Jimmy Giuffre, Imaginative Jazz Artist, Dies at 86

Mr. Giuffre was an adventurous clarinetist, composer and arranger whose 50-year jazz career led him through minimalist trios to experimental orchestral works.

A Jazz Lifeline to Academia Is Severed

Over the last week, the jazz world has been reeling from the announcement that the International Association of Jazz Educators, a de facto trade organization, is going out of business.

Dylan Without the Lyrics, Just the Melodies in Mind

The three musicians in this band find what they like in the songs, letting the melodies guide them, and play in the wide-open way they like to play.

Upcoming Events  
Sunday, May 11
* Justin Lees Trio - Mother's Day Jazz Brunch
Sunday, May 11
* BLUE NOTE SUNDAY VOCAL BRUNCH: ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE - SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH!
Sunday, May 11
* Lou Caputo Quartet - Mother's Day Jazz Brunch
Sunday, May 11 (weekly on Sundays)
* Larry Newcomb duo Featuring Dimitri Kolesnik - Sunday Brunch at MODA
Sunday, May 11 (weekly on Sundays)
* Live Brazilian Jazz
Sunday, May 11 (weekly on Sundays)
* Live Jazz Brunch
Sunday, May 11
* BLUE NOTE SUNDAY VOCAL BRUNCH: ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE - SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH!
Sunday, May 11
* Afro-Peruvian And Brazilian Jazz With Corina Bartra
Sunday, May 11 (weekly on Sundays)
* Jazz and Gospel Brunch
Sunday, May 11
* Chrisette Michele
Sunday, May 11
* Vision/RUCMA Benefit: Joe McPhee and friends afternoon of improvs
Sunday, May 11
* Andy Farber & His Orchestra ft. Hilary Kole
Sunday, May 11 (weekly Wednesday and Saturday)
* Jazz Wednesdays @ 46 Lounge with The Ed Alstrom Trio
Sunday, May 11 (weekly Wednesday and Friday)
* Blue Owl Summer Jazz Series
Sunday, May 11 (weekly on Sundays)
* Free Brazilian Jazz
Sunday, May 11 (weekly on Sundays)
* David Coss and his Trio
Sunday, May 11 (weekly on Sundays)
* Sunday Night Jazz with Lapis Luna
Sunday, May 11 (weekly Sunday and Tuesday)
* CARNIVAL SUNDAYS
Sunday, May 11 (daily)
* Jazz Back in Edgewater
Sunday, May 11
* AHMAD JAMAL
Sunday, May 11 (weekly on Sundays)
* Jazz at The Brooklyn Lyceum
Sunday, May 11
* N'Harmonics
Sunday, May 11
* Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band
Sunday, May 11
* AHMAD JAMAL
Sunday, May 11
* Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band
Sunday, May 11
* Ryan Anselmi Quartet - Mother's Day Dinner
Monday, May 12
* Great Tasting Week! Jazz, Rose and More...
Monday, May 12
* Ben Sidran's Fathers and Sons Talking Jazz with Mike & Jay Leonhart and Leo Sidran
Monday, May 12 (weekly Monday and Wednesday)
* The Ed Zad Trio

Interviews, Articles, Reviews  
Indie Lable Showcase: Macktet's Rollin'

Marc Ribot at The Bowery Poetry Club 1/15/04

Orrin Evans and Ethan Iverson at Jazz Gallery

Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey:3/26/03

Bootleg Remedy: Brooklyn, NY, 3/19/03

Marc Ribot and The Hub at North Six:3/8/03

Gogol Bordello at North Six: 2/28/03

Howard Fishman Quartet at The Bottom Line

John Zorn: Electric Masada

The Jazz Composer’s Collective Review

William Parker presents "Universal Tonality"

The Jazz Gallery's Composer Series: 2002

Interview with Brad Mehldau

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