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| Indie Lable Showcase: Macktet's Rollin' |
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Posted by: lbpomeroy
Posted on: Sunday, March 28, 2004
Macktet- Kpasta Records 2003
“Rollin’
The album opens up with “Bolts and Marmalade” a moody melody cries over a deep bumping organ grind. The melody has a nostalgic feel. Saxophonist Ian Hendrickson Smith lays a stream of notes carrying them out and . . . . |
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| Marc Ribot at The Bowery Poetry Club 1/15/04 |
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Posted by: lbpomeroy
Posted on: Thursday, January 22, 2004
Marc Ribot plays the work of Django Reinhardt
January 15th The Bowery Poetry Club
Marc Ribot: guitar
Jenny Scheinman: violin
Trevor Dunn: bass
Bruce Cox:drums
When a student of the jazz guitar first learns about his or her instrument and those who played it well enough . . . . |
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| Orrin Evans and Ethan Iverson at Jazz Gallery |
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Posted by: Halle Eaton
Posted on: Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Orrin Evans and Ethan Iveson at Jazz Gallery: 3/15/03
by Halle Eaton
At the Jazz Gallery last Saturday night Orrin Evans . . . . |
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| Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey:3/26/03 |
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Posted by: Halle Eaton
Posted on: Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey: Joe's Pub 3/26/03
by Halle Eaton
There is no category that adequately describes Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey,
the multi-member avant-garde percussion band from Brazil that packed . . . . |
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| Bootleg Remedy: Brooklyn, NY, 3/19/03 |
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Posted by: Ben Pomeroy
Posted on: Saturday, March 22, 2003
As I listened to the Brooklyn based band, Bootleg Remedy at Galapagos the other night, I felt as though I was kicking back at a New Orleans speak easy, sipping on a gin fizz and melting into a room of . . . . |
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| Marc Ribot and The Hub at North Six:3/8/03 |
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Posted by: Keith Scott
Posted on: Thursday, March 13, 2003
I’m not really sure whether or not Marc Ribot plays jazz. What I am sure of is that, when you boil it down, I don’t really care. Ribot is possessed of a savage, singular guitar voice, one he has applied . . . . |
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| Gogol Bordello at North Six: 2/28/03 |
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Posted by: L Ben Pomeroy
Posted on: Saturday, March 8, 2003
Classic Self-Crasher: Gogol Bordello: 2/28/03-3/1/03
North Six, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
By Ben Pomeroy
Gogol Bordello, the gypsy-punk cabaret band, is the perfect tonic to a war prone post-9/11 world. In my opinion this is one of the most unique and intense live bands touring . . . . |
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| Howard Fishman Quartet at The Bottom Line |
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Posted by: Halle Eaton
Posted on: Thursday, March 6, 2003
Howard Fishman Quartet: 2/8/03
The Bottom Line
By Halle Eaton
For New Yorkers and tourists not adventurous enough for the L train, the Howard Fishman Quartet played an evening at the village's Bottom Line. The cover charge was $15 and the set . . . . |
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| John Zorn: Electric Masada |
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Posted by: Ben Pomeroy
Posted on: Thursday, February 27, 2003
John Zorn’s Electric Masada: Tonic 1/29/03
By Ben Pomeroy
Tonic’s stage was lit up when I entered the main space on the night of January 29th. The overheads illuminated what seemed at first glance a chaotic mess of amps, cables, and . . . . |
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| The Jazz Composer’s Collective Review |
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Posted by: Keith Scott
Posted on: Monday, February 3, 2003
The Jazz Composer’s Collective: Peace Pipe and The Frank Kimbrough Trio
The National Arts Club 1/17/03
by Keith Scott (Gotham’s liberal arts correspondent)
Peace Pipe
The last time I saw Ben Allison play was at Tonic in early December,
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| William Parker presents "Universal Tonality" |
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Posted by: Keith Scott, GothamJazz Correspondent at Large
Posted on: Tuesday, December 17, 2002
William Parker presents "Universal Tonality", Roulette, 12/14/02
Keith Scott, GothamJazz Correspondent at Large
Roulette is a modest, non-profit performance space which offers an ambitious program of experimental music three or four nights a week. One has to be buzzed into this second . . . . |
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| The Jazz Gallery's Composer Series: 2002 |
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Posted by: L. Ben Pomeroy
Posted on: Monday, December 2, 2002
The Jazz Gallery’s Composers Series: 2002 Finale
Jason Lindner and Dafnis Prieto: November 23rd
The Jazz Gallery is perched on the second floor of a three floor brick building that at one time held offices, and now sits anachronistic within . . . . |
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| Interview with Brad Mehldau |
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Posted by: Ben Pomeroy
Posted on: Sunday, October 27, 2002
Already a convert to Brad Mehldau’s music I headed to the Vanguard this Monday excited, but also with the confidence of knowing that I was going to experience a quality show. He was starting his first evening of a six . . . . |
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