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Ethan Iverson Releases New Album 'Technically Acceptable'
by Michael Major - January 19, 2024 Technically Acceptable finds Iverson at the helm of two different trios—with bass/drum teams Thomas Morgan/Kush Abadey and Simón Willson/Vinnie Sperrazza— performing a set of new originals plus singular new versions of Roberta Flack's “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and Thelonious Monk's “‘Round M... 
Ethan Iverson Releases New Single 'Who Are You, Really?'
by Michael Major - January 05, 2024 “Who Are You, Really?” appends a Dexter Gordon quote to a joyously catchy tune that dances around Thomas Morgan's robust bass line and drummer Kush Abadey's assured swing. Iverson will be celebrating the album release at the Village Vanguard in New York City from Jan. 23-28 followed by European and ... 
Hays Street Hart Releases 'Bridges'
by Michael Major - October 31, 2023 Hays Street Hart's new album 'Bridges' is now available via Smoke Sessions Records. Featuring Kevin Hays, Ben Street, and Billy Hart. Hays Street Hart, the trio of pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street, and legendary drummer Billy Hart, recorded their acclaimed 2021 debut, All Things Are, under les... 
Bassist SIMÓN WILLSON to Release His Debut Album 'GOOD COMPANY'
by Michael Major - October 12, 2023 Simón Willson releases his debut album 'Good Company' on Fresh Sound New Talent. Find out more about his rise in the NY music scene. As a featured contributor to such jazz scene stalwarts as Dave Douglas, Ethan Iverson, Jason Palmer and Jonathan Kreisberg, Willson is joined by Isaac Wilson, saxophon... 
Hays Street Hart to Release 'Bridges' in October
by Michael Major - August 14, 2023 The album began its life as a performance in honor of Hart’s 80th birthday in December 2020, live streamed from an empty Smoke Jazz Club in the final weeks of that grueling pandemic year. Despite those adversities, the music they created that night was spectacular enough to convince all involved tha... 
The Bad Plus Share New Song From Debut Album as Quartet
by Michael Major - July 08, 2022 Breakneck, avant-garde, and explosive, 'Sun Wall' marks the second song from The Bad Plus' upcoming self-titled album arriving everywhere on in September. The new album is the group's 15th studio recording and eponymous debut album in their current iteration as a dynamic new quartet. Listen to the n... 
Abiodun Oyewole (of The Last Poets) Releases Song Featured on WINDOWS OF THE WORLD Soundtrack
by Tori Hartshorn - July 18, 2019 Today, Abiodun Oyewole (of The Last Poets) released a new version of his song 'New York, New York.' The track is taken from the Windows On The World Soundtrack, which will be released on August 2nd via Ropeadope. Windows On The World is a new film written by Robert Mailer Anderson and directed by Mi... 
WINDOWS ON THE WORLD Soundtrack To Be Released August 2
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 10, 2019 On August 2nd, Ropeadope will release the soundtrack for Windows On The World, a new film written by Robert Mailer Anderson and directed by Michael D. Olmos. The album is an expansive mix of genres ranging from americana to R&B, electronic, a spoken word track from Abiodun Oyewole (The Last Poets) a... 
Rolling Stone and Downbeat Celebrate The Bad Plus After Release of 13th Album NEVER STOP II
by Macon Prickett - June 29, 2018 The Bad Plus is having a banner year highlighted by the release of their widely acclaimed 13th studio recording, NEVER STOP II. The first Bad Plus LP to feature pianist Orrin Evans alongside founding members Reid Anderson (bass) and Dave King (drums), NEVER STOP II is available now via Legbreaker Re... 
Ecstatic Music Fest Presents Patrick Zimmerli Quartet CD Release Concert 4/14
by Macon Prickett - April 09, 2018 Completing a 25-year compositional arc, saxophonist-composer Patrick Zimmerli releases his new jazz suite Clockworks (Songlines) following the release in 2016 of his first quartet's 1992 recording Shores Against Silence (with Kevin Hays, Larry Grenadier and Tom Rainey). Both records feature rhythmic... 
American Composers Orchestra Presents DREAMSCAPES at Carnegie Hall This April
by Macon Prickett - February 22, 2018 American Composers Orchestra (ACO) continues its 2017-2018 season, under the leadership of Artistic Director Derek Bermel, Music Director George Manahan, and President Edward Yim, with Dreamscapes, on Friday, April 6, 2018 at 7:30pm at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall (57th St. and 7th Ave.).... |
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