Tag: Jazz
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Gig Alert: Luciana Souza
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Brazillian jazz singer Luciana Souza plays Jazz Standard Tuesday night. Download the track "Tim Tim Por Tim Tim"
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Near Eastern Jazz
Thursday, February 07, 2013
There's an hour of Near Eastern Jazz for this New Sounds Program. We'll listen to Iraqi jazz from Amir Elsaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble and Turkish jazz from Okay Temiz & Saffet Gundeger. Plus, Ethiopian jazz from Mulatu Astatqe, and world jazz from Rabih Abou-Khalil (specifically, "Levant jazz" from areas including Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan.) All that, and more.
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Jennie C. Jones On Jazz And Art
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The award-winning artist Jennie C. Jones discusses the intersections of jazz and art in her work.
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Gig Alert: Cynthia Sayer
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Virtuoso jazz banjoist Cynthia Sayer plays Joes Pub Tuesday night. Download the track "Ella Miriam's Blues"
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Omar Sosa Gets 'Kind Of' Blue
Friday, January 25, 2013
Watch pianist Omar Sosa perform live in the studio. Plus, he explains his upcoming 'tribute' album to Miles Davis.
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40 Years of Jazz at Laguardia High
Friday, January 25, 2013
Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia High School is presenting “40 Years of Jazz at Laguardia High,” a concert on January 28, honoring Justin DiCioccio, a drummer and educator who created the first fully accredited secondary school jazz education program in the United States, and now head of jazz programming at Manhattan School of Music. The concert brings together more than 30 musicians, most of them graduates of M&A or LaGuardia, including drummer Jimmy Owens.
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Jazzed Up
Friday, January 25, 2013
New York Times food columnist and cookbook writer Melissa Clark shares ideas for stocks and soups! We’ll mark four decades of jazz at LaGuardia High School, home to the nation’s first fully accredited jazz education program, started by Justin DiCioccio. Also joining us is one of its most famous alums: Jimmy Owens. Curator Rebecca Rabinow talks about the exhibition “Matisse: In Search of True Painting,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And this week’s Please Explain is all about exercise—and how to get the most out of your workout!
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Teddy Wilson Contemplates the Future of Jazz
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Pianist Teddy Wilson discusses his career and speculates on the future of jazz in this 1950 interview.
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Gig Alert: Cyrille Aimee
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The eclectic Jazz singer Cyrille Aimee plays at the Iridium jazz club Wednesday night. Download her track "Sunny Days."
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José James: Jazz Meets R&B, Live In The Greene Space
Thursday, January 17, 2013
José James bridges jazz and R&B in a live session from the Greene Space at WNYC. The singer talks about his new album, No Beginning No End, explains how he came to jazz through hip-hop, and reveals what's happening underneath his Yankees cap.
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Three Jazz Works
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Some of the major struggles and victories of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s coincided with a most active period for jazz music. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, WNYC’s Sara Fishko looks at a few cases where the movement and the music came together. Here’s the next Fishko Files…
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Dr. Lonnie Smith: Soul Jazz Legend Still Grooving
Monday, January 14, 2013
Hammond B3 organ player Dr. Lonnie Smith has been an integral part of the soul jazz and funk scene since the 1960s. Smith talks about the joys and challenges of playing an instrument that he refers to as the “425 pound beast.”
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Dr. Lonnie Smith, Conor Maynard In The Studio
Monday, January 14, 2013
Soul jazz legend and Hammond B3 organ player Dr. Lonnie Smith talks about the joys and challenges of playing an instrument that he refers to as the “425 pound beast.” Then, young British pop star Conor Maynard performs an acoustic set in the studio.
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Zach Brock: Jazz Violin In The Studio
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Jazz violinist Zach Brock brings his quartet to the Soundcheck studio.
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Adele Tops Sales Again, Miguel At The Tiny Desk, Zach Brock
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Adele's blockbuster 2011 album 21 was the top-selling album 2012. Miguel performs a stripped down set at the Tiny Desk. And Zach Brock brings jazz violin to the Soundcheck studio.
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Looking Forward To Broadway In 2013, Joe Jackson, Avi Avital
Friday, January 04, 2013
David Cote -- the theater critic for Time Out New York -- gives us the scoop on what's happening on and off Broadway this year. Joe Jackson reflects on his recent tribute to a jazz great. And Classical mandolinist extraordinaire Avi Avital delivers a virtuosic performance in the studio.
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Check Ahead: Joe Lovano Us Five, "Cross Culture"
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
In an article on Salon.com last week titled “Did the American songbook kill jazz?,” arts reporter Scott Timberg explores the genre’s reliance on standards -- and the idea that constant (and often mediocre) recycling of old familiars like “Autumn Leaves” and “Stardust” has perhaps been the poison slowly sapping the energy out of jazz and its audience for the past forty years.
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Symphonies that Swing
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Since jazz began, composers have had the impulse to “jazz up” the more traditional symphony orchestra. Has it been a happy partnership between the two styles? Here is the next Fishko Files…
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Gig Alert: Duduka Da Fonseca
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Brazilian jazz drummer Duduka Da Fonseca and his quintet play at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola Tuesday night. Download the track "Melancia."
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The Saga Of Strata Records
Friday, December 14, 2012
Record collector and music historian Amir Abdullah talks about researching -- and reissuing -- the music of Detroit's Strata Records.