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- Handling Sneaky Rhythms as Singer or Bandleader
- Forward Momentum: A New Season for Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Crooner You’ve Got That Swing and Bop-a-do: Salute to Mel Tormé
- Female Drummer Kicks ff Festival With Post-Bop and Shades of …
- San Mateo-based jazz station plans benefit concert
Jazz pianist Jason Domnarski returns to Saratoga for third annual …
Schenectady Gazette
The Brooklyn-based pianist graduated from Skidmore College?s music program in 2003. During his four years at the school he was heavily involved in the city?s jazz music scene. ?[Saratoga Springs] has such a vibrant music and arts community? he said during a recent phone interview. ?The people there really enjoy going out to see live music in town. When I went to Skidmore I played out a fair amount at places like Caffe Lena and ne Caroline [Street]. ?So it?s only appropriate that his Jason Domnarski Trio will be one of the main musical attractions at the third annual SaratogaArtsFest which takes place Thursday through Sunday at various venues throughout Saratoga Springs.
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Handling Sneaky Rhythms as Singer or Bandleader
New York Times
(“Blue in Green” one of the most tranquil songs in jazz became close to unrecognizable through altered tempo and harmony. ) But she closed with something more unusual: a version of “Weak” the R&B hit from 1993 by the vocal group SWV. Her version of it — as well as her “Blue in Green” — was partly arranged by the pianist Robert Glasper another musician in her circle. “Weak” wriggled around between a 12-beat rhythm and waltz time for the bridge (“my heart starts beating triple time”). With the rhythm section sneaking accents in between the beats and Mr.
Forward Momentum: A New Season for Jazz at Lincoln Center
PlaybillArts
Rose Hall on Broadway at 60th Street with the tight swing of the Jazz at Lincoln Center rchestra and Wynton Marsalis. The Rose Theater debut of eclectic visionary rnette Coleman is just the beginning of what’s in store. Marsalis Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center says the season will be looking to reinvigorate by “providing the best jazz music to uplift people during these challenging times. From the hard-swinging JLC to the holiday and family concerts the well of jazz music runs deep and has provided inspiration nourishment and happiness down through the generations regardless of circumstance. Jazz at Lincoln Center Chairman of the Board Lisa Schiff adds that The House of Swing remains an oasis for New Yorkers and visitors bringing people together through jazz education performance exhibits and more. “The new season promises food for the soul with uplifting and engaging music” says Schiff. ften called the “father of free jazz” rnette Coleman notes that jazz “is a concept of emotion that is expressed through the sound which we call music.
Crooner You’ve Got That Swing and Bop-a-do: Salute to Mel Tormé
New York Times
Stritch has the same enthusiastic bop-a-do attitude musical erudition and confident mastery of swing. Tormé’s quintet the Mel-Tones a forerunner of the Hi-Lo’s defined a sophisticated pop-jazz vocal style that bridged the gap between swing and saloon singing with bent bebop-influenced harmonies that seemed avant-garde in their day. Rodgers (whose creamy voice is very Tormé-like) along with Mr.
Female Drummer Kicks ff Festival With Post-Bop and Shades of …
New York Times
) Then there are more modestly scaled efforts like the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records Festival which begins June 18 (. com) and the Festival of New Trumpet Music from June 26 to 28 (.
San Mateo-based jazz station plans benefit concert
San Jose Mercury News
The station’s recent pledge drive drew more donations than ever but it is still trying to bridge a $40000 gap by June 30 when its fiscal year ends and the school has to decide whether to keep the station running Berzon said. Three local pianists hope to help. Denny Zeitlin Jon Jang and Taylor Eigsti each known as an inventive musician will take the stage at Yoshi’s to benefit the station. “It’s kind of a one-time summit and that’s really the appeal to it” said Chuy Varela the event’s organizer Advertisement yld_mgr. place_ad_here(“adPosBox”); and music director for the station. “When you think about the tradition of Bay Area jazz piano you think of Dave Brubeck Vince Guaraldi the many others who have been there. These guys have carried the torch from there.