Artist: Omara Portuondo and Chucho Valdés
Title: Omara & Chucho
Label: World Village France
Cat. #: 479062
Genre: Cuban music/World
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Event report: a little help for Japan!
Event: The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards Gala!!!
The JJA Jazz Awards gala is happenig this Saturday in NY!
Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011
Time: 1-5pm
Venue: City Winery in New York City.
This star-studded event, m.c’d by Josh Jackson of The Checkout from WBGO, will feature presentation of 39 awards for high achievement in jazz music and journalism as well as performances by Randy Weston, Wallace Roney, Gregory Porter, Jane Bunnett and Hilario Duran and the Hammer Klavier Trio. Tickets are going fast, so buy them now .
Film: The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents “The Green Wave” (German/Iran)
Presented in partnership with Alwan for the Arts and ArteEast
Film series: Human Rights Watch Film Festival
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Music listings – 6/6 through 6/12
Will be uplisted during the week!
1. Karl Berger’s Stone Workshop Orchestra
Date: Monday, June 6, 2011
Time: 7:30 & 10pm
Venue: The Stone (is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Contemporary Jazz/improve
During the ‘70- and ‘80’s, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was considered the premier study center for contemporary creative music. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger , Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, CMS brought together leading innovators in the jazz and world music communities. Unprecedented in its range and diversity, CMS was an acknowledged phenomenon in the international music world.