Artist: Jeff Platz, Fabio Delvo, John McLellan & Kit Demos
Title: Differential Equations
Label: Skycap Records
Genre: improv/jazz/electronics
CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
Supernatural Love Story is Set to Music of Blues Legend Howlin’ Wolf
By Mando Alvarado and Directed by Alfred Preisser
Music Direction & Composition By Tomás Doncker
Date: Friday, Augusr 2, 2013
Venue: the Rubin Museum (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
TriBeCaStan is John Kruth (mandolin, mandocello, banjo, sitar, flutes, harmonica, vocals); Jeff Green (yayli, tamboor, tarhu, morsing, dutar, flutes, rubab, aqua drum, halo); Matt Darriau (kaval, clarinet, alto sax, gaida); Kenny Margolis (accordion, harmonium); Ray Peterson (double bass); Boris Kinberg (percussion, timbales, gong); Rohin Khemani (tabla, percussion); John Turner (trumpet) and Chris Morrow (trombone). Continue reading
Text by J4JA organizers
Justice for Jazz Artists is marching again! Join us this Wednesday, August 7th, as we march with the J4JA Brass Band to demand fair working standards for musicians at NYC jazz clubs.
We’ll be leafleting several locations owned by Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality group, the owners of the Jazz Standard club.
What do we want? Pension contributions, pay scales and protections on recordings at NYC clubs including Jazz Standard.
Date: Monday, August 5 through Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Time: 9pm
Venue: Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY, Phone: 917-515-5444)
Ticket: donation sliding scale of $5-15
Genre: nu jazz
Zombie Jazz outfit Father Figures began as a Brooklyn basement band like any other — or maybe unlike any other. Instrumental jams with wild horns and trance-inducing keys, not to mention a whole host of otherworldly sounds coming from make this combo totally captivating.
A special guest will join them every night! Continue reading
