Text by Dawoud Kringle
On a Monday night, the 6th day of 2014, when New York City was in the midst of a winter filled with strange weather, a congress of NYC’s jazz elite assembled at Clemente Soto Velez Center for a concert marking the beginning of the Evolving Music Series, presented by Arts for Art (organized by Patricia Parker). Michael Wimberly was the curator for the night’s performance.
Michael Wimberly and Charles Gayle began the first set.
Photo Credit: Paula Jeanine Bennett
Date: November 5, 2013
Venue: Tea Lounge (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Venue: Silvana (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
Not long ago, I reviewed Kosi Gyebi‘s CD One More Cup of Coffee. I’d heard her guesting with a jazz band; now I wanted to hear her as a leader live. So, I bundled up, went toe to toe with a nasty cold night, and headed uptown to Silvana.
Photo credit: Adam Olszewski
Venue: Cafe Nadery
Date: Saturday, January 4, 2014
Photo courtesy of Cafe Nadery
Concert Review by Matt Cole
On Saturday, the 4th of January, I went down to Cafe Nadery in the West Village to hear some Persian classical music, played by the brothers Siavash and Kaveh Haghtalab. Cafe Nadery is named for an establishment in Tehran which, in the ’40s and ’50s, was one of the spots at which intellectuals gathered. The version in New York is a long, narrow room, with many pictures of notable Iranian writers and thinkers on the walls, and a bookshelf located behind where the musicians were to play, filled with a variety of titles, including books on Iran, chess, film noir, and a large selection in Farsi.
Date: January 12, 2014
Venue: Webster Hall (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
I arrived early at the globalFEST 2014, held at NYC’s Webster Hall. Things were already livening up. People were pouring in and milling about in anticipation of a great musical event.
