1. Oran Etkin Date: Monday, October 28, 2013 Time: 8:30pm Venue: The Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia St., NY, NY 10014) Ticket: $10 Genre: jazz Oran Etkin has been described as a “great clarinetist, excellent improviser” by NY Times critic Ben Ratliff and a “composer of eminent individuality” by his mentor and former teacher, Yusef Lateef. His music appeared […]
1. Kinan Azmeh Date: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Time: 7:30pm Venue: Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003, 212-967-7555) Tickets: $20 Genre: between Jazz, classical music, and the music of his homeland, Syria Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh is the first Arab to win the first prize at the Nicolay Rubinstein international competition in Moscow 1997. A graduate of the […]
1. BIPAF 10 Minute MARATHON Date: Monday, July 15, 2013 Time: 2pm to 6pm Venue: Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York 11221) Ticket: t.b.a. Genre: performance art and music BIPAF explores the 10 minutes/artist format from Performance Art Opens and Open Mics across disciplines. Featuring:
1. Craig Taborn Trio Date: Monday, May 6, 2013 Time: 8pm Venue: The Roulette (509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217) Ticket: $20 Genre: jazz Craig Taborn, piano Thomas Morgan, double bass Gerald Cleaver, drums “[Taborn’s Chants]… confirms his standing as an inspired bandleader-composer, one of the smartest and slipperiest in his peer group” –The New York Times
“Since 2005 Winter Jazzfest has been a cheaply priced cramming rite for New Yorkers interested in new improvised music: cruise the festival’s multiple stages for a night or two and you’re somewhere near up-to-date.” – BEN RATLIFF, THE NY TIMES
