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CD Review: The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums – the driving force of horn splendor created by this historic all-women sax quartet!

Artist: The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums Title: Tiny Lower Case Label: Spoot Music Genre: genres from micro-big band, gospel, bluegrass, and Balkan to whimsical jazz and nocturnal funk Review by Dawoud Kringle What happens when you draw inspiration from micro-big band, gospel, bluegrass, Balkan, whimsical jazz, nocturnal funk, New Orleans “second – line,” Afro-Cuban, […]

CD Review: SEHRANG – Ancient Storytelling Reborn In The 21st Century And Creating An Intimate Experience

Artist: SEHRANG Title: Dar Lahze Label: self published Genre: nu Iranian music/jazz Review by Dawoud Kringle Despite the image the news would have us believe, Iran is a treasure trove of beauty and tradition. The flow of great music and art from the Persian people never seems to exhaust itself. The marvellous thing is that […]

CD Review: Mem Nahadr…the music weaves a dense tapestry of dreamy, ethereal, and emotionally intense experience

Artist: Mem Nahadr Title: Femme Fractale Label: Madwoman Multimedia Genre: Neo Soul/R&B Release date: April 8, 2013 CD Review by Dawoud Kringle Mem Nahadr, a New York City based internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, performance artist film composer, author, independent filmmaker and multidisciplinary video/sonic visionary, has composed an operatic vision.

Music Listings – 3/24 through 3/30/2014

1. Evolving Music Date: Monday, March 24, 2014 Time: 7:30pm to 11pm Venue: Clemente Soto Velez Center (107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002) Tickets: $15 per set Genre: jazz/improv 7:30 Interstellar Space Duos Peskoff/Lewis James Brandon Lewis – sax Haim Peskoff – drums 8:45 Interstellar Space Duos Fujiwara/Bynum Taylor Ho Bynum – trumpet Tomas Fujiwara […]

Concert Review: Renato Diz Trio…another jewel in the crown of New York City’s rich music scene

Date: February 27, 2014 Venue: Shapeshifter Lab (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle On a late February night where the intense cold puts one’s endurance to the test and increases the longing for spring, the soon to he legendary Shapeshifter Lab presented Renato Diz‘ Trio. With Diz on piano, Zulfugar Baghirov on soprano sax, and John […]