1. JAIMEO BROWN AND TRANSCENDENCE featuring JD Allen, Chris Sholar and vocalist, Falu. Date: Tuesday May 14, 2013 Time: 9:30pm Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157) Ticket: $19 Genre: jazz Transcendence marks the Motéma Music debut from Jaimeo Brown, a brilliant 34-year-old drummer, composer and conceptualist. With an intriguing amalgam of modern jazz, […]
Artist: Sameer Gupta Title: Namaskar Label: Motema Rec Genre: Indian jazz Review by Dawoud Kringle Bass and piano hang a low note in the air. A sarangi asserts itself as the voice of a sad worldly wisdom. That Ab (or A; I am too engrossed in this beautiful music to pause the CD and […]
Date: April 25, 2013 Venue: Museum of Chinese In America (NY) Event review by Dawoud Kringle and video by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi When someone lays claim to the title of “Dragon,’ it is automatically assumed that they can back it up, or else. Fred Ho backs it up. Ho cuts a flamboyant figure; a large and […]
1. Radio Zero Series Date: Monday, April 29, 2013 Time: 8 pm Venue: Sycamore (1118 Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn, near the Q train) Ticket: $10 Genre: jazz/improv 8 pm: UNATTENDED PARKING Nicolas Letman:compo, bass, Tony Malaby:sax, Tyshawn Sorey:drums, Bobby Avey:Rhodes 7 pm: Patrick Breiner:reeds/Devin Drobka:drums duo
Date: April 18, 2013 Venue: The Tea Lounge (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle My friend Veronique Lerebours (HarmoNYom), after attending one of my performances, advised me to check out the Brooklyn Raga Massive, which is held every Thursday night at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn. She assured me I would like it. I had not heard […]
