Date: March 16, 2013 Venue: BAM Cafe (Brooklyn) Review, video and photos by Dawoud Kringle There was high energy in the packed venue. Tension rose as the musicians drifted toward the stage, making last minute preparations. Then, after the MC spoke to the crowd introducing Shelley Nicole’s blaKbüshe a blues pulse drew the audience into its hypnotic undertow. The […]
1. Federico Ughi Quartet Date: Monday, March 4, 2013 Time: special midnight show Venue: Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen Street, NY) Ticket: free Genre: jazz Federico Ughi Quartet will be playing at Rockwood Music Hall a special midnight show this Monday March 4th. This is their first NYC show since coming back from their Italy tour. […]
Date: February 5, 2013 Venue: Shapeshifter (NY) Text by Dawoud Kringle On a cold winter night in Brooklyn,THE RED MICROPHONE brought its special brand of new revolutionary jazz & poetry to Shapeshifter Lab. Red Microphone consisted of John Pietaro (vibraphone, percussion), Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic (bass), Rocco John Iacovone (saxophones), and New York mainstay and master musician Ras Moshe […]
Review by Dawoud Kringle A few years back, PBS aired a production of Benise: The Spanish Guitar as part of a fundraiser. The production was released as a DVD. Described in concert reviews as “The Latin River Dance,” this promised to be a monumental artistic statement in the Spanish guitar tradition, and beyond. After a […]
Date: February 5, 2013 Venue: Drom (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle Synthesizers invoked a walk through idyllic forests. Verdant melodies floated above glacial harmonies. Then, a majestic piano ushered in shades of the mellower side of a Return to Forever-esque song. Thus began Manu Koch‘s set at Drom.
