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Marco Benevento & Friends Live In NYC: The Sullivan Hall Residency The Royal Potato Family 2009 In January 2008, coinciding with the release of his monumental gumbo of retro-modern jazz, rock, pop and funk, Invisible Baby , pianist Marco Benevento took over New York's then brand new Greenwich Village music venue, Sullivan Hall, for a series of five ...

Born in Pittsburgh, George began his early career at the age of 8 on the ukule le and sin ging.

Thirsty Ear Recordings How best to describe slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein 's singular quartet Sex Mob? Maybe we should start with mercurial musical magician Bernstein himself, whose exotic career as sideman, musical director, arranger and composer has included ten years with John Lurie 's Lounge Lizards and stints alongside everyone from Bill ...

Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to commence our season-long celebration of the work and life of multi-instrumentalist and composer Don Cherry .

October 19, 2009 Maplewood Jazz Weekend - October 23-25! 11th Annual Jazz Weekend October 23-25, 2009 Friday, October 23 5:30 pm JAZZ WEEKEND KICKOFF Evening MAPLEWOOD 'JAZZ CRAWL' Music at the Maplewood Train Station by JACKSON SQUARE, our traditional 'New Orleans' jazz band An evening of jazz featuring local artists performing in a variety of ...

Moodswing Orchestra Moodswing Orchestra El Destructo ESSENTIAL "Sweet Adelaide'' Moodswing Orchestra plays at the Lizard Lounge on Thursday.

This date is drummer Dafnis Prieto's fourth as leader and second on his own label, Dafnison Music.

A ubiquitous presence in the Downtown New York scene, drummer Ben Perowsky founded and co-led the proto-fusion band Lost Tribe, served in Elysian Fields, Joan as Policewoman, and the Lounge Lizards , while continuing to perform sideman duties for Steven Bernstein , Uri Caine , Dave Douglas , and John Zorn , among others.

With esteemed freethinkers at every position - including Ellery Eskelin and Tony Malaby on tenor sax, and Steven Bernstein and Herb Robertson on trumpet - this big band packs fierce solo power, but Fujii flexes all that muscle masterfully.

August 8, 2009 from WGBH - Back when big band jazz was a dance music, there were a few national acts, and there were many large ensembles who sought local dollars by playing their ways through their regions.

August 8, 2009 from WGBH - Back when big band jazz was a dance music, there were a few national acts, and there were many large ensembles who sought local dollars by playing their ways through their regions.

One of the most diverse and intriguing lineups in recent memory is at the annual jazz festival in Newport, R.I. Saturday brought sets from the Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Bad Plus, Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra, the James Carter Organ Trio, and more.

August 8, 2009 from WGBH - Back when big band jazz was a dance music, there were a few national acts, and there were many large ensembles who sought local dollars by playing their ways through their regions.

NPR Music boldly attempted what few have done before: Deep soul, indie funk and polyglot jazz share a stage and a bill.

First things first: this here is video plus a stereo recording of Fight The Big Bull's 7:00 p.m. set on Tuesday, July 21 at Joe's Pub in New York.

Acclaimed folk duo the Swell Season will release "Strict Joy," the pair's first set of new material since their breakout on-screen performances in the indie film "Once." Due September 29 via Anti-, the 12 songs find Oscar winners Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova and several different musicians working with producer Peter Katis at his Bridgeport, ...

Washington, D.C. - NPR Music presents three bands in concert at New York City's Joe's Pub on Tuesday, July 21 at 9:30PM : soul singer Lee Fields & The Expressions; New York-based indie collective The Phenomenal Handclap Band; and nine-piece jazz ensemble Fight the Big Bull, joined by Steven Bernstein.

The line-up of slide trumpet, tuba and drums is, to say the least, somewhat unusual in jazz.