Herbie Hancock and Keyon Harrold at Central Park Summerstage
Jazz remains relevant to music lovers, and, people are certainly still interested in watching famous jazz musicians perform live at Central Park Summerstage. Nothing invigorates... Read More
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Ivan Nagy Serenading Dizzy Gillespie at Oops! the Wrong Door
The year is 1976. Dad, Ivan Nagy is away. He’s on a European tour across Scandinavia for three months. We won’t get to see him... Read More
Jackie Mc: Reflections of a Jazz Revivalist on his Birthday
The late anthropologist and long time student of transformative social movements, Dr. Luther P. Gerhlach, demonstrated that those movements among human beings which change people’s... Read More
Reveries of an Enchanted Evening with Maestro Duke Ellington
April 29th will mark the 123rd anniversary of the birth of Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington. Standing outside the elegant brick and stone building on St.... Read More
African-American Pianists at the Gateways Music Festival
In the shadows of the behemoth Lincoln Center complex, located just of Broadway at 65th Street is a smaller musical resource known as the Elaine... Read More
Bill’s Place, Speakeasies and Billie Holiday on Swing Street
Jazz Rooted on Swing Street at Bill’s Place In Harlem, sandwiched between the noisy clatter of the number 2 and 3 and C trains, is... Read More
Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid
African-American and AfroFuturistic dynamic duos fused in one concert As part of the this year’s Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Music Festival, this show presented bandleaders Nicole Mitchell with her... Read More
Grady Tate — “Sack Full Of Dreams”
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💐Grady Tate, transitioned October 8, 2017, was a jazz and soul-jazz drummer and baritone vocalist. Tate released many solo albums and he lent his voice... Read More