Press Release On February 17 at 7 PM, Spectrum will present a US premiere screening of The Passion of Joe, a documentary by a Taiwanese musician Yi-Chen Chang and American filmmaker Richard Widmer. The film deals with Joe Maneri (1927-2009), a visionary and individualistic figure of American jazz and avant garde. The viewers will get
New York Tenor Saxophone Festival curated by JazzRightNow.com, Jan 29-31, 2015 Ibeam Brooklyn (168 7th Street) $15 per night, $35 festival pass Thursday, January 29 8 pm – Jonathan Moritz Trio with Shayna Dulberger, Mike Pride 9 pm – Yoni Kretzmer’s Double Bass Quartet with Reuben Radding, Sean Conly, Mike Pride Friday, January 30 8
January Artist Feature Interview with Yoni Kretzmer Videos Ken Vandermark and Nate Wooley Live at Conundrum Music Hall Ken Vandermark Solo Live at Conundrum Music Hall Nate Wooley Solo Live at Conundrum Music Hall Nate Wooley Solo “For Kenneth Gaburo” at Avant Media Ava Mendoza Solo Live in Red Hook Frank Gratkowski Solo Live at
One of the greatest musical sensations to hit New York City in the past year, the four-saxophone group Battle Trance is completing its U.S. Tour with a turn through the southern United States before taking their music to the Midwest. Here are the confirmed dates: Jan 24: Pyramid Atlantic — Silver Spring, MD Jan 25:
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many
I would like to thank all of the readers who have visited the site in 2014. The internet traffic to Jazz Right Now nearly tripled this year. I have worked tirelessly to make this the first stop for anyone interested in the creative music scene in Brooklyn and greater New York City. This year, I
Best Albums of 2014 Best of 2014 Interviews Max Johnson Harris Eisenstadt Videos Oscar Noriega Solo Live at Snugs at 61 Local VoiceHornsBass Live at First Street Green (Arts for Art) We All Break Live at the Stone New Band Pages Battle Trance Carlo Costa Solo Double Double Hag How to Make a Mountain Sean
This was an amazing year with a number of innovative and revolutionary releases that made it very difficult to choose. I spent many days narrowing the best records of 2014 down to fifteen: Josh Sinton’s Ideal Bread – Beating the Teens (Cuneiform) Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance – Palace of Wind (NNA Tapes) Rodrigo Amado Motion
Reviews Variable Bets (2014) by Tomas Fujiwara Trio Sediment (2014) by Carlo Costa Quartet Interviews Fay Victor Videos Evan Parker, Peter Evans, and Charles Evans Live at the Stone John Welsh Solo Live at the Manhattan Inn Fay Victor and Brandon Seabrook Live at New Revolution Arts While We Still Have Bodies Live at New
New Concert Series JazzRightNow.com now curates the Debut concert series at New Revolution Arts (7 Stanhope St, Bushwick-Brooklyn). Please come check it out! For upcoming concert listings, see here. New Videos Tony Malaby’s Tamarindo Live at Cornelia Street Cafe Tony Malaby’s Tamarindo Live at Cornelia Street Cafe Vinny Golia, Ingrid Laubrock, and Keir Neuringer Live
