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April Featured Artist: Patrick Breiner
(photo by an unknown fan) Patrick Breiner is a tenor saxophonist with an array of fresh ideas who performs regularly in Brooklyn and other parts of New York City. His animated performances and personal...
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May Artist Feature: Josh Sinton
(photo by Peter Gannushkin) Josh Sinton is an intrepid reeds player based in Brooklyn who leads the band Ideal Bread, among other groups. As one of the most active members of the Douglass Street Music...
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June Artist Feature: Brian Drye
(Peter Gannushkin / downtownmusic.net) Trombonist and pianist Brian Drye has been a mainstay on the New York scene since the dawn of the millennium. He leads the group Bizingas (with Kirk Knuffke,...
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July Featured Artist: Tyshawn Sorey Residency at the Stone, July 29-August 3
(photo by Krzysztof Machowina) Composer, drummer, and trombonist Tyshawn Sorey begins a six-night residency at the Stone on Tuesday. This groundbreaking artist will be showcasing eleven different...
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Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook Up to Release 3rd Album in April (Sneak Peak #3)
Part 3 of the April Artist Feature on Drummer/Composer Tomas Fujiwara Interview Cisco Bradley: I understand that you are both an avid basketball fan as well as a player of the sport. Do you absorb or...
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May Artist Feature: Drummer Mike Pride
(photo by Jim Newberry) Mike Pride may have moved out of New York City proper, but he is no less involved in the creative music scene. In fact, in the first half of 2015, Pride has a flurry of exciting...
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June Artist Feature: Chris Pitsiokos
(photo by Catherine Slowik) Groundbreaking avant garde alto saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos is making waves in New York. At only 24 years of age, Pitsiokos has already developed his own vocabulary with his...
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July Artist Feature: Saxophonist Michael Attias
(Peter Gannushkin / downtownmusic.net) This month, New York is being treated to six exciting performances by master alto saxophonist Michael Attias. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see all...
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August Artist Feature: Drummer Harris Eisenstadt
Drummer and composer Harris Eisenstadt is set to do a residency at the Stone, September 1-6, which also coincides with his fortieth birthday. The week will serve as an expose of various groups that he...
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September Artist Feature: Drummer Kate Gentile
Brooklyn-based drummer and composer Kate Gentile has been working in a number of innovative groups since graduating from the Eastman School of Music and settling in the city in 2011. Next week,...
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Lisa Mezzacappa to Premiere Glorious Ravage, a Song Cycle for Large Ensemble...
(photo by Heike Liss) Bassist and composer Lisa Mezzacappa is set to premiere her most ambitious work to date, Glorious Ravage, an evening-length song cycle for large ensemble and film at the Angel...
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Artist Feature: Vocalist Anais Maviel
(Photo by Michael Yu) Vocalist Anaïs Maviel has been an exciting and unique new presence on the Brooklyn/New York scene over the past few years. Since arriving, her fearless approach to performance has...
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November Artist Feature: Dancer Jinah Parker
(photo by Mickey Hoelscher) For the first time, Jazz Right Now is featuring an artist who does not explicitly create music or sound, but one who choreographs some of her dance to jazz and especially to...
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December Artist Feature: Joanna Mattrey
(Photo by Michael Yu) This month’s feature focuses on the work of violist Joanna Mattrey, who is relatively new to New York. Mattrey has been involved in a number of interesting improvised and composed...
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January Artist Feature: Trumpeter Jaimie Branch
(Photo by Peter Gannushkin / downtownmusic.net) In a generation crowded with trumpet talent, Jaimie Branch has emerged in recent years as a unique voice capable of transforming every ensemble of which...
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February Artist Feature: Drummer Tom Rainey
(photo by Denis Dalby) Drummer Tom Rainey‘s impact on the New York scene has been immense and often unappreciated (not to mention that his influence has reached far beyond New York). I recently had the...
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March Artist Feature: James Brandon Lewis
(Photo by Thomas Sayers Ellis) James Brandon Lewis is a very versatile tenor saxophone player. Having studied at Howard University and later at CalArts, he has spent the past five years establishing a...
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April Featured Artist: Bassist Brandon Lopez
(Photo by Peter Gannushkin) Bassist Brandon Lopez has emerged onto the New York scene over the past few years. A robust, fiery, articulate player, he has been building a reputation for himself in solo...
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May Artist Feature: Saxophonist Louise D.E. Jensen
Louise Dam Eckhardt Jensen is a fiery alto saxophonist originally from Denmark who spends a good portion of each year in New York. Over the past decade, she has worked with figures such as Peter...
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July Artist Feature: Moor Mother
Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa) is a Philadelphia-based artist whose work ranges from “slave ship punk,” free jazz, and “Afrofuturist electronics” to photography, poetry, non-fiction writing, and...
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