Posts Tagged ‘jazz’
which way west? Mark Levine Trio
The Mark Levine Trio which way west? sunday concerts Sunday, May 22nd – 4:30 pm Mark wrote the book on jazz piano… specifically, The Jazz Piano Book (Sher Music, 2005 — but originally published in 1989) has been instrumental in the education of many thousands of jazz pianists… and he himself studied in Boston and…
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Jon Frank Quintet which way west? Sunday concerts Sunday, May 15th – sets at 4:30 & 5:30 pm Trumpeter Noah Frank is featured with drummer Jon Frank’s fine group, which includes seasoned veterans Ken Rosen (sax), Terry Rodriguez (piano) and Ron Crotty (bass). Noah is the product of a musical family (his father Jon has…
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an original beat… ruth weiss w/trio at bird & beckett friday night may 6th at 8:30 pm poetry and jazz… a book release celebration! can’t stop the beat: the life and words of a beat poet ruth weiss was born in germany as the nazis came to power; her family fled to austria in 1933. …
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Jazz bookends the weekend The Chuck Peterson Quintet on Friday, 4/22, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Also known as the “230 Jones Street Local 6 Literary Jazz Band,†Chuck’s quintet plays a whole lot of beautiful straight-ahead jazz, in a classic West Coast mode. Dorothy Lefkovits joins the band for a few tunes on every set……
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here on the roof of hell… Thursday, April 14th, 7:00 pm Bird & Beckett Political Book Discussion Group This Month’s subject of discussion: All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis Have a yen to hash out the cynical and self-serving machinations of the powerful? C’mon down! In its monthly meeting,…
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From 52nd Street to the Chisholm Trail FRIDAY (4/8) – 5:30 to 8:00 pm jazz in the bookshop – a neighborhood party every week! This week: The Jimmy Ryan Quartet with Ian Carey (tpt), Scott Foster (gtr), Bishu Chatterjee (bs), Jimmy Ryan (dms) Jimmy’s been swinging at the skins since 2002 at Bird & Beckett……
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