He told me that too many jazz bars/clubs in Tokyo cater to only one kind of audience (older/richer) and that he’s trying to bring in a different kind of crowd. The Friday ‘New York Jazz Room’ nights featuring a regular group of formerly NYC-based Japanese musicians is well worth ...
YokohamaBars Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Yamashita-cho 276, Hamada-Bldg 1F 045-662-2586 http://bar-navi.suntory.co.jp/shop/0456622586/ JULY 2022: Minton House has been under threat of closure the last two years, and the owner is sti... ...
Live Jazz in an intimate setting is a unique experience, and for me, an addictive one. As Nietzsche said, a life lived without music would be a mistake.I approach Jonathan Crayford gigs with high expectations and I am never disappointed. Even the occasional gigs in crowded streetside bars ...
When the opening bars drifted across the festival and Min invited a choir to duet with her rather than the Scott to her Charlene my heart sank. This wasn’t to be the promised surprise after all. BUT never underestimate a Minogue as just before the famous dance interlude she announced “Bu...
It consists of 16 bars of D Dorian, followed by eight bars of E♭ Dorian and another eight of D Dorian. This is a phenomenally complex arrangement. The lineup for this composition includes Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball, Evans, Chambers, and Cobb. This is the greatest lineup ...
‘In those days, there were lots of bars but not enough venues for live music in Kathmandu,’ says Bomzan, a hipster of the Hippie Trail generation, who was born in Malaysia where his father was stationed as a Gurkha. ‘Good musicians didn’t have a place to play.’ After his family...
* barre chord (or "bar chord"): a guitar chord in which the first (or another finger) holds down two or more adjacent strings (that is it "bars" several notes) * beat: (1) the pronounced rhythm of music; (2) one single stroke of a rhythmic accent * bend: jazz term referring ei...
Listen to his thirty-two bars on the original recording of Ko-Ko, Charlie Parker’s jazz masterpiece based on Cherokee. In a blast of creativity, Roach simultaneously documents his roots in military drumming and his departure from them. Ideas expressed on the snare are enhanced by variegated ...
It's hard to imagine now, but there was a time when the sound of jazz could be heard lingering in the smoky corners of neighborhood bars in every major city from New York to Los Angeles. These ghetto hangouts were on what was often called the 'chitlin' circuit,' a network of predomin...
Louis' premiere blues bars for good reason. Recently treated to Big George Brock and The Houserockers, featuring the young phenom guitarist Matt (aka "Rattlesnake"). A fantastic show. Written September 4, 2016 This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member ...