There are great jazz clubs all over the world — but if you're in or near New York City, you're particularly lucky. Any night of the week, there's bound to be something cutting-edge and captivating at the Village Vanguard, Smalls, Blue Note, Birdland and ...
We started in 1997 as a guide service specializing in the music scenes of New York City. We are the recognized leader in introducing visitors, businesses, and student groups to the world capital of jazz. From Harlem's history and hidden jazz haunts to the nation's greatest clubs in the ...
Carter moved to the city during a particularly fertile period in jazz, when young players were blazing new paths and the old greats were still kicking. Yet even for Carter, who is among the youngest living musicians to have known that era, the memory of what could be jazz’...
Warren James launched The Johnny Cash Songbook theatre show, whilst his Lonnie Donegan Story concerts continue to be popular in jazz clubs, blues clubs and country music venues - as does his Story of Skiffle show and his Hit Parade Heroes concert celebrating the stars of the 50s...
Recording jazz outside the studio, in a club or your living room, became easier as technology progressed. We have hours of home-recorded radio broadcasts, some smaller amount of living room jam sessions, perhaps more done on site in clubs. It is obviously the smallest fraction of what was...
In 1995, long after all three had left Booker T., Loftis began a stint in Hargrove’s band, playing gigs with him all over Europe and here in the States, including one of the true meccas of jazz, New York City. “Playing with Roy was akin to having an out-of-body experience. The...
During the “Roaring Twenties”, Jazz was being played in segregated clubs in New York. Fascinated with the music, many “adventurous Whites” made their way in and enjoyed the music and culture. To those people, the skin color of the people around them didn’t matter, they were there ...
In the 1920s, through the streets of New Orleans, a familiar sound could be heard escaping from the walls of the night clubs. The sultry saxophone solos and the strange scatting selections filled the air. The style was new and spontaneous. This new genre incorporated the styles from gospel...
As a student of opera, ballet, belly dancing and mime, this triple threat entertainer thrives in a live setting as she blends her talents into an unforgettable show that has heated up the hippest nightclubs and venues worldwide. Decked out in haute couture, with a magnificent chapeaux from ...
Beyond just getting acclimated to Zorn’s hardcore-informed aesthetic, the players had to condition themselves to withstand the force of the music itself — especially when performing in small clubs like SoHo’s Knitting Factory. “I’d never really played that loud,” Frisell says. “Wayne ...