“Bridges of Madison County,” Jason Robert Brown’s latest work, is up for a Tony award for best original score, and rightfully so: with Brown’s rich melodies and a star performance by Kelli O’Hara as Francesca, an Italian-Iowan housewife who longs for …Read more
Time to take a trip into a time machine and arrive in the 1960s where freedom, peace and love were the mainstream ideals of a generation and hallucinogenic drug experimentation caused a stir in visual art and music. Enter the Mystic Braves, a throwba …Read more
Two sets. Two groups. One compact venue. Such was the state of affairs at Brooklyn’s IBeam, a glorified rehearsal space in Gowanus. The event was held to celebrate the release of Lena Bloch’s new record “Feathery” (read our review here) and was aided …Read more
It’s not often that a musician can elicit a unique personality on more than one instrument. Andrew Hadro does just that with both the baritone saxophone and the flute on his new record “For Us, The Living”. His baritone has the weightlessness of a bu …Read more
The pianist, the man, the legend: I’m speaking of course about 72-year-old jazz veteran Chick Corea. His two-plus hour solo piano stint at The Town Hall was nothing short of extraordinary. He noted that solo piano is a spectacle best experienced in a …Read more
Taylor McFerrin, son of Bobby McFerrin, proves that musical intuition can indeed be passed down from father to son with this new single, “The Antidote”: https://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder/taylor-mcferrin-the-antidote The single in question will be in …Read more
Yoko Miwa, Berklee professor and jazz pianist, took the stage on Sunday at the Blue Note as part of the venue’s East Meets West Brunch series and blew through some bluesy oldies as well as impressive original compositions. Her bandmates — Will Slate …Read more
The sound of jazz leaking from 92Y could have been mistaken for a cool jazz radio station; but inside the venue was so much more. The beauty of this intimate locale — with its excellent acoustics — provided the right conditions for entertainment. T …Read more
On Saturday, the bassist who graced the stage of the Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall wasn’t the one the crowd was expecting. We were awaiting the Grammy-winning artist Esperanza Spalding; this musician, with straightened hair, hip new clothes and bl …Read more
Noah Preminger is old enough to be called a master of the saxophone and still young enough to know there are dimensions in the instrument he has not yet found, leaving room for the thrill of the unexpected. His seasoned quartet seems to know one anot …Read more
