2019 marks the 70th anniversary of Prestige Records
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Tag Archives: Thelonious Monk
In Case You Didn’t Know, Rhonda Ross And Rodney Kendrick Are Having A Valentine’s Day Concert In Harlem
At Harlem stage Rhonda Ross and Rodney Kendrick celebrate love in all its dimensions in their first full USA concert together in 15 years! Continue Reading →
Monkmania, A Centennial Tribute to Thelonious Monk At Harlem Stage
The MSM MONK’estra Ensemble, with students from Manhattan School of Music’s Jazz Arts program, led by guest conductor/arranger John Beasley, will perform arrangements from Beasley’s MONK’estra project, which “reinvents Thelonious Monk for the 21st century” (LA Weekly). Continue Reading →
Harlem Stride Piano Style Developed During The 1920s And 1930s In Harlem, NY (Video)
Harlem Stride Piano, stride piano, commonly abbreviated to stride, is a jazz piano style that was developed in the large cities of the US East Coast, mainly in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and 1930s. Continue Reading →
New Petition Seeks An End To Controversial Dancing Ban From Harlem To Hollis
In reference to a movement that has been gaining momentum in recent months, Grubstreet reports on a petition to repeal the city’s archaic–and racially motivated in its origins–1926 Cabaret Law that requires an establishment to have a city license if more than three patrons want to move their feet. Continue Reading →
Join The Best In Music At The Free SummerStage 2016 In Central Park
City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 2016 season of SummerStage, New York City’s largest free performing arts festival, bringing more than 115 free performances to Central Park and 15 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs. Continue Reading →
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph Book By Roxanne Orgill
In this picture book Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxanne Orgill, it is aimed at kids age 8 and up, Orgill recounts the history of jazz through a couple of dozen poems — each accompanied by beautiful and happy drawings by Detroit artist Francis Vallejo. Continue Reading →
Coleman Hawkins, One Of The First Prominent Jazz Musicians In Harlem 1920’s
Coleman Randolph Hawkins November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969, nicknamed Hawk and sometimes “Bean”, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: “there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn”. Continue Reading →
‘Harlem Blues’ By Phineas Newborn Jr’s (video)
Before this posting we had not heard of Phineas Newborn Jr., let alone his glorious Harlem Blues recorded in New York City on February 12, 1969.