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Red Planet With Bill Carrothers: Back in the Dunsmore Room on September 12

September 11, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter “Carrothers’ feathery textures go nicely with the wave of effects Dean Magraw wrings from his guitar…bassist Chris Bates and drummer Jay Epstein spin the eruptions with aplomb.” […]

The Music of Billie Holiday: Charmin Michelle and Sam Miltich in the Dunsmore Room, September 11

September 10, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter The dazzling guitar-vocal partnership of Charmin Michelle and Sam Miltch returns to the Dunsmore Room on September 11 (7:30 pm) with a program of the music of […]

Mike Stern Quartet at the Dakota, September 12-13

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© Andrea Canter Call him the Comeback Kid. After a potentially disastrous accident that broke both upper arms, Grammy-nominated, former Miles Davis guitarist Mike Stern is again touring and recording, […]

Saturday Night Forecast: Snowblind at the Black Dog on September 9, Steve Kenny Trio Opens

September 7, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter “Miles Davis said that the only question for a musician was, ‘Do you have ideas and can you project them?’ For Snowblind, the answer is, ‘at all […]

True to her Brazilian DNA: Eliane Elias at the Dakota September 7

September 4, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter “She can be lusty and discreet, openly hip and lazily reflective. She can make you sway and reduce you to tears, often simultaneously.” –Rex Reed, New York […]

All Originals: The Joan Hutton Jazz Project at Studio Z on September 1

August 29, 2017  •  

© Andrea Canter Steve Kenny’s All Originals jazz season continues Friday, September 1, with the Joan Hutton Jazz Project, performing all original compositions from multi-reed player, composer and educator Joan […]