In the unyielding world of classical music, African Americans make up only 2.4% of American orchestras, and two-thirds of orchestra repertoires continue to feature compositions primarily from deceased white men.

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28.03.2024

Sista’s Place, VTY, Cobi Narita Memorial - New York Amsterdam News

When the spoken-word performance of recording artist Gha’il Rhodes Benjamin and her group grace the stage of Sista’s Place on March 30, expect an evening of fiery inspiration.

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21.03.2024

Arts for Art, Haynes, Schomburg, Puddin,’ Harlem Stage, Gallery - New York Amsterdam News

Arts for Art, a long-standing nonprofit organization located on the Lower East Side, is known for its vast music programs (festivals and panels).

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14.03.2024

Renowned jazz radio personality Rob Crocker dies at 78

Rob Crocker, a mainstay for more than five decades on radio stations, died on March 7 at his apartment in Manhattan. He was 78.

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07.03.2024

Village Vanguard, Transart, Room 623, Book/Albums - New York Amsterdam News

Guitarist Peter Bernstein’s crisp, punctuated melodies are what caught the ear of organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, earning him a regular chair in his band.

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29.02.2024

Paula West, Wycliffe at Vanguard, Sankofa Danzafro - New York Amsterdam News

The West Coast vocal stylist Paula West hit my radar screen, making me a West head for ever more during the period she was accompanied by the brilliant young pianist Eric Reed.

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22.02.2024

LINES Ballet, Plummer tribute, Khaliq at Joe’s Pub - New York Amsterdam News

The Alonzo King LINES Ballet will perform “Deep River” with singer Lisa Fischer and pianist/composer Jason Moran.

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15.02.2024

Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined

This month’s centennials include Max Roach, James Baldwin and the pianist and composer George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue."

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08.02.2024

Hunter College, Dizzy's, FAMU Adderly Brothers - New York Amsterdam News

Even words like icon, legend, or most influential jazz singer in history don’t come close to acknowledging the vocal supremacy of Billie Holiday.

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01.02.2024

Out Fest, Blue Note, Reviews: Unity, Winter Jazzfest, Omniverse

One upcoming NYC jazz festival worth immediate attention is the first annual Out Music Festival, now through February 4.

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25.01.2024

Viola Plummer, the People’s voice for liberation, joins the ancestors at 86

Viola Plummer died on January 15, 2024, at Franklin General Hospital in Queens. She was 86.

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18.01.2024

Max Roach Centennial Celebrations

On January 10, jazz enthusiasts around the world celebrated the centennial of drummer, composer and social activist Max Roach (1924-2007).

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11.01.2024

Funmi Ononaiye, omnipresent music explorer, dies at 53

Funmi Ononaiye, the omnipresent music connoisseur, died on December 18, 2023, at Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City. He was 53.

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04.01.2024

Dizzy’s, Kojo, 802 Jazz Night, Winter Jazzfest, Unity Jazz Fest - New York Amsterdam News

For the New year 2024, Dizzy’s jazz club (10 Columbus Circle) on January 5-7, steps out with the GBD Trio: guitarist Mark Whitfield, bassist Bob Hurst, and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts.

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28.12.2023

New Year’s Eve happenings

The following is a short listing of New Year’s Eve jazz happenings around town.

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21.12.2023

Jazz Boxx, Dizzy’s, Kenny Barron, McCune Quartet - New York Amsterdam News

For the month of December, the jazz warrior activist Craig Harris has been playing with special guests during his weekly Friday night Harlem Jazz Boxx series.

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14.12.2023

Smoke, Sista’s Place, Smalls/Mezzrow, Nilu - New York Amsterdam News

Sista’s Place in Brooklyn (456 Nostrand Avenue), where the soul of jazz speaks with a revolutionary flare, will be cookin’ on December 16.

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07.12.2023

Nicole Henry, Mcbride, Jazz Gallery, Oneness Fest

Nicole Henry built her vocal prowess on her adventurous nature for interpreting songs in her own unique style.

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30.11.2023

Sista’s Place, Smoke, Room 623 - New York Amsterdam News

Sista’s Place in the heart of Brooklyn (456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square, formerly Nostrand and Jefferson Avenues), the spiritual agitators of this soul cleansing music known as jazz continues its 29th year of tradition.

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23.11.2023

Malcolm X Personified at the Met

“X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” has made a thunderous return to the Metropolitan Opera from now through December 2.

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16.11.2023

Ghana Cultural Sites And Jazz

Upon arriving at the airport of Accra, the capital of Ghana, African American sisters and brothers are greeted with “Welcome home."

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09.11.2023

JAZZ NOTES: Sista's Place, Calhoun at Dizzy's

There is no better fit for Sista’s Place (456 Nostrand Avenue) on November 11, than Greg Lewis better known as “Organ Monk.”

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02.11.2023

Sista’s Place, Village Vanguard, Acuna at Dizzy’s

The Nat Adderley, Jr. Band will make their way to the sacred stage of Sista’s Place (456 Nostrand Avenue) on November 4.

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02.11.2023

Sista’s Place, Village Vanguard, Acuna at Dizzy’s - New York Amsterdam News

The Nat Adderley, Jr. Band will make their way to the sacred stage of Sista’s Place (456 Nostrand Avenue) on November 4.

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26.10.2023

Ravi Coltrane at Vanguard, Sista’s Place, Donaldson at 97

The Ravi Coltrane Quintet will take a stand at the storied Village Vanguard (178 7th Avenue South) on October 24-29.

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21.10.2023

Tongues of Fire, Glasper Residency, Jazzmobile - New York Amsterdam News

Harlem Stage (130 Convent Avenue) is celebrating its 40th anniversary and remains at the forefront of revolutionary thought, music as a mind stimulus, poetic words that motivate action, and dance to invigorate the soul.

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13.10.2023

Blind Boys Baptize City Winery; Bluocracy Project

The Blind Boys of Alabama have sustained a career spanning over 80 years with a changing roster of musicians over its history.

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13.10.2023

Tuba Trio, Burrage review, Higgins exhibit - New York Amsterdam News

The free Second Annual John Coltrane Festival: Miles Ahead that was rained out on September 23 (Coltrane’s birthday) has been rescheduled for October 6 (5 p.m.–9 p.m.) at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park.

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13.10.2023

Charles Lloyd celebrates 85, Harlem Late Night

For over six decades, tenor saxophonist/flautist and composer Charles Lloyd has enjoyed a most luminous career.

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21.09.2023

Weston Tribute, RivBea Orchestra, All-Day Coltrane - New York Amsterdam News

Pianist and composer Randy Weston was America’s jazz griot. The significance of jazz was, as Weston referred to it, “the music of our ancestors or African classical music.”

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14.09.2023

Omar Sosa at Dizzy’s, Jazz Gallery, Ishmael’s Blues - New York Amsterdam News

Last year, pianist and composer Omar Sosa rattled Dizzy’s jazz club on his debut performance with his native rhythms of Cuba and ancestral sounds of West Africa, Brazil, and Central America.

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07.09.2023

Pittsburgh Jazz, Spontaneous Creativity, Harlem Late Night

There are only a few out-of-town jazz festivals left on this year’s jazz itinerary. One is the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival.

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31.08.2023

InGardens, White Plains Fest, ‘The Conductor’ - New York Amsterdam News

Outdoor summer jazz festivals will linger longer than that pesky unwritten fashion formality of not wearing white shoes after Labor Day.

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24.08.2023

Charlie Parker Fest, Berta Indeed Day, March on Washington

harlie Parker. “Bird.” “Yardbird.” After saying his name they shout “amen” and holla “Hallelujah.” He’s revered like a saint (the jazz saint of improvisation).

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17.08.2023

Harlem Week, Poughkeepsie Jazz, Doug Carn

Harlem Week runs from now until August 20. The local family event that began in 1974 has since become an international affair.

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10.08.2023

Chicken Bone Beach, Dizzy’s, Great Jazz on the Great Hill - New York Amsterdam News

Just lounging on the couch, still sleepy on a recent Sunday morning contemplating a piece for my column, and as I hit my WBGO app.

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JAZZ NOTES: Dizzy’s, Smoke, Duke 125 Celebration

Adderley Brothers get top billing at FAMU

Carnegie Hall, Global Mashup, BHT

Adept drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath dies At 88

D-Composed, Shine, Harlem Is Music - New York Amsterdam News

Sista’s Place, VTY, Cobi Narita Memorial - New York Amsterdam News

Arts for Art, Haynes, Schomburg, Puddin,’ Harlem Stage, Gallery - New York Amsterdam News

Renowned jazz radio personality Rob Crocker dies at 78

Village Vanguard, Transart, Room 623, Book/Albums - New York Amsterdam News

Paula West, Wycliffe at Vanguard, Sankofa Danzafro - New York Amsterdam News

LINES Ballet, Plummer tribute, Khaliq at Joe’s Pub - New York Amsterdam News

Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined

Hunter College, Dizzy's, FAMU Adderly Brothers - New York Amsterdam News

Out Fest, Blue Note, Reviews: Unity, Winter Jazzfest, Omniverse

Viola Plummer, the People’s voice for liberation, joins the ancestors at 86

Max Roach Centennial Celebrations

Funmi Ononaiye, omnipresent music explorer, dies at 53

Dizzy’s, Kojo, 802 Jazz Night, Winter Jazzfest, Unity Jazz Fest - New York Amsterdam News

New Year’s Eve happenings

Jazz Boxx, Dizzy’s, Kenny Barron, McCune Quartet - New York Amsterdam News

Smoke, Sista’s Place, Smalls/Mezzrow, Nilu - New York Amsterdam News

Nicole Henry, Mcbride, Jazz Gallery, Oneness Fest

Sista’s Place, Smoke, Room 623 - New York Amsterdam News

Malcolm X Personified at the Met

Ghana Cultural Sites And Jazz

JAZZ NOTES: Sista's Place, Calhoun at Dizzy's

Sista’s Place, Village Vanguard, Acuna at Dizzy’s

Sista’s Place, Village Vanguard, Acuna at Dizzy’s - New York Amsterdam News

Ravi Coltrane at Vanguard, Sista’s Place, Donaldson at 97

Tongues of Fire, Glasper Residency, Jazzmobile - New York Amsterdam News

Blind Boys Baptize City Winery; Bluocracy Project

Tuba Trio, Burrage review, Higgins exhibit - New York Amsterdam News

Charles Lloyd celebrates 85, Harlem Late Night

Weston Tribute, RivBea Orchestra, All-Day Coltrane - New York Amsterdam News

Omar Sosa at Dizzy’s, Jazz Gallery, Ishmael’s Blues - New York Amsterdam News

Pittsburgh Jazz, Spontaneous Creativity, Harlem Late Night

InGardens, White Plains Fest, ‘The Conductor’ - New York Amsterdam News

Charlie Parker Fest, Berta Indeed Day, March on Washington

Harlem Week, Poughkeepsie Jazz, Doug Carn

Chicken Bone Beach, Dizzy’s, Great Jazz on the Great Hill - New York Amsterdam News

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