THE QUEENS JAZZ TRAIL MAP FROM EPHEMERA PRESS IS AMAZING
THIS MAP SHOW JUST HOW MANY JAZZ IMMORTALS LIVED IN QUEENS, AND WHERE THEY LIVED!
CHECK OUT THEIR WEB SITE:
http://www.ephemerapress.com/queens.html
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
JAZZ ON JUNE 21ST, 2009
http://newyork.timeout.com/make-music/events/music/286923/joe-knipes
JAZZ ON JUNE 21ST, 2009
(GUITARIST) JOE KNIPES TRIO, WITH SAXOPHONIST JAVIER ARAU
1pm at Espresso 77, 77th St. and 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, NY Queens, as part of Make Music New York - see link above. (There are many events on on 6/21 as part of Make Music NY, so check their Web site for more!)
JAZZ ON JUNE 21ST, 2009
(GUITARIST) JOE KNIPES TRIO, WITH SAXOPHONIST JAVIER ARAU
1pm at Espresso 77, 77th St. and 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, NY Queens, as part of Make Music New York - see link above. (There are many events on on 6/21 as part of Make Music NY, so check their Web site for more!)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
MORE JAZZ IN JACKSON HEIGHTS, AT ESPRESSO 77
OUR LOCAL ESPRESSO JOINT, ESPRESSO 77, HAS BECOME A JAZZ HOT SPOT. SAXMAN JAVIER ARAU (Pictured, at right) HAS SEVERAL GIGS UPCOMING THERE.
Check out Arau's Web site and hear great recordings of him playing at E77!
(To hear the recordings, go to his "Events" page and click entries where Recordings are indicated. Recordings made with a Zoom H2 Handy Recorder, an awesome little high-quality digital recording device.)
June 21, 2009
Sunday
1:00-1:45pm
Make Music NYC Festival
Javier Arau, tenor sax; Joe Knipes, guitar; Sunny Knable, piano
Espresso 77 (outdoors) - 77th St. at 37th Ave.
Jackson Heights, NY
FREE
June 21, 2009
Sunday
7:30-9:00pm
Jazz Sundays
Javier Arau, tenor sax/piano; Mark Tulga, reeds
Espresso 77 - 77th St. at 37th Ave.
Jackson Heights, NY
FREE
June 28, 2009
Sunday
7:30-9:00pm
Jazz Sundays
Javier Arau, tenor sax; Sunny Knable, piano
Espresso 77 - 77th St. at 37th Ave.
Jackson Heights, NY
FREE
JAZZ IN JACKSON HEIGHTS - JAVIER ARAU AND D.D. JACKSON
Javier Arau New Jazz Quartet Play at Travers Park in Jackson Heights, Queens (NYC) on June 7, 2009; photos above, Arau on Sax and D.D. Jackson on keyboard, Ike Sturm, bass, Jon Mele, drums. Both Arau and Jackson live in Jackson Heights.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Top Talent at "Pops is Tops" 2009
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JAZZ IN QUEENS: John Faddis, trumpet; Steve Turre, trombone and shells; Antonio Hart, alto saxophone; Dion Parson, drums, Steve Bargonetti, guitar and Baba and Alioune Faye, djembe & sabar. This was the lineup for three days in a row (May 19-21, 2009) at the annual Pops is Tops concerts series for children, held in the garden at the Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107t St., Corona, Queens (NYC).
MORE JAZZ IN JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS (NYC) 6/7/09
MORE JAZZ IN JACKSON HEIGHTS
THIS WEEKEND 6/7/09
(Do you love B&W photography? then go to www.bwphotopro.com)
THIS SUNDAY, 4PM
6/7/09: Javier Arau New Jazz Quartet and Nation Beat, northeastern Brazilian rhythms meet US roots.
WE UNDERSTAND that Jackson Heights resident and world-class pianist D.D. Jackson will be performing with Arau.
Here's a link to official concert info
Location
Travers Park
Travers Park athletic field (34th Avenue between 77th and 78th streets)
Queens
Cost
Free
(This show already occured. it's included just to prove there truly is jazz in Queens: 5/31: Hector Martignon, Latin Jazz by Grammy-nominated musician, and Asiko, afropop)
All shows start Sundays at 4 p.m., except 2 p.m. on August 23, and are held at Travers Park athletic field (34th Avenue between 77th and 78th Streets). Shows are free. Bring blanket or cushion for seating. Presented by Jackson Heights Beautification Group and its committee Friends of Travers Park; the Queens Community House; and the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. With major funding from the NYS Council on the Arts and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs through the Queens Council on the Arts as well as the J.M. Kaplan Fund.
THIS WEEKEND 6/7/09
(Do you love B&W photography? then go to www.bwphotopro.com)
THIS SUNDAY, 4PM
6/7/09: Javier Arau New Jazz Quartet and Nation Beat, northeastern Brazilian rhythms meet US roots.
WE UNDERSTAND that Jackson Heights resident and world-class pianist D.D. Jackson will be performing with Arau.
Here's a link to official concert info
Location
Travers Park
Travers Park athletic field (34th Avenue between 77th and 78th streets)
Queens
Cost
Free
(This show already occured. it's included just to prove there truly is jazz in Queens: 5/31: Hector Martignon, Latin Jazz by Grammy-nominated musician, and Asiko, afropop)
All shows start Sundays at 4 p.m., except 2 p.m. on August 23, and are held at Travers Park athletic field (34th Avenue between 77th and 78th Streets). Shows are free. Bring blanket or cushion for seating. Presented by Jackson Heights Beautification Group and its committee Friends of Travers Park; the Queens Community House; and the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. With major funding from the NYS Council on the Arts and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs through the Queens Council on the Arts as well as the J.M. Kaplan Fund.
Monday, June 1, 2009
There is jazz in Queens, NYC!
This is a brand-new blog about jazz in Queens (NYC).
There are several terrific regular jazz gigs with no cover charges, right here in Queens, NYC (ALWAYS CALL FIRST BEFORE HEADING TO ANY CASUAL GIG):
SOUL JAZZ AND A GUITAR TRIO
NOVO, IN JACKSON HEIGHTS: Monday Jim Hershman's guitar-based trio, and on Thursdays, George Papageorge does the Soul-Jazz B-3 Organ grooves thing. These are both great gigs.
Papageorge's organ group is great fun and it also happens to be great music. 7:30 to 10pm approximately. Call first - the music is sometimes pre-empted: Novo- Phone: 718-426-7272
Novo is at 78-23 37th Ave., btwn 78th and 79th Sts., Jackson Heights, NY
(Do you love B&W photography? then go to www.bwphotopro.com)
GREAT WINE WITH YOUR JAZZ
VINO di VINO WINE BAR, ASTORIA: And world-class saxophonist Jed Levy leads a quartet at Vino di Vino wine bar Fridays at 7:30pm, and there is also jazz there on Weds. nights at the same time. As always, call first.
Vino di Vino is at 29-21 Ditmars Blvd. Astoria, NY 11105. Phone: 718-721-3010. www.vindivinowinebar.com
http://www.vinodivinowinebar.com/events.html
There are several terrific regular jazz gigs with no cover charges, right here in Queens, NYC (ALWAYS CALL FIRST BEFORE HEADING TO ANY CASUAL GIG):
SOUL JAZZ AND A GUITAR TRIO
NOVO, IN JACKSON HEIGHTS: Monday Jim Hershman's guitar-based trio, and on Thursdays, George Papageorge does the Soul-Jazz B-3 Organ grooves thing. These are both great gigs.
Papageorge's organ group is great fun and it also happens to be great music. 7:30 to 10pm approximately. Call first - the music is sometimes pre-empted: Novo- Phone: 718-426-7272
Novo is at 78-23 37th Ave., btwn 78th and 79th Sts., Jackson Heights, NY
(Do you love B&W photography? then go to www.bwphotopro.com)
GREAT WINE WITH YOUR JAZZ
VINO di VINO WINE BAR, ASTORIA: And world-class saxophonist Jed Levy leads a quartet at Vino di Vino wine bar Fridays at 7:30pm, and there is also jazz there on Weds. nights at the same time. As always, call first.
Vino di Vino is at 29-21 Ditmars Blvd. Astoria, NY 11105. Phone: 718-721-3010. www.vindivinowinebar.com
http://www.vinodivinowinebar.com/events.html
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