Bobby Bradford on KUNM

June 16, 2011

Bobby Bradford speaks with Mark Weber KUNM 89.9 FM Thursday jazz show June 16, 2011 @ 12:06 Noon streaming on the web > KUNM.org Today we talk with Bobby Bradford about jazz and trumpets and the artists who play jazz trumpet. Bobby Bradford plays the near-relative of the trumpet known as the cornet. We’ll cover [...]

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SWELTER next Tuesday with TILT

June 14, 2011

  Performance #1 – 3:30pm (approx 35 mins) Performance #2 – 5:00pm (approx 35 mins)  June 21, 2011 Central Park Boat Lake In 2010, Make Music New York presented an extraordinary performance of Xenakis’ Persephassa from boats in the Central Park Lake, named one of the year’s top ten classical performances by New York Magazine and Time Out New [...]

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Ted Daniel talks King Oliver on WKCR

June 6, 2011

Ted Daniel will be doing an interview on WKCR about King Oliver. Hear him speak about the legendary cornetist with Ben Young. See more details at AllAboutJazz.com. Make sure to catch Ted Daniel playing this music at FONT! Tuesday, June 7 at the Abrons Art Center. Co-presented with the Vision Festival. Click here for the [...]

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Stephanie Richards Speaks

May 30, 2011

Click here for the festival schedule. Trumpeter Stephanie Richards‘ WATERcolor performs at 9:15 on June 7th at the Abron’s Art Center.  Richards talks about her approach to sound, including the use of water as a part of the instrument. Stephanie Richards’ WATERcolor with Stephanie Richards (tpt), Qasim Naqvi and Andrew Munsey (drums), Kelly Rossum (tpt), Sam Minaie (bass). FONT: When [...]

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Filmmaker Robert O’Haire Speaks

May 27, 2011

      Click here for the festival schedule. Robert O’Haire presents two of his recent films, one documents the last project of Bill’s, and the other follows the recording of Joseph Daly’s “Earthtones”, a new work for large jazz ensemble. Below are trailers to the two films, and brief interview with filmmaker Robert O’Haire. [...]

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Wadada Leo Smith Speaks

May 26, 2011

Wadada Leo Smith talks about the trumpet, Ankhrasmation and the Golden Quartet. Hear him with this group at Le Poisson Rouge, June 5th at 7 pm. Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet with Angelica Sanchez (piano), John Lindberg (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (drums). FONT: When you look at the total history of the trumpet, from its beginnings as a signaling [...]

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Ted Daniel Speaks

May 23, 2011

      Ted Daniel on the trumpet, King Oliver and his upcoming set at FONT’s We Speak series. Ted Daniel’s International Brass Membrane Corps performs June 7th at the Abrons Art Center, co-presented by the Vision Festival. 8:30 - Ted Daniel’s International Brass Membrane Corps salutes King Oliver, with Ted Daniel (cornet),Charles Burnham (violin), Howard Johnson (tuba), Warren [...]

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Coming soon

May 2, 2011

FRIDAY, JUNE 3rd, 7pm, Rubin Museum of Art Honoring Bill Dixon with long-time Dixon collaborators Taylor Ho Bynum, Stephen Haynes, and Rob Mazurek (cornets, trumpets), William Parker (bass), Warren Smith (percussion), and special guests Stanton Davis and Wadada Leo Smith (trumpets). Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St, NYC, 212.620.5000 x344 Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, and [...]

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Kårinna, Kårinna

April 25, 2011

Congrats to Ingrid Jensen and Jon Wikan on their new arrival, Kårinna Talise Wikan!  

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To TILT: Vol. 1 CD Release & TILT Brass Benefit

April 1, 2011

Join our friends TILT Brass for their CD release gig this Saturday. Some of the best new music brass players will be there. Great night of music! TILT Brass presents: To TILT: Vol. 1 CD Release & TILT Brass Benefit Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 Doors Open at 7PM, $10 Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen [...]

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