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Smalls Jazz Club is a jazz club at 183 West 10th Street, Greenwich Village, New York City. [1] [2] Established in 1994, [3] it earned a reputation in the 1990s as a "hotbed for New York's jazz talent" with a "well-deserved reputation as one of the best places in the city to see rising talent in the New York jazz scene".
He developed as one of many younger players at Smalls Jazz Club during the 1990s, working with veteran players like Jimmy Lovelace and Frank Hewitt. [ 26 ] [ 2 ] Byars has used the octet format in his band to exploit the texture gains from a big band while retaining the fluidity of a small group.
In 1995 and 1996, Avital made an impact on the New York jazz scene with a series of breakout piano-less groups at the original Smalls Jazz Club, including a classic sextet with four saxophones, bass and drums, alternately included saxophonists Myron Walden, Mark Turner, Gregory Tardy, Joel Frahm, Charles Owens, Grant Stewart, Jay Collins and ...
The album was released by Smalls Live on June 25, 2013. [1] The JazzTimes reviewer commented that Mabern "brings depth and sophistication to Fats Domino's R&B classic 'I'm Walking' [...] and his take on Mongo Santamaria's 'Afro Blue' manages to simultaneously straddle dark and edgy and cheerfully upbeat.
Sacha Perry is an exponent of the bebop and hard bop styles, which he learned as a protégé of Barry Harris and Frank Hewitt, and he particularly carries the tradition of vernacular musicians Bud Powell, Elmo Hope, Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols. [1]
Barrie Lee Hall Jr. (June 30, 1949 – January 24, 2011) was an American trumpeter, music director, and band leader of the Duke Ellington Small Band. He was known for his use of the plunger mute to affect the tone of his trumpet.
The University of Akron will host its second JazzWeek under the leadership of jazz program directors Chris Coles and Theron Brown April 9-12 at the University of Akron and other local venues.
Live at Smalls is a live album by American jazz pianist Ethan Iverson's quartet. The band consisted of Iverson on piano, Reid Anderson on double bass, Jeff Williams on drums, and Bill McHenry on tenor saxophone. The album was recorded on 8 February 2000 at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City and released in 2000 by Fresh Sound New Talent label. [3]