ALEX SKOLNICK, THRASH METAL GUITAR LEGEND FROM TESTAMENT, shows his other side by performing with his jazz trio at the inaugural Brooklyn Guitar Festival at Arlo Williamsburg. Photo by Kaju Roberto. Few guitarists have traveled as boldly between musical worlds as Alex Skolnick, the Testament veteran who transformed himself from a teenage thrash-metal prodigy into an accomplished ..Read More
February 12, 2025
The Yotam Silberstein Trio performed two deeply immersive sets at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village on January 13. Three men emerged from behind the stark Art Deco backdrop and walked onto Zinc Bar’s new well-illuminated stage. Musically, they are one of the most gifted and eclectic trios in jazz today, led by one of the
February 12, 2025
Inside the Washington Square Diner, I had the pleasure to virtually meet and have an amazing You Tube interview with the Russian phenomenon guitarist Max Ostro. Simply put, he is one of the best guitarists in the world, and he has developed a new fusion-style to shredding (a style of playing superfast melodic guitar lines)
January 11, 2025
I’m super thrilled that I will be covering one of the most thrilling young emerging jazz artists on the scene today, tenor saxophonist Rico Jones who will be performing original music from his upcoming album Bloodlines at Zinc Bar located on 82 W 3rd Street in Greenwich Village on Tuesday January 21st. I first wrote about Jones in the September 2023 edition of
January 11, 2025
On December 9, David who is the general manager and emcee at Mezzrow Jazz Club in the West Village, grabbed a microphone and began the night by introducing Pasquale Grasso the next performer to an eager crowd as “the future of jazz guitar.” The small satellite club located in the basement of a building cookbook
January 11, 2025
A lynchpin and crowd favorite of the Bitter End, the oldest rock ‘n roll club in NYC, is undoubtedly Salcedo Latin Soul. Founder and leader of the band Steven Salcedo is not only a formidable tenor saxophonist, he is a great entertainer. On November 22, this eight-piece band of incredible musicians absolutely were the alpha
December 14, 2024
Yamandu Costa did it again. He is an enigma. Simply extraordinary. The Brazilian virtuoso World Class seven-string guitarist’s November 17th incendiary one-man tour de force sold out at Joe’s Pub in the East Village. This incredible performance almost defies logic. Here is a man with nothing but one single classical guitar spellbinding audiences with his
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