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New This Week on Jazz Right Now / July 7, 2014

Interviews Interview: Tony Malaby Discusses His New Album, Somos Agua Interview with Nate Wooley, Part II: Early Years in New York City Videos Frikativ Quartet Live at Clemente Soto Velez (Arts for Art) breath TRIPLE sea TRIO birds Live at Clemente Soto Velez (Arts for Art) VoiceHornsBass Live at Clemente Soto Velez (Arts for Art)

This Week on Jazz Right Now / June 30, 2014

Reviews Max Johnson’s The Prisoner (No Business, 2014) Interviews Interview with Nate Wooley, Part I: Origins Dave Rempis Percussion Quartet Celebrates 10th Anniversary: Interview Videos Tatsuya Nakatani Project with Pascal Niggenkemper and Sean Ali Live at Clemente Soto Velez (Arts for Art) FIVE (Yoni Kretzmer, Steve Swell, Thomas Heberer, Max Johnson, Chad Taylor) Live at

Ingrid Laubrock Octet Release Party Tonight at the Stone, 10 pm

Ingrid Laubrock’s “The Zürich Concert” CD release party Tonight! The Stone 8 pm Ingrid Laubrock’s Anti-House Ingrid Laubrock (sax) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Kris Davis (piano) John Hebert (bass) Tom Rainey(drums), ALL NEW MUSIC 10 pm Ingrid Laubrock Octet Featuring: Ingrid Laubrock (sax,composition), Ted Reichman (accordion), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Chris Hoffman (cello), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Kris Davis (piano), Drew Gress (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), CD RELEASE!

This Week on Jazz Right Now / June 23, 2014

Videos Mette Rasmussen Solo Live at Angler Movement Arts (Philadelphia) Michael Foster, Mette Rasmussen, Han-earl Park, and Pascal Niggenkemper Live at Downtown Music Gallery Playlist Playlist for Week of 14 June 2014

This Week on Jazz Right Now / June 9, 2014

Reviews Eivind Opsvik’s Overseas Live at Greenwich House Music School New Videos Ideal Bread Live at Douglass Street Music Collective Louise D. E. Jensen, Ron Stabinsky, Mike Pride, and Andrew Drury Live at JACK Stuart Popejoy and Chris Pitsiokos Live at JACK Chuck Bettis, Dafna Naphtali, Levy Lorenzo, and Hans Tammen Live at JACK John

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This Week on Jazz Right Now

New Videos Yoni Kretzmer Group Live at JACK William Hooker Trio Live at JACK Tom Blancarte Solo Live at Spectrum Chris Pitsiokos and Tyshawn Sorey Live at Spectrum Easel Live at Douglass Street Music Collective Tim Berne and Russ Lossing Live at I-Beam Playlist Playlist for the Week of May 10, 2014

What’s New on Jazz Right Now

Monthly Artist Feature Josh Sinton New Artist Profiles Catherine Sikora New Band Pages Catherine Sikora Solo Catherine Sikora-Ziv Ravitz Duo Eris 136199 New Videos Andrew Barker Trio Live at JACK Mario Pavone’s Arce Trio Blue Live at Cornelia Street Cafe Playlist Playlist for the Week of 26 April 2014

New Artist Profile: Saxophonist Catherine Sikora

I am pleased to welcome saxophonist Catherine Sikora to the community of artists included on Jazz Right Now. The Ireland-born musician has been active in New York City over the past decade and more recently has released several very promising records on the Clockwork Mercury label which she co-founded. For more on Sikora, please see

New England Conservatory Jazz Alumna Matana Roberts Receives Doris Duke Impact Award

Press Release Program will give awards to 100 artists over the next five years New England Conservatory jazz alumna Matana Roberts ’03 M.M. is one of 20 individuals in the first class of Doris Duke Impact Awards, presented by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Roberts will receive an unrestricted cash grant of as much as