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Nicholas Payton’s XXX Impresses At The Iridium Jazz B.A.M. Club
There’s been perhaps no one who has been as notorious a provocateur over the past two years as Nicholas Payton. The “Savior of Archaic Pop” has sounded off via his blog and social media about a myriad...
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Stevie Wonder: “The Greatest Drummer Of Our Time?”
Stevie Wonder is the prototype of the modern day one-man-band. From Shuggie Otis to Prince to Lenny Kravitz to D’Angelo, the 22 time Grammy Award winner is the zenith of celestial DIY music. From...
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Rakim, Bobby Humphrey Among Artists Who Honored Sekou Sundiata at Apollo Theater
Twenty years ago, poet/writer/activist Sekou Sundiata & musician Craig Harris came together to create and perform Tongues of Fire Choir at Aaron Davis Hall (now Harlem Stage). And now in the 21st...
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Robert Glasper, Questlove, Joe Lovano Participate in Night of Improvised...
The annual Red Bull Music Academy has grown into a hotly anticipated event of seminars, classes and performances, and being held in New York City for the first time has driven the quality and demand up...
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ERIMAJ Runs Their Voodoo Down at Harlem Stage
As ERIMAJ tuned their instruments prior to their set at Harlem Stage, the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and select tracks from J Dilla’s Donuts LP played over the P.A.; appropriate that these two...
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Order Is Everything! Collecting…John Coltrane
Revive Music is humbled to present a new literary series: Order Is Everything! This new venture is a how-to-guide for music lovers looking to invest in the catalogs of prolific artists. Say you were...
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Order Is Everything! Collecting…Herbie Hancock
It’s time for a new installment of Revive Music’s original literary series: Order Is Everything! This is a how-to-guide for music lovers looking to invest in the catalogs of prolific artists. Say you...
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Esperanza Spalding to Showcase New Music at 92Y Soul Jazz Fest
For those of you who are still bumping Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society album in your cars or on your iPods, prepare for great news! The Grammy Award-winning bassist/vocalist/composer is about...
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Derrick Hodge Contributes Arrangements to Nas’s Illmatic 20th Anniversary...
Washington, D.C.’s lauded Kennedy Center has played host to an assortment of legendary performances and, over the past weekend, they can add another to their storied history with none other than Nas....
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Jack DeJohnette Trio Continues Brooklyn Tradition At Shapeshifter Lab
As we stated here at Revive Music before, Manhattan wasn’t the only place in New York where jazz was cooking and innovating. Brooklyn has been a venerable hot house of talent and unforgettable events...
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