The pandemic compressed live music onto screens, and Black Lives Matter protests brought it back to the streets. What will it all look like, and sound like, in 2021? Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Jazz”
Piano Bars and Jazz Clubs Reopen, Calling Live Music ‘Incidental’
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2020
As the coronavirus continues to spread, Marie’s Crisis Cafe became the latest Manhattan music venue to reopen, claiming that it is not a performance venue. Source: New York Times
Viola Smith, ‘Fastest Girl Drummer in the World,’ Dies at 107
By Gotham Rex on November 6, 2020
She became a star as a percussionist and bandleader in the swing era. But her call for the big bands to hire women instrumentalists during World War II had little impact. Source: New York Times
8 Things to Do This Halloween Weekend
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2020
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually or in person in New York City. Source: New York Times
Things to Do This Week
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2020
You could also check out a Sims-inspired art show, get the expert take on Fashion Week or try a TrapAerobics class. Source: New York Times
Jazz Lives in Clubs. The Pandemic Is Threatening Its Future.
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2020
The entire concert industry is struggling as the Covid-19 shutdown continues. But a genre rooted in live performance and in-the-moment dynamics is in particular peril. Source: New York Times
That Healing Jazz Thing on a Porch in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2020
For 82 days straight, a diverse group of musicians found their way to a stoop in Flatbush, and everybody followed the sax player. (It was his house.) Source: New York Times
8 Things to Do This Weekend
By Gotham Rex on June 26, 2020
Our culture writers offer suggestions for what to watch or listen to, and how to celebrate Pride Month as it winds down. Source: New York Times