My Native Go Go Rhythms
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Abbey Lincoln was 40 years old before she composed her first song, and is one of the few notable female jazz vocalists who also proved her worth as a songwriter and composer, defying the conventions of the typical American Jazz standard.
Our first compilation featuring members of The Harlem Sessions. This series aims to highlight the flourishing young talent we meet through our live jam sessions, alongside Marc Cary and other mentors and peers. We feature original compositions from The Ensemble as well as from individual members, alongside our favorite songs and compositions that we have grown to love from our weekly menu.
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releases September 7, 2018
Marc Cary - piano, fender rhodes, synths
Diego Ramirez - drums
Endea Owens - bass
Dan Chimielinski- bass
Jackie Gage - vocals
Sunny Jain - dhol drum
Duane Eubanks - trumpet
Milton Freeman - percussion
Ahmad Cary - guitar
A star-studded, surprisingly eclectic lineup including Laurie Anderson, Mark Kozelek, Emily Haines, Nels Cline, Bill Muray, Steve Buscemi, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, Gina Gershon, and more assembled on Thursday, Bob Dylan’s 77th birthday, to stage Tomorrow Is A Long Time, a freewheelin’ tribute to the Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan era. Organized by producer Hal Willner and featuring a backing house band that included a four-piece horn section, cello and violin, keyboards, and two percussionists, the concert, held at New York City’s Town Hall, was a song-for-song recreation of Dylan’s April 12, 1963 concert at the same venue ahead of the release of his iconic second album a month later.
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Bob Dylan’s 77th birthday was celebrated with a kinetic reimagining of his 1963 solo concert at New York’s Town Hall. Titled Tomorrow Is A Long Time, the May 24 event produced by Hal Willner featured a slew of talented guests — among them: contemporary performers like The Milk Carton Kids, Emily Haines and Teddy Thompson, 60’s survivors like Geoff Muldaur and Bob Neuwirth, poetess Anne Waldman and savvy stage performers like Gina Gershon, Steve Buscemi and Bill Murray — and followed the original concert’s set list, providing ardent, idiosyncratic musical settings for Dylan’s songs with barely a hint of nostalgia. Musical Director Steven Bernstein and the Town Hall Ensemble led the tribute, which was filled with humor, social commentary and an impressive range of musical styles.
While Dylan’s original concert was a solo acoustic affair, the brawny Town Hall Ensemble contained a number of amazing musicians including bandleader Bernstein on trumpet, Wilco-guitarist Nels Cline, keyboardist Marc Cary and violinist Zach Brock. Enjoying a full assortment strings, horns and a badass rhythm section, the Ensemble infused the varied guest performances with funk and Latin rhythms, playing jazz, soul and rock as well as some more traditional folkie terrain.
Read MoreOn the contemporary set, cats like Christian Scott, Jason Moran, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Marc Cary, Vijay Iyer, and Robert Glasperare reuniting the urge to cunningly improvize with the urge to move the crowd.
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