George Gershwin, Billy Joel, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Waller, Count Basie and many others. All these big names have one thing in common: they come from New York (Queens often ). There was a time when we wanted to do jazz, it was here, and the city is often considered the city of jazz, and there is much that New Orleans that can compete with them. The question arises: now that the Jazz is really the avant-garde, which revolutionizes our ears, what is it?
Well New York is unquestionably one of the places or play, play, learn jazz. Institutions remained. The legendary concert halls are always, sometimes as old as Apollo Theater , sometimes in full form as the Carnegie Hall or Radio City Music Hall, and big names ever occur there (the list is too long but I had the chance to listen to Aretha Franklin and Georgio Mendes). The Jazz Bar concept was still running full speed, not only for and tourists: the legendary names like Blue Note or Jazz at Lincoln Center, but also a multitude of small bars, announcing the Live every night, and where we can have a chance example of listen KJ Denhert, a beer in hand, with 40 spectators. Jazz schools abound, and many artists who come here a few years, building their sound, learn as much as possible, meet people, then they can (have not fallen in love with the city) leave with their luggage in a more accessible location. Yes, definitely New York remains a city of jazz.
the summer, it takes on gigantic proportions. The JVC Jazz Festival program allows Billy Taylor, Maceo Parker, Jill Scott, Joao Gilberto, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, Al Green, Gil Scott-Heron ... among others! In addition to regular concerts like Gilberto Gil and Stevie Wonder.
But it's not just the Jazz in life, and the city is open to all music. Prospect Park organizes free concerts, and I could see Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna ( of photos zero, two videos and sound !). The Central Park Summer Stage is not bad either. Rockefeller also hosts free concerts on Friday at 7am in the mornin 'with Alanis Morissette, Donna Summer, Rihanna, Coldplay, Sheryl Crow among others. Anecdotally, the festival of Music franchouille crosses the ocean to gradually settle in New York (and probably only), including a Williamsburg.
Yes, I am crazy about this city and all it has to offer. For all tastes, all budgets, NYC is unquestionably one of the great cities of Music.
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