Samara Joy performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival on July 12, 2025. She returned to the Rotterdam festival after a acclaimed performance in 2023. Continue reading
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8/17/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Art Farmer and Benny Golson Jazztet – Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 1995
Jazztet was a jazz sextet, co-founded in 1959 by trumpeter Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson. In the first phase, the Jazztet lasted until 1962 and helped launch the careers of pianist McCoy Tyner and trombonist Grachan Moncur III.Farmer and Golson revived the group in 1982 and toured again. The Jazztet was “famous for its beautifully structured, precise but soulful pieces and a swinging style”. Continue reading
7/29/25 O&A NYC Tuesday Morning Concert: Yellowjackets Live At Java Jazz Festival 2016
The Grammy Award winning jazz quartet, Yellowjackets performed at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 5, 2016. Continue reading
7/6/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Fela Kuti and Africa 70 – Pansa Pansa
One of the few pro-shot concerts of legendary musician Fela Kuti with his band Africa 70, playing for the Jazz Festival In Berlin, 1978. Fela was a social activist and leader who fought for freedom and justice in Nigeria. He died in 1997. Continue reading
7/2/25 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Gil Scott-Heron – Black Wax
This film documentary is a portrait of the blues poet Gil Scott-Heron, who gives a personal tour of Washington, D.C. and performs a concert with his Midnight Band.
5/1/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marvin Gaye – I Want You (Live In Concert)
I Want You is a song written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur T-Boy Ross and recorded and released as a single by Marvin Gaye. Released as a single in 1976 on the Tamla label, the song introduced a change in musical styles for Marvin Gaye, who before then had been recording songs with a funk edge. Continue reading
4/20/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Come Sunday – Jazz At The Lincoln Jazz Center With Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis says of Duke Ellington’s groundbreaking masterpiece Black, Brown and Beige. Since its 1943 debut at Carnegie Hall, the piece—a sprawling survey of African American history—has been heralded as one of the most significant compositions in American orchestral music. Continue reading
3/30/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Basie Alumni Big Band – Al Grey – Pizza On The Park
The Count Basie Alumni Big Band, inspired by the enduring legacy of the legendary jazz pianist and bandleader William Count Basie, pays homage to the swing era and the iconic Count Basie Orchestra. Although there isn’t a single, continuous alumni big band affiliated directly with Count Basie, various ensembles have emerged over the years, featuring former members of Basie’s orchestra. Continue reading
3/30/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Whitney Houston – I Love The Lord | Live in Poland
Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963 in what was then a middle-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. At the age of 11, Houston started performing as a soloist in the junior gospel choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she also learned to play the piano. Her first solo performance in the church was Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah. When Houston was a teenager, she attended Mount Saint Dominic Academy, a Catholic girls’ high school in Caldwell, New Jersey. Continue reading
3/9/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Oscar Peterson Trio and Ella Fitzgerald – Jazz At The Philharmonic
This is the full concert of The Oscar Peterson Trio with Ella Fitzgerald from the Jazz At The Philharmonic tour 1957 in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Netherlands. The concert is introduced by Norman Granz himself. Continue reading
