Don Byron News

My friend, Jezra Kaye, sent me this review of a recent concert of a band that includes Prospect Heights bassist, Jerome Harris.

Guitarist/composer/bandleader Greg Chako has recorded in varied venues and formats-performing in duet, trio and here in quartet.

“I usually tell people I play some popular music; some semi-popular music; and some un popular music”

In her piano-playing career, Lisa Moore has embraced diverse musical styles. Photo: Eddie Jim MATT & JO "Who The F#$@ Are You?" Swearing hubbies, cursing grans and foul-mouthed mums - 2008 is the year of the ... via The Age

Since 2000, Chamber Music America has put its imprint on jazz by supporting projects by Dave Douglas, Ben Allison, Don Byron and Ryan Cohan. via All About Jazz

Since his arrival in New York in 1999, Cuban born drummer Dafnis Prieto has established himself as a prized sideman, having served alongside Latin jazz masters like Michel Camillo, Eddie Palmieri and Chucho ... via All About Jazz

“But three composers performing their own work based on one theme on the same night is a much bigger deal musically.”

' Three world premieres by composers who represent styles as divergent as classical, hip-hop, jazz and folk with interludes of poetry and video projections is a heady mix for any venue. via The Gazette

Meet the Composer Presents "New Music for Soloist Champions" at Symphony Space 3/19/08 Meet The Composer presents "New Music for Soloist Champions" March 19, 2008 at 8:00 PM Featuring the world premieres of ... via All About Jazz

Don Byron, known chiefly as a clarinetist, will be playing lots of tenor saxophone tonight at Duke University's Reynolds Theater in a program called "Do the Boomerang: the Music of Junior Walker." The show, ... via News Observer

This week's guide contains: YES, PLEASE: White Rainbow/ Valet, Arizona, The Don Byron Band, Mobile City Band, Spider Bags/ Rat Jackson/ Can Joann EH, WHATEVER: Atlas Sound, Carbon Leaf VS.: Joe Lally vs. via Independent Weekly

Winter Jazzfest at Knitting Factory It s hard to say which was the bigger surprise: spending an evening at the Knitting Factory hearing some of the best jazz players around or being just one of hundreds doing ... via All About Jazz

“Planet Rock"-era block party classics, Cameo's "Rigor Mortis”

On the face of it, The Harlem Experiment sounds like a winner. A multi-generational, multi-cultural cast of A list players-including singer Taj Mahal, trumpeter Steven Bernstein, reed player Don Byron, drummer ... via All About Jazz

With the release of her second CD, Make Someone Happy , this Toronto-based singer's ascension has been quick - 'she's even penetrated the American Billboard charts. via Toronto Life Online

Don Byron may not be the world's most technically endowed clarinetist, but his 1993 album "The Music of Mickey Katz " was a watershed event in the history of Jewish jazz, doing for klezmer music what a Jewish ... via New York Sun

THE HARLEM EXPERIENCE: VARIOUS ARTISTS. What does Harlem sound like? Like the previous Philadelphia Experiment and Detroit Experiment, Ropeadope Records asked some cool and brainy musicians to paint a musical ... via Democrat & Chronicle

“It makes sense that the Klezmer style of Don Byron's clarinet transcends the playful jazz on "Reefer Man" and the funkified Yiddish folk song "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen."”

From Aurgasm comes Yael Naim , a French/Israeli singer-songwriter with a lovely voice, who works with a sparse jazz-ish accompaniment From DJ Durutti comes The Harlem Experiment , who recreate the various ... via BobFromBrockley