Search and Restore, a non-profit whose mission is to promote and expose the “new jazz scene” in New York has been making waves in the city’s jazz world. Among this fledgling non-profit’s major accomplishments so far was the raising of $75,000 to film over 200 concerts in 2011. Search and Restore also produces the Undead Jazz Festival, a festival featuring jazz of all kinds.
Contrasting with Lincoln Center, Search and Restore isn’t seeking to bring the jazz the concert hall. Instead it exposes the scene as it exists today, and spreading the word purely by letting musicians and fans alike know just what’s going on. One way they’ve done this is through the Spontaneous Construction Series at the Blue Note, one of New York’s storied jazz clubs. The idea is to put onstage a handful of musicians who may never have played with each other, and to see what they come up with.
On Friday, May 13th, 2011, saxophonist Joel Frahm, bassist Linda Oh, and drummer Tony Moreno stuck mainly to standards, and played a spirited and swinging concert late into the night. It was refreshing to hear creative jazz played in a famous club, and I was happy to watch the musicians get to know each other through the set. Complete on: http://jazz.about.com/od/concertreviews/fr/The-Spontaneous-Construction-Series-At-The-Blue-Note.htm
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