Billie Holiday

'11th Annual A Great Night in Harlem'

Etta James, R.I.P.

​Etta James used to tell a story about meeting Billie Holiday in which Holiday told her—fatherless wild child to fatherless wild child—not to let the bad men and drugs that were going to come her way destroy her. Something about that brief conversation must've stuck, because despit ... More >>

Arias With a Twist Triumphs Again

​After a series of curtains dramatically open onto each other one by one, a kaleidoscopic light show erupts, followed by an overture played by a puppet orchestra. And on comes the star in full dominatrix gear, strapped to a neon hoop that rotates as aliens probe and examine him and he belts o ... More >>

The Five Saddest Songs Ever Written

​Feeling down and want that extra push into suicide land? Here are your five best bets: (5) "Hello, It's Me" by Todd Rundgren The simple, conversational tone, along with dark feelings like "Maybe I think too much, but something's wrong," make this 1968 classic achingly intimate. Its raw sw ... More >>

The Right Reverend Dupree in Exile--Disease Versus God

A minister's big crisis of faith in a play in Bed-Stuy

STRANGE FRUIT

Joey Arias channels Lady Day

Joey Arias Will Blow You At Town Hall

​I mean he'll blow you away! You see, performer extraordinaire Joey Arias--who's channeled Billie Holiday, costarred with puppets, and even played Vegas--is headlining Town Hall (123 W. 43 Street) on Thursday April 21 at 8, and he aims to please. While he preps the gardenia for his inevitabl ... More >>

Warpaint Wallow Exuberantly

Plus: Hall & Oates do the hits and redeem 'Jingle Bell Rock'

Live: Warpaint Cheerfully Bust Up Your Sad-Sack Reverie At Webster Hall

Emily Kokal (right) and Jenny Lee Lindberg, pulling you off the floor. Pics by Santiago Felipe, more below.​Warpaint Webster Hall Wednesday, December 1 Better Than: Another night trapped in a space the width of your headphones, that's for sure. Warpaint live is a disconcerting experience. Th ... More >>

'Jazz In July'

Emily Kokal (right) and Jenny Lee Lindberg, pulling you off the floor. Pics by Santiago Felipe, more below.​Warpaint Webster Hall Wednesday, December 1 Better Than: Another night trapped in a space the width of your headphones, that's for sure. Warpaint live is a disconcerting experience. Th ... More >>

Your Summer Live-Jazz Cheat Sheet

Options abound for fans of all inclinations and bank accounts

Ghost Brand: Dee Dee Bridgewater and Stephanie Nakasian Tackle Billie Holiday

Options abound for fans of all inclinations and bank accounts

Madeleine Peyroux

Options abound for fans of all inclinations and bank accounts

Fall Guide: Our Retro Dining Picks

10 places that have persisted—somewhat miraculously—among the ceviches, tiny Neapolitan pizzas, and banh mis.

Joey Arias Immortalized on Film

Joey Arias is the downtown landmark who for years has entertained us with his progressive performances, Billie Holiday impressions, and subversively dirty humor. And now he's a documentary star too. Working Pictures is creating a film about Joey's genius--culminating with his Arias with a Twist sh ... More >>

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

Joey Arias is the downtown landmark who for years has entertained us with his progressive performances, Billie Holiday impressions, and subversively dirty humor. And now he's a documentary star too. Working Pictures is creating a film about Joey's genius--culminating with his Arias with a Twist sh ... More >>

Arias With a Twist

Joey Arias is the downtown landmark who for years has entertained us with his progressive performances, Billie Holiday impressions, and subversively dirty humor. And now he's a documentary star too. Working Pictures is creating a film about Joey's genius--culminating with his Arias with a Twist sh ... More >>

Friday 5.9

Joey Arias is the downtown landmark who for years has entertained us with his progressive performances, Billie Holiday impressions, and subversively dirty humor. And now he's a documentary star too. Working Pictures is creating a film about Joey's genius--culminating with his Arias with a Twist sh ... More >>

THINGS FALL APART

Two veteran rap acts take their next best shot

Clip Job: Billie Holiday Sells Out Loew's Sheridan

Two veteran rap acts take their next best shot

Yawned in Bars

Too much depression, not enough transcendence on another Cat Power covers album

2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

New releases, reissues, debuts, and more—each critic's picks

O Fortuna!

With Carmina Burana, it's out of the cloister and into the fire

Perfect From Now On

New Year's resolutions, many of which are likely to be broken by the time you read this

Die Another Day

Crafting another eulogy for hip-hop, Nas breeds a few improbable near-masterpieces

Folk Harpy Is Tricked Into Intermittently Amusing Us

Crafting another eulogy for hip-hop, Nas breeds a few improbable near-masterpieces

The Billie Holiday Guide

A pre-album genius in key songs and unforgettable longforms, with extra consumer advice

Fungible Insights

Jazz on the fringe, even when it hopes to end up in the middle

Semantically Uncorrect

A kickass performer and expert mudder puts us on

Sea Life and Strange Fruit

A fertile ocean floods the city, and green Massachusetts plays host to an urban legend

One-Handers

Celebrities theatrically pleasure themselves on Broadway

All True, More or Less

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

Music

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

Of Saints and Nutters: The World's Incorrigible Plurality

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

Music

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

Music

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

Bring It On

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

Vinyl Mania

Dario Robleto's Witty Substance Abuse

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Dario Robleto's Witty Substance Abuse

Re-make/Re-model

Dario Robleto's Witty Substance Abuse

Blood at the Root

Dario Robleto's Witty Substance Abuse

Close Up On: Flushing

Dario Robleto's Witty Substance Abuse

Remembering Teddi King

Sheer Joy in Singing

Fetishizing the LP

Verve Miniaturizes 20 Old Albums

She Writes the Songs

Abbey Lincoln Shows Us What She's Got

A Ken Burns Xmas

Abbey Lincoln Shows Us What She's Got

Found and Lost

Terence Blanchard Revisits Jimmy McHugh

Bedside Jazz

Sometimes You Want It All—But Usually You Don’t

Wuclear Fission

A Nutcase and a Point Guard Rise Above Wu-Tang’s Solo Overkill

Rousing Rabble

At JATP swing, bebop, and R&B found common ground on the solid rock of 4/4, the aggression offering a raucous alternative to dance as a way of participating