Concord (Staten Island)

The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month (Jazz Appreciation Month Edition)

These are the 10 best jazz shows in New York this month. (Here for more on Jazz Appreciation Month.)

The Ten Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month

These are the 10 best jazz shows in New York this month.

Back Forty West: New Soho, New Restaurant

In his old Savoy space, Peter Hoffman shines again

Recipe: Deep Purple from PDT

Last week, Jim Meehan debuted six new port cocktails on the menu at his East Village speakeasy, PDT. This autumnal beauty -- made with Concord grapes and shiso -- is named for the rock band. And yeah, you might find yourself humming "Smoke on the Water" when you take a sip. Here's the recipe: [Se ... More >>

How Not to Order Espresso

As a barista in Brooklyn, I deal with all breeds of customers: the genuinely inquisitive, the indecisive, the stubborn. Then there are others, the worst, and they're much easier to spot. They always begin with a question: "What's the roast date of your beans?"

Year of the Takeout: Day 7

Moo goo gaga ​ Moo Goo Gai Pan from Concord Garden (990 Amsterdam Avenue, 212-316-2866)

5 Reasons Why Farmers' Market Baked Goods Often Suck

​Chalky, crumbly, low on flavor -- and please leave it in the oven a little longer. You see them lined up on tables between the lavender sprigs and homemade soaps: pale, starchy, looking like a kid who hasn't been in the sun all summer. These are the baked goods of the farmers' markets. And ... More >>

The State of Jazz 2010

No norms, no borders, and everything's happening, louder than ever

The 2010 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

The New Yorker Deconstructs Modernist Desserts

snagwiremedia.comPastry chefs, they're so kooky​ Adam Gopnik expounds upon the origins of modernist desserts and the future of the sweet course in The New Yorker this week. Gone are the familiar forms and yummy comforting confections of yore. In their place are oft-intimidating, not-always- ... More >>

Concord Grapes at the Market, In the Glass

wherestherevolutionConcordia cum veritae.​Just as the lament over the end of peach season begins to take hold, Concord grapes have swept into local farmers markets, making us forget all about our stone fruit infatuation. These bright bluer-than-blueberry blue orbs are bursting with such Welch' ... More >>

Jazz Consumer Guide: Mocking Traditions, or Joining Them

Plus suave elegance, raw non-beauty, and other works-in-progress

Jazz Consumer Guide: Adapt, Improvise, Party

A cross-section of young/old and avant/traditional gets drunk on everything

2009 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

Album of the year, reissue of the year, best debut, and more

Curtis Stigers

2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

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

2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

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

2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

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

The 2007 Jazz Poll

This year's finisher's

The Triumph of Soul's Second-Stringers

A Stax set predictably thrills, but a set of forgotten Chicago gems hits harder

No Training Wheels Necessary

Ferocious homage mingles with daring fusion, looking both back and beyond

'Voice' Jazz Poll Critics' Ballots

First Annual Jazz Poll Winners

From Ornette Coleman to Esperanza Spalding, it's the music you need to hear

Second-Term Blues

Avant or retro, unplugged or wired, guerrilla musicians defy the neocon millennium

Save the 'Burbs!

Flushing homeowners lead the growing Queens quest for landmark status

No, Not Those Fugees

To get a bead on Satoko Fujii's CDs, first you have to count them

Fungible Insights

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

New Hope for the Dead

Low Rent

The real possibilities open up when it doesn't cost a bundle to pursue your muse

Exquisite Equinox

Fall back to the hardiest harvest

Bush Medicine

All sorts of big idea about how today's jazz fits into history and maybe into popular culture

Odd Tangents

Some Parkers, some Brötzmanns, some Atavistics, and two good mainstream sax CDs

Covering Expenses

A who, what, why, where, when—and how many—of the uncharted world of independent jazz labels

Letters

Rituals of Getting Acquainted

With the Brit avant-garde, rust-belt saxophone, Braxton standards, Dylan standards

Voting in the Rain

In one of the poorest corners of America, voters turned out in droves

Inter-Century Freundschaft

Where the fuck is for example the Z100, gangsta-rock, and Merina-Senegalese fusion?

Looking Past Differences

Don't let the young Republicans put you in jail or the restless hipsters scare you away

Another Great Night in Harlem

Bringing Life Back to the Living

Prom Balloons

Derivative Boy Next Door Does Good!

Best Jazz CDs of 2002

Everything That Rises Must Converge

Spelunking and Crooning in 2001

Reissues by the Boxful, Singers by the Cut

Brutality and Revival

The Best Jazz Records of 2001

Music

Music

Consumer Guide

Soho Abcedarius

Old Guys Yes, Retro Never

NY Mirror