Join us for a reception for one of NYC’s cultural treasures.In preparation for his upcoming show at Nublu, Abraham Rodriguez Jr. will lead a discussion on the history of rumba and bata drumming in New York City. During his 50+…
Category: Biography
Gil Evans MOMENT at the NYPL for the Performing Arts
MOMENT NYC is extremely excited to announce that we will be co-hosting a panel discussion and listening session on Gil Evans’ life and legacy, with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Please join us Sat Dec 15th…
Pioneering Guitarist Larry Coryell Passes Away at Age 73
Pioneering guitarist Larry Coryell, died of natural causes in New York City on February 19, 2017, at the age of 73. Known as the godfather of jazz fusion, Coryell worked with many notables throughout his career such as John McLaughlin,…
The Kids Are Alright, The Ones That Survived
The original ‘kids’, who starred in the groundbreaking NYC movie Kids by Larry Clark, are doing a Kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary that looks back from the perspective of 20 years later, on how the movie and the times…
Alice Barker, 102 Harlem Renaissance Dancer Relives Her Youth
102 year old Alice Barker, who danced at clubs such as The Apollo, Cotton Club, and Zanzibar Club, with legends including Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, recently got a chance to see footage of herself from the…
“Danny Says” Finally Comes to NYC!
The documentary film “Danny Says” about Danny Field’s – the visionary, publicist, booking agent, and musical connector who first booked Max’s Kansas City, managed the Ramones and made the Doors famous – is finally having it’s New York City premiere.…