Category Archives: New York City

Make Music NY – Friday May 21 at Harlem Food Bar!

Make Music NY   Friday May 21 at Harlem Food Bar!

Make Music New York!  Over 1,000 free outdoor concerts and music across the city on the first day of summer Friday, June 21, 2013.  Harlem Food Bar as well as many other businesses up and down FDB and around Harlem, will be participating in this event.  Harlem Food Bar will have a live DJ at 5:00pm – 9:00pm.  DJ Damon Alston will be spinning house, funk, R&B and soul.

So stop by Harlem Food Bar Friday night for great music, food & drinks and help celebrate the first day of summer, the longest day of the year, with DJ Damon Alston.  See you there!

For more information click on the link  makemusicinny.org

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Sunday Jazz Corner With Gil Scott-Heron – Is That Jazz?

Sunday Jazz Corner With Gil Scott Heron   Is That Jazz?

Gil Scott-Heron was a jazz and soul, musician, and author, known for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and 1980s.  With a wide range of diverse fans he delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles.  He referred to himself as a “bluesologist”, which he defined as “a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues.”

After a 16 year stretch he recorded his last album released in 2010 entitled  I’m New Here.  A memoir he had been working on for years up to the time of his death, April 27, 2011.  In looking through his video footage today, the reason that I chose this one in particular besides Gils obvious talent and the amazing Midnight Band, was because of something he said before he starts his performance at the half way point in the video.  He said “Every once in awhile I have gone into record stores lately and found our music in a category called miscellaneous.  Bothered the hell out of me.  Folks are often to anxious to put things into various little compartments.  To often they are to anxious to sweep certain sorts of music under the corner of the rug.  We find that this is particularly true with music that they refer to as jazz.”

Check out Gil Scott-Heron’s last album “I’m New Here” on  iTunes MUSIC.  And while you are there browse and listen to all of his work and you will understand why he became a cult classic and an inspiration for many new artists.

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HARLEM GROOVES (VOL 1 & 2) Music and Art Series

HARLEM GROOVES (VOL 1 & 2) Music and Art Series
Harlem Grooves Series – Support Music & Art

A collection of old and new soul, classic, house, hip hop, jazz  to get your summer started right with not one but TWO new mixes. Missy Elliot, Fantasia, Elements of Life, Louie Vega, Pharrell, Daft Punk, Miquel, Chrisette Michele, 50 Cent, Gregory Porter, Marcus Canty, Kerri Chandler, India Arie, Frank Ocean, Inaya Day, Justin Timberlake, Stacey Barthe, Chris Brown, Cypress Hill, AL Green, Rick James, Mary J Blige, Notorious B.I.G., Tina Marie, Classics, New Music, Covers, mash-ups, instrumental grooves & dub edits… it’s all on there, just download and enjoy.

For restaurants/bars/retail stores with ipod/laptop digital systems Harlem Grooves Vol 1 & 2 are easy for download (no separate tracks) one audio file on iTunes and sound great back to back.

HARLEM GROOVES (VOL 1 & 2) Music and Art Series

Harlem Grooves Series is a series featuring a variety of music and art.  We decided to feature artists for our covers for this Harlem Grooves series to support local artists along with local guest DJs podcasts which we will feature here in the months to come.  Harlem has a wide range of established artists as well as many up and coming new artists making their mark.  This cover for Harlem Grooves Vol 1 & 2 is by Shea Sullivan.  She is an artist, studied fashion at Parsons, graphic designer, blogger and during the day a corporate fashionista.  Vol 1 & 2 were compiled & mixed by RhythmDB.

HARLEM GROOVES vol 1 (Download)

HARLEM GROOVES vol 2 (Download)

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(Coming soon…..)

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HARLEM SHAKE GRAND OPENING Thursday, June 13th

HARLEM SHAKE GRAND OPENING Thursday, June 13th

A reminder that the Grand Opening of Harlem Shake is this Thursday June 13th, 7-1o pm.
Classic, Soul, House & Afro Beats provided by Dj Stormin’ Norman

Celebrate the new Harlem Hot Spot Harlem Shake.  Note: This event is invite only between the hours of 7-10 pm.

Harlem Shake
100 W 124th Street (corner of Lenox Ave)
New York, NY 10027

HARLEM SHAKE GRAND OPENING Thursday, June 13th

HARLEM SHAKE GRAND OPENING Thursday, June 13th

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