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  • Lalah Hathaway Live at J&R on Tuesday February 28th

    R&B recording artist Lalah Hathaway will be appearing live at J&R for a special performance and signing of her latest album “Where It All Begins”. Ms. Hathaway’s music career began in 1990 with her self-titled album Lalah Hathaway and has showed no signs of slowing down. A gifted pianist and vocalist, her combination of Jazz, R&B, and Pop garnered her early recognition as a rising star. Though it was her rich voice that attracted critics and fans alike to her music.

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  • Lalah Hathaway – New CD ‘Where It All Begins’ out now!

    R&B recording artist Lalah Hathaway — seen here below shopping at J&R Music World’s CD Department on October 19th — is in town for her performance at New York’s Highline Ballroom on October 21st. Ms. Hathaway (daughter of Grammy Award Winner Donny Hathaway), released her new album, Where It All Begins on October 18th.

    What was Ms. Hathaway shopping for? Why, her own album, of course!
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  • Trumpeter Christian Scott CD Release at J&R Music World, March 30th

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    Grammy-nominated Trumpeter Christian Scott will celebrate the release of Yesterday You Said Tomorrow at noon March 30, 2010 at J&R Music World, 23 Park Row, Manhattan, New York, NY. The highly anticipated, all-new 10-song collection was recorded at the renowned Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey where legendary Rudy Van Gelder engineered the [...]

  • Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Live at J&R Music, Park Row, Manhattan

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    Christian McBride, one of the most prominent jazz artists of his generation, the 36-year-old bassist, bandleader, educator, artistic director, Grammy® Award winner will be performing and signing autographs Tuesday January 12th, 12 noon J&R Music World, 23 Park Row, Manhattan, New York, NY. His remarkable 10-track album, Kind Of Brown, features his new acoustic jazz [...]

  • What To Buy…the Vinyl Enthusiast

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    Buying gifts for people isn’t always the easiest thing in the world. It’s the thought that counts they say, but sometimes you have to wonder what the gift giver was thinking. Thankfully, there is no second guessing vinyl purchases as a gift. Provided you know the musical tastes of the person you are shopping for, [...]

  • Multiple Grammy Winner Jon Secada Live at J&R

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    Tuesday, September 22nd Jon Secada will perform and sign his release of Expressions: The Jazz Album at 6:00 pm J&R Music World, 25 Park Row. Grammy winner Secada returns to his roots (no, not his Latin roots, his Jazz roots) with the release of Expressions: The Jazz Album. Jon Secada is known by millions as [...]

  • Najee Brings “Mind Over Matter” Live to J&R Music

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    Thursday, September 17th at 6:00 pm, Najee will give a live performance followed by an autograph signing at J&R Music World, 25 Park Row. In the ever changing music world, consistency is a much-treasured quality. Over ten albums (including two platinum and four gold sets) and a two-decade-long career, renowned saxophonist, flautist, songwriter and producer [...]

  • Musicans’ Favorite New Jazz Singer, Roberta Gambarini, Comes to J&R’s MusicFest

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    Every once in a while, a truly great singer comes along who possesses the beauty, individuality and talent to remind us of the magic and majesty of the human voice: that singer is Roberta Gambarini, celebrated throughout the world by fans, critics and many of the world”s greatest musicians. This Saturday, August 29th, Roberta Gambarini [...]

  • Acclaimed Trumpeter, Roy Hargrove, Headlines MusicFest

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    Closing out 3 days of music will be acclaimed trumpeter, composer and bandleader, Roy Hargrove taking the MusicFest stage at 5 pm, Saturday, August 29th on the last of three days of free, outdoor music in City Hall Park. Hargrove, whose spectacular hard bop trumpet has led quintets, has realized a lifelong dream with the [...]