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Conrad Herwig's Latin Side All Star Band: Intensity On A Cold City NightGreat review of Conrad Herwig's Latin Side band from their show on Jan. 11 - check it out!

The Village Voice's annual Jazz Critics Poll for 2009 was released. The Blue Note's in-house record label, Half Note Records, has two records in the top 50 for album of the year:16. Charles Tolliver Big Band, Emperor March (Half Note) 55 (7)49. James Carter�John Medeski�Christian McBride�Adam Rogers�Joey Baron, Heaven on Earth (Half Note) 22 (3)Congrats Half Note - look for more top releases in

Cold weather got you down? Come warm up at the Blue Note's Winter Latin Jazz Festival featuring Dave Valentin with Candido (Jan. 19 - 20), Arturo Sandoval (Jan. 21 - 24), Gato Barbieri (Jan. 25 - 27) and Poncho Sanchez (Jan. 28 - 31). The Blue Note will be offering a limited number of free ticket pairs to see any one of these artists, excluding Friday and Saturday during both weeks.Tickets will

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Joe Sample is back this week with his Trio - should be a fantastic run of concerts. Here's a little bit of Joe with his trio and George Benson to get you started on the right foot...for more you'll just have to come down to the club to check out the show!

A Violinist Fluent in Many VernacularsBy JIM FUSILLI New York None of this classical music in one corner, bluegrass in another, jazz in yet a third for the violinist and composer Mark O'Connor. It's all part of a whole in which different musical styles are blended naturally by and for the open-minded. Consider his recent recordings, all available on his OMAC label: his