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| Sol Yaged at GRATA Sol Yaged at GRATA TONIGHT! 8 to 11 pm + Live Jazz Every Friday & Saturday. Featuring Sol Yaged-clarinet, Bob Arkin-bass, John Weiss-keyboards. GRATA is Latin for 'Welcome'. It also means a gracious hello, and a gratuitous thank you. It's the proprietor's promise that "You will be well-taken care of at Grata". Great Food, Nice Atmosphere and Good Service! Mediterranean cuisine reasonably priced. GRATA 1076 1st Ave, New York, NY 10022 (212) 842-0007 1st Ave between 58 & 59 (parling garage on 1st btw 58th & 59th sts.) No Cover, No Minimum Sol Yaged The 92 year old swing era musician Sol Yaged is a living legend in the jazz world. He taught Steve Allen how to play the clarinet for his title role in ''The Benny Goodman Story. The jazz historian and radio-show host Phil Schaap said, ''Sol Yaged has always been a solid musician, '' and noted that Mr. Yaged had played in Max Kaminsky's band on the opening night of the original Birdland. ''That his fame has evaporated says more about the state of jazz than it does about him. He's still an employed musician in New York, a city with 600 hard-bop bands without work.'' You can read a nice profile of Mr. Yaged in the New York Times HERE. Bob Arkin Bassist Bob Arkin has an unusual list of music credits that include playing jazz, blues, folk and avant-garde music to accompanying Arlo Guthrie at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He's also the brother of the acclaimed actor Alan Arkin. A nice profile about Bob Arkin was published recently in the New York Times. You can read it HERE. Jon Weiss is an accomplished pianist, keyboardist and vocalist who's been on the New York scene since 1979. Fluid in all styles of jazz he has worked with several famous jazz musicians including Dexter Gordon, Flip Phillips, Eddie Henderson, Percy France, Tisziji Munoz, and Houston Person to name a few. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |