Lisle Atkinson

Nina Simone: You've Got To Learn

by Scott Gudell
August 19, 2023

Socially conscious black troubadours such as William Warfield, Harry Belafonte, Odetta and many others were challenging the U.S. government's questionable policies on numerous things including war, civil rights, equality and more, by the mid-20th century. R&B soul master Marvin Gaye would follow in the early 1970s and pointedly ask “What's Going On" while the Temptations were declaring that both the question and the answer were that we were all living on a “Ball of Confusion." There was another ...

Nina Simone: You've Got To Learn

by Chris May
July 19, 2023

The release of this magnificent album, recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1966, is headline news for fans of Nina Simone. None of the material, all of it high grade, has been made available before. Newport promoter George Wein donated the tapes of Simone's performance to the US Library of Congress, where they lay forgotten until, following Wein's passing in 2021, Simone historian Nadine Cohodas unearthed them. Simone is in peak form, accompanied by guitarist Rudy Stevenson, bassist ...

Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble Meets "Ellington" Featuring Valerie Capers, Danny Mixon And Richard Wyands @ Symphony Space, June 10, 8pm

Source: The Cinarae Group
June 5, 2011

Lisle Atkinson's NEO BASS Ensemble, a unique, multi-bass ensemble, features the bass as “lead" instrument, putting the full range of the double bass on display: from lead instrument, harmonic front line, solo and rhythm section. Founded by well- respected leader, Lisle Atkinson and his wife and fellow bassist, Karen Atkinson, The NEO BASS Ensemble's annual summer fetes at Symphony Space have featured such stellar Jazz names as Ron Carter and Richard Davis. In its' 11th year, NEO BASS Meets ELLINGTON ...
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Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble "A Bass Extravaganza," All-Star Bass Line-up and More @ Symphony Space, June 11, 8PM

Source: The Cinarae Group
June 9, 2010

In it's fifth consecutive year at Symphony Space, Karlisle Pro 1 presents Lisle Atkinson's NEO BASS Ensemble, a unique multi-bass ensemble that features the bass as “lead" instrument, putting the full range of the double bass on display: from lead instrument, harmonic front line, solo and rhythm section for a concert that's history in the making! Witness a reunion of former members of the famous Bill Lee New York Bass Violin Choir (Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Max ...
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Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble "A Bass Extravaganza," All-Star Bass Line-up @ Symphony Space on June 11th

Source: The Cinarae Group
May 17, 2010

In it's fifth consecutive year at Symphony Space, Karlisle Pro 1 presents Lisle Atkinson's NEO BASS Ensemble, a unique multi-bass ensemble that features the bass as “lead" instrument, putting the full range of the double bass on display: from lead instrument, harmonic front line, solo and rhythm section for a concert that's history in the making! Witness a reunion of former members of the famous New York Bass Violin Choir (Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Max Fleming) as ...
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Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble "A Bass Extravaganza," All-Star Bass Line-up and More @ Symphony Space on June 11

Source: The Cinarae Group
May 16, 2010

In it's fifth consecutive year at Symphony Space, Karlisle Pro 1 presents Lisle Atkinson's NEO BASS Ensemble, a unique multi-bass ensemble that features the bass as “lead" instrument, putting the full range of the double bass on display: from lead instrument, harmonic front line, solo and rhythm section for a concert that's history in the making! Witness a reunion of former members of the famous New York Bass Violin Choir (Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Max Fleming) as ...
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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem Presents a Three Bass Hit! Christian McBride, Lisle Atkinson & Ben Allison

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 19, 2007

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 THIS WEEK THE NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM PRESENTS A THREE BASS HIT!! CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, LISLE ATKINSON & BEN ALLISON Tuesday, 3/20 @ 7 p.m. Jazz Museum Director Christian McBride hosts JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS Free jazz course at the Metropolitan Methodist Church (126th St/ Madison) Register at http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/curious.html Thursday, 3/22 @ 6:30 p.m. Bassist Lisle Atkinson is ...
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Bassist Lisle Atkinson Featured in the Harlem Speaks Series Thursday, March 22nd 6:30PM-8:30PM This Discussion Series is Free to the Public

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 19, 2007

The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/

Bassist Lisle Atkinson Featured in the Harlem Speaks series

Lisle Atkinson, Bassist: March 22, 2007

Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm. This discussion series is free to the public.

Lisle Atkinson, guest of Harlem Speaks on Thursday, March 22, 2007, began studying the violin at the age of four, and gave his first concert at the age of six. He ...
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