The A List New York

In the six years following 1998′s HELLO NASTY, the Beastie Boys watched their hometown of New York City endure dramatic changes,

While buzz built furiously around Santogold’s 2008 debut, writers longing to seem in the know could not resist comparing the New York City-based singer/songwriter to M.I.A.

Wynton Marsalis And Eric ClaptonNew York City’s premier jazz venue got the blues last April when Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed together in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two sold-out shows dedicated to vintage blues.

Recording information: Chung King Studios, New York, NY; Encore Studios, Burbank, CA; London Bridges Studios, Seattle, WA; Rocket Carousel Studio, Los Angeles, CA.

This version of REASONABLE DOUBT contains one bonus track not on the original release. Contains One New Track “Can I Live 2″ Recorded at D&D Studios, New York, New York.

One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova’s finest moment, Getz/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova’s greatest innovators — guitarist/singer Joao Gilberto and composer/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim — to New York to record with Stan Getz. The results were magic.

Recorded at Noise NY, Mount Vernon, New York; Mike Stand Killer Studios, Funky Slip Studios and Zion Studios Brooklyn, New York; 401 Studios and Hot Sound, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Lem Oppenheimer.

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, who made London the world’s top fashion capital snatching the position from New York City, is not on the list!