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NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ FESTIVAL (Wilmington, NC) Feb. 3-5 One of the oldest Traditional Jazz Festivals in the country, the North Carolina Jazz Festival, will return
One thing I’ve always appreciated from the Three Blind Mice is the sense of humor they bring to their playing. With Sébastien Girardot on bass,
A busy trumpeter on the New York scene, Benny Benack III is also an entertaining vocalist with a voice that, it so happens, is uniquely
The mystery I go on about below has been solved. Their 2021 album, just released, reveals all. I was wrong, as usual, about just about
Fools for Yule is a wonderful Christmas record from the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet, a remarkable team of vocalists accompanied here by an excellent band.
We all know the Austin area is a young musician’s paradise, and that San Antonio has a rich tradition of great jazz most strongly associated
Since 1985 performances of Bending Towards the Light… A Jazz Nativity have been a staple of the season for residents of New York City. The
Turtle Bay Records was recently formed to provide jazz talent in New York the support and promotion they deserve. So far they’ve released an album
Dan Zeilinger, a well know Southern California jazz musician and host of Trad Jazz Today, died on October 31st. His mother was from the Philippines,
Trombonist Dave Donohoe passed away on October 23, he was 81. Well known among jazz musicians inn the UK he shared the local focus on
Banjoist and guitarist Ken Salvo passed away peacefully in Florida on September 15th, he was 74. Sandra, his wife of 52 years predeceased him by
Trombonist, broadcaster, writer and jazz historian, Mike Pointon died on November 1st at the age of 80. A well known figure on the UK jazz
Ethan Leinwand is an important part of the traditional jazz scene in St. Louis, a scene marked by its youth and a number of excellent
32nd annual ARIZONA CLASSIC JAZZ FESTIVAL (Chandler, AZ) – Nov. 4-7 The only major festival to go off as planned during the pandemic the ACJF
Adam Swanson introduces his new release Ragtime Australia! Twenty never before recorded works by Australian composers of the ragtime era (1902-1943) as if it was
Geoff Power is well known within the Australian Traditional Jazz community. He toured the US with the New Wolverine Jazz Orchestra and appeared at the
I had intended to review this album of “hapa haole” songs during the more appropriate summer months, though maybe you can use them to keep
The passing of Steve Yocum last year was felt profoundly across the traditional jazz world, and perhaps surprisingly among the many young fans he had
Rebecca Kilgore thrives in the recording studio. She has been part of over 50 albums and performs frequently with nearly everyone on the jazz party
It was with his band that she started taking drum lessons in the late 1940s. She began playing drums professionally in the early 1950s and
