The current queen of jazz vocalists, Catherine Russell, is in full glorious form on her eighth album as leader. Her last release, Alone Together, received
Conrad Janis passed away on March 1st, he was 94. Janis began acting with a road company at age 13, did voice work for radio,
JAZZ PENSACOLA’s JazzFest 2022 (Pensacola, FL) — April 2-3 Jazz Pensacola’s JazzFest 2022 is slated for Saturday and Sunday April 2-3 in Seville Square in
A more impressive lineup could not be asked for. Five of the most technically proficient, creative, and expressive jazzmen working today appear together for the
41st annual JAZZ BASH BY THE BAY (Monterey, CA) March 4-6 The 41st annual Jazz Bash By the Bay Monterey takes place March 3-6, 2022,
Guitarist Alex Belhaj is representative of the generation of musicians that have converged on New Orleans in the decade and a half since Hurricane Katrina
In 1993, when he must have been quite young, Andy Farber met legendary vocalese originator Jon Hendricks and began a long collaboration that included writing
SOUNDS OF MARDI GRAS (Fresno, CA) – Feb. 10-13 2020 The 2022 edition of this festive festival in Fresno kicks off at the Doubletree by
Dick Rippey passed away in the first hour of 2022. He was 88 years old. His remarkable jazz family was profiled in our December 2017
Chet Jaeger of the Night Blooming Jazzmen died on January 4th, he was the best 97 year old cornet player around. His father was a
Terry Teachout died on January 13th, he was 65. He was well known for his biographies of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and H.L. Mencken. He
The Wikipedia entry for Sandra Jaffe reads, in full, “Sandra Jaffe (March 10, 1938 – December 27, 2021) was an American club owner. She founded
Miss Maybell (AKA Lauren Sansaricq) has pursued an old timey musical bug for years but matched with virtuoso pianist Charlie Judkins she has found something
The last two years have made the world smaller, remarkably smaller. The technology to record remotely has matured to the point where remote records are
TUCSON JAZZ FESTIVAL (Tucson, AZ) Jan. 14-23 Primarily an event with individually-ticketed concerts at the historic Fox and Rialto theaters, as well as TCC Music
Back in 2018 I devoted a full column of reviews to albums from female led jazz bands. It was in that search that I discovered
We’ve covered a number of artists in the last several years who have recorded to wax cylinder, usually under the guiding eye of Colin Hancock.
In case someone isn’t familiar with the term, “Backwards Compatible” refers to the ability of a new technology to use material from its predecessor. A
Pianist and composer David Frishberg died on November 17th, he was 88. He was known for witty and often humorous lyrics of a style that
