Off the Beaten Tracks February 2019
The following album reviews appeared in the February Off The Breaking Tracks Column.
The following album reviews appeared in the February Off The Breaking Tracks Column.
Ted des Plantes is an Ohio based multi-instrumentalist who has been involved with numerous traditional jazz groups in a career spanning 50 years. He has
This is the Off The Beaten Tracks column as it ran in the December 2018 issue of the print edition. Beneath each review is a
Musical Christmas gifts can have an effect. A well-chosen album may inspire a life-long passion for music or even a desire to learn an instrument.
Hot Jazz Catches On, Again As promised when we left Europe back in August (See: Grand European Tour) we’ve returned to catch up with the UK.
We’re back in the States this month looking at five traditional jazz and swing bands led by women. When I noticed an “X and her”
For the last two months we’ve been Catching up with New Orleans, meanwhile, Europe has been catching up with us. Many will remember that during
Last month we began to explore some of the great records coming out of New Orleans. This month features five more. I could easily have
Why, Again, New Orleans? An intriguing question in social history is why creative explosions happen when and where they do. What was it about Switzerland
Andy Schumm and his Sink-O-Pators Futuristic Rhythms: Imagining the Later Bix Beiderbecke Rivermont BSW-2244 (2018) www.RivermontRecords.com Andy Schumm has made a name for himself in