The whole company of musicians at The 54th Chicken Fat Ball on stage near the end of the concert (from left): Rossano Sportiello (piano), Jason Anick (violin), Adrian Cunningham (clarinet), Nicki Parrott (bass), Olli Soikkeli […]
Randy Reinhart and John Allred challenge each other on trombone. (photo by Lynn Redmile Photography; www.lynnredmile.com) Related: The 54th Annual Chicken Fat Ball Jazz Travels with Bill Hoffman Last March I reported on the Chicken Fat […]
The Original Cornell Syncopators in Ithaca New York, recreating jazz played a century ago (from left): Rishi Verma, trombone; Amit Mizrahi, piano; Noah Li, drums; Hannah Krall, clarinet; and Colin Hancock, cornet and leader. (photo […]
Show-toppers banjoist Eddy Davis and pianist Conal Fowkes performing at the 2015 edition of the New York Hot Jazz Festival. (photo by Jane Kratochvil; courtesy www.nyhotjazzfest.com) Jazz Travels with Bill Hoffman The New York Hot […]
Dan Levinson (clarinet) soloing with the New York All-Star Big Band led by James Langton (tenor sax), with Randy Reinhart (cornet), above. (photo by Bruce Gast; courtesy www.danlevinson.com) Jazz Travels with Bill Hoffman January 16 […]
The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, with director Andrew Greene, center. The Washington Post dubbed the PRSO “the premier American ragtime ensemble.” (submitted photo) Andrew Greene of the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra talks about leading a […]
Jazz Travels with Bill Hoffman In the past two months or so I attended release parties in Manhattan for two CDs that have already been reviewed in TST: The Unheard Artie Shaw by the James […]
Jazz Travels with Bill Hoffman The 3rd annual New York Hot Jazz Camp (www.nyhotjazzcamp.com), which took place during the first week in April, culminated in the Gotham Jazz Festival from noon on Sunday, April 8 […]
Jazz Travels with Bill Hoffman The venerable Montauk Club, a mansion overlooking Prospect Park in Brooklyn, was the site of the CD release party for Glenn Crytzer’s Ain’t It Grand? on Wednesday, May 9. A […]
Jazz Travels with Bill Hoffman This column’s title includes the word “travels.” This installment is no different, but this time the travels weren’t mine. Neville Dickie, the renowned British stride and boogie-woogie pianist, stopped by […]