Four Women: Nina, Lena, Abbey, and Billie –On Stage at Kingsborough
On Saturday May 6, 2017, the On Stage at Kingsborough series presented a stellar show, Four Women: Nina, Lena, Abbey, & Billie, starring exciting chanteuse Natalie Douglas, at the...
Holly Hofmann/Mike Wofford Quartet With John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton at the Muckenthaler Jazz Festival
A great assemblage of jazz musicians appeared at Muckenthaler’s 12th Annual Jazz Festival in Fullerton, CA on Thursday, June 1, 2017. There was no doubt these stellar musicians–the Holly...
Hudson at SFJAZZ Creates a Night to Remember
It is fitting that the new collective band Hudson kicked off their tour and CD celebration in San Francisco at SF JAZZ. The City by the Bay has always...
The 2017 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal – Coming June 28-July 8
One of the world’s largest and best-known jazz festivals, the Montreal Jazz Festival, officially known as Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, will be hosting the 38th edition from...
Newark-Born Saxophonist Wayne Shorter Honored at NJPAC
From April 20 to 23, 2017, Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) held Wayne Shorter Weekend in tribute to one of Newark’s own, iconic saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter. This...
DeJohnette, Grenadier, Medeski, Scofield: “Hudson” (Motema Records)
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Louis Hayes: Serenade For Horace (Blue Note)
Blue Note Records has given a home to arguably the greatest recording artists in jazz for many decades. Like all major record labels, particularly those devoted to so-called...
The Heart of the Brazilian Soul Rocks the Bay Area
© Ken Vermes The stunning debut of “The Girl From Ipanema” over fifty years ago alerted Americans about a new music, billed with seductive power from an unknown land...
International Jazz Day Celebrated on April 30 With Live-Streamed Concert
[International Jazz Day Press release] The sixth annual International Jazz Day will be celebrated worldwide on April 30, 2017. The musically vibrant and culturally rich city of Havana,...
Wayne Shorter Weekend at NJPAC — April 20-23!
From April 20 to April 23, 2017, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in downtown Newark, NJ will honor Newark-born saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter in five concerts over four days....
ELLA! Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald’s Centennial Birthday at Kingsborough
Kingsborough College’s series On Stage at Kingsborough has become a real hub of entertainment in Brooklyn, NY. Their motto, “Bringing World-Class Performances Home,” is more than just words, and...
Karrin Allyson Shines at Catalina’s
Five-time Grammy-nominated vocalist, composer and pianist Karrin Allyson brought her quartet to Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles for a three-day engagement March 24-26. We attended Saturday, March 25th. ...
SFJAZZ Collective Highlights Jazz Masters: Bobby Hutcherson and John Handy
© Ken Vermes SFJAZZ kicked off the second half of its fifth season in its dedicated building at San Francisco’s Civic Center with an ambitious and exciting series of...
17th Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party With Big Band Blowout
© Glenn A. Mitchell, LA Jazz Scene The annual Newport Beach Jazz Party, always a huge success, was a four-day affair, February 23-26, and featured over 100 of the...
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem Presents The Savory Collection
© Sheila Horne Mason Packed away for decades, and for a long time only rumored to exist, the Savory Collection was acquired by The National Jazz Museum in Harlem in...
Larry Coryell, 1943-2017: Jazz Warrior – An Appreciation
© Ken Vermes Ed. note: One of the pioneers of fusion guitar as well as a much admired jazz musician, Larry Coryell passed away unexpectedly on February 19 at...
John Scofield Tears Up “Country for Old Men” at SFJAZZ
On a cold blustery winter night at SFJAZZ (February 19), guitarist John Scofield threw up a solid, “perfect game” piece of American-inspired music that was the antidote to the...
Cecile McLorin Salvant: “Woman Child” (Mack Avenue, 2013)
© Andrea Canter Ed note: This review first published on Jazz in June 2013. “If music came with a ‘100% natural and organic” sticker, this CD would have...
The 2016 TD James Moody Jazz Festival
© Sheila Horne Mason There was a lot of great music in 2016, at jazz festivals, large and small. One of the last big festivals of the year was...
On Stage at Kingsborough Season Continues — Winard Harper, On Kentucky Avenue
The fall/winter season of Brooklyn’s On Stage at Kingsborough is continuing in style, with an October performance by drummer Winard Harper and Jeli Posse as part of the Jazz...