The 2018 Litchfield Jazz Festival – Blending the Classic and the New!
Although the changing seasons and the beauty of autumn’s colors are breathtaking, there were some hot summer jazz festivals...
Montreal Beyond the Festival – Jazz Mass, and the Art of Jazz
Montreal is a city that is full of music all through the year. Especially during the annual event, Le...
The 2018 White Plains Jazz Festival – Coming Soon!
Returning for the seventh year, the White Plains Jazz Festival has quite a line-up for its five-day celebration. From...
Jazz Police Calendar: Fall 2018
The Lead Sheet has retired. For now, we are providing a Jazz Police Calendar. This is not intended to...
Siereveld’s ‘Walk the Walk’ on Shifting Paradigm Records
New York based trumpeter Eric Siereveld embraces and embodies the classic B3 organ jazz sound on his 2018 release...
Emmet Cohen Interview: Jazz Across Generations
By Larry Englund Pianist/composer Emmet Cohen is only 28, yet he’s become an important figure in music and related arts...
Album Review: Fire Bell, INCENDIOS
Sometimes swinging, and sometimes twisting in a multi-meter tangle, Fire Bell’s new album INCENDIOS is all personality.
Larry Englund: Twin Cities’ “Jazz Hero”
© Janis Lane Ewart Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association seeks nominations from states and local jazz communities for...
Creative Spirit, Educator, Jazz Pianist Geri Allen, 1957-2017
© Andrea Canter “One of the most brilliant, creative artists of our time…” – Christian McBride “Perhaps more than...
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....
Free and Cheap Jazz in the Twin Cities: Plentiful and Easy to Find (2018 Update)
[Updated May 27, 2018] Too often I hear complaints from would-be jazz fans that it’s too expensive to go...
The 2018 Montreal Jazz Festival – A Whole World of Music!
The 2018 Montreal Jazz Festival, officially called Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM), took place from June...