Back in 2020, when the Covid pandemic brought a halt to live music and many other activities multi-instrumentalist Dayna Stephens may have been better prepared than most to deal with the challenge. It ...
In its 11 th year, the TD James Moody Jazz Festival was once again held largely at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). This has become one of the premier autumn jazz events in the ...
It’s been a wild year in the life of the planet and the nation, and we can anticipate that 2025 will not likely bring us more calm or cleaner air. I am ending 2024 with a very personal listing of my ...
DJ Mike Gow from WZBG Radio’s Sunday Morning Jazz show was the host of this Festival. Gow told the audience that the entire Festival was dedicated to the memory of the late bassist Mario Pavone, who ...
The drummer perches behind his red Gretsch with the posture of a finishing school graduate. His sticks are small, and he balances them on his fingertips. An array of hand hammered Turkish cymbals ...
The Buster Williams Quartet © Kevin R. Mason The 2022 JazzFest White Plains took place from September 14 to 18. This was the 11 th festival, and it has become quite ...
At the 2024 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, clarinetist and bandleader Doreen Ketchens finished her set in the Economy Hall tent and announced her next gig: “We’ll be back on the street ...
John Scofield and Joe Lovano Quartet © Kevin R. Mason The 12 th annual JazzFest White Plains was held from September 6 to 10, 2023, and over the last decade, it has ...
A reminder that this is not intended as a jazz calendar or exhaustive list of gigs and concerts. These only are my recommendations based on scheduling I know about. At Crooners (6161 Highway 65, ...
The Cookers © Kevin R. Mason The 2023 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (CPJF) took place from August 20 to 27 throughout New York City. The FREE activities included a ...
It might not seem much like winter, but downtown St Paul will host the 2024 edition of the Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival next weekend, Feburary 24 th, with three stages of music in the historic ...
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