May 28, 2014
The first major jazz event of the summer is on its way.
OK, the summer solstice doesn’t start the season until June 21st, but for my money, Memorial Day starts off the summer season, and the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival will start on May 30th and run until June 8th. Good enough for me.
And the Festival is...
May 28, 2014
JazzCorner.com is honored to join Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in presenting the live webcast of Grammy® Nominated Recording Artist Cecile McLorin Salvant today, May 28 at 9pm/London - 10pm/Paris - 4pm/NY at live.jazzcorner.com. The webcast will be on demand until June 1, 2014. It will also be streamed on JazzCorner's
May 27, 2014
In honor of their birthdays, here are two re-posts of Podcasts from a few years back. They feature my conversations with Ramsey Lewis and Dee Dee Bridgewater, along with a selection of their music.
Both artists have personal significance for me. Ramsey Lewis’ Sun Goddess was one of the first jazz records I listened...
May 26, 2014
The duet-playing partnership created by African-American jazz pianist Warren Byrd, and Jewish-American jazz bassist David Chevan blossomed into a full-scale group, the Afro-Semitic Experience, for an interfaith Martin Luther King memorial service in 1998,. Their music is an intricate tapestry of the distinct cultures...
May 25, 2014
Ten years after nearly walking away from the piano due to his struggles with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), an incurable connective tissue disorder with which he was born, Noah Baerman is playing and composing with more authority than ever. These challenges and his experiences as a foster parent have deepened his already...