Jan 27, 2012
Charlie Hunter has established himself as one of the premier modern fusion/jazz-rock artists. Hunter will often find a funk groove and turn it into an amplified, wah-wah pedal induced free jam that competes with saxophones, keyboards and even violins. Since the early 1990s, Hunter has released 17 acclaimed albums...
Jan 26, 2012
February is the month when the Northampton Center for the Arts in Northampton, MA traditionally celebrates the art of jazz in a series of solo piano concerts by modern masters. In celebration of creative music, they will present “A World of Piano: 3 Jazz Masters” and welcome Satoko Fujii (February 3), Myra Melford...
Jan 23, 2012
PDX Jazz will honor trumpeter Thara Memory as the second annual Portland Jazz Master to kick off the 2012 US Bank Portland Jazz Festival Presented by Alaska Airlines on Friday, February 17th at 7:30pm at the Winningstad Theatre. An influential performer and educator within the Portland community for over 40 years,...
Jan 21, 2012
I don't pretend to have the critical abilities to give you a "best of" list for any year in jazz, and there are always musical releases I fail to catch up with that likely would make a list. Instead, I've created a number of categories to give you some idea of my favorite recordings of 2011, and Podcast 251 features a...
Jan 13, 2012
I'm getting psyched already for a performance by the SF Jazz Collective at the University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center March 1, 2012. The all-star band - saxophonist Antonio Hart; trombonist Robin Eubanks, a two-time DownBeat “Trombonist of the Year”; trumpeter Avishai Cohen; Grammy-nominated vibraphonist...