Dec 18, 2012
‘Tis the season for “best of” lists, and you can find some mighty fine ones from NPR’s A Blog Supreme; Critical Jazz; various members of the Jazz Journalists Association; and Ben Ratliff of the New York Times.
Rather than call things “the best”, I prefer to look back the year’s releases and determine...
Dec 12, 2012
Kenny Barron will be celebrating his 70thbirthday in 2013, and you can bet we’ll have a celebratory Podcast that day. One of our finest, most versatile and hard working pianists, Barron shows no sign of slowing down as he approaches this milestone.
He has a new CD set to come out in 2013, and he is currently playing a...
Dec 11, 2012
Are you wrapping presents? Trimming the tree? Firing up the Yule Log? Baking cookies? Making use of the Mistletoe? Sipping some mulled cider by the fire? Maybe a Christmas cocktail or two?
If you are partaking in any of these worthy seasonal activities, you need a soundtrack. And that is where the annual Straight...
Dec 10, 2012
The last decade has seen Tim Warfield, Jr. become one of the most continuously interesting sax players around. After serving his time as a valued sideman with Christian McBride and Nicholas Payton, Warfield - along with his running mate Terrell Stafford – has emerged as a leader of some stature, playing originals and...
Dec 9, 2012
The public and fans of Connecticut jazz artist Thomas Chapin, who passed away far too early at age 40 in 1998, are invited to a free reception to celebrate the release of Never Let Me Go, a new 3-CD set of Chapin live-quartet performances from '95 and '96. The gathering will be hosted in person by Chapin’s widow Terri...