There’s something about both jazz and blues that gets deep into your fibers. Genres with myriad powers. Music potent enough to make you muse, sway or wail. They’re cousins, of sorts. Jazz, pioneered by Black musicians in the early 20th century, features syncopated rhythms, particular chords and "a large amount of improvisation," says one music [...]
Jazz at Lincoln Center brought their show, “Songs We Love,” to the IU Auditorium Feb. 20. A revival of the opener to JALC’s 2016 season, the show explores the early years of jazz music from the 1920s to the 1950s. Directed by trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, the ensemble is made up of many up-and-coming jazz musicians [...]
Lake Charles, La. (KPLC) - This week in our tribute to Black History month, we’re highlighting a young man who represents the future of jazz here in Southwest Louisiana. Jairus Daigle picked up a violin at a young age and never looked back. He’s been called a Louisiana jazz prodigy, and one listen is all [...]
JACKSON — The Bradley Jazz Collective will be performing in the garden at the Wildcat Inn & Tavern on Sunday, Aug. 8. Brunch and music will benefit Mountain Top Music Center. This mid-summer delight will be hosted by the tavern’s general manager Stu Dunlop. The Bradley Jazz Collective features Craig Bryan on percussion, Al Hospers [...]
Erie's Blues & Jazz Festival, a staple in the area's summer entertainment, will be back at Frontier Park this year but not until autumn. The 29th outdoor festival will be held Sept. 24-26 rather than the first weekend in August, according to the event's website at eriebluesandjazz.com. The site calls 2021 "the comeback year" for the [...]
Recently, a new collaborative formed that is focused on working with 11th grade history teachers and their students to provide immersive lessons on the Harlem Renaissance and the role that visual and performing arts played. The collaborative is a partnership between Columbia's Connecting Youth Initiative, AAADS' Mellon Foundation Artist in Residence Program, and the Urban Assembly School for Performing Arts in West Harlem. On [...]
Tickets are on sale for the 2021 Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival Sept. 17-19, bringing some of Ohio’s most noted blues and jazz musicians to three stages in Gahanna. Presented by the Gahanna Convention & Visitors Bureau, aka Visit Gahanna, advanced festival tickets may be purchased online for $15 or $40 for a weekend pass. Lori Kappes, Visit Gahanna [...]
Manhattan Transfer Yellowjackets Poncho Sanchez Roosevelt Collier Sara Gazarek Kevin C. Johnson After livestreaming for most of the pandemic, Jazz St. Louis is set to welcome audience members back inside Jazz at the Bistro and the Harold & Dorothy Steward Center for Jazz. “It’s going to be great seeing the place come [...]
7:56 a.m. It’s a dreary Saturday morning. Grey clouds fill the sky, and the pavement is covered in a thin layer of water from the previous night’s rainfall. My friend has just dropped me off outside the Durham Farmers’ Market. The Farmers’ Market, which boasts over 65 vendors, is located at the Pavilion at Durham [...]
Southfield (CW50) – Vincent Chandler is native Detroiter, who was a protégé in Detroit’s jazz scene during one of jazz music’s peaks in the city. He studied under some of Detroit’s most influential jazz musicians and is now passing on what he has learned as a lecturer in jazz studies, trombone, at Wayne State University. [...]