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John Chacona is a freelance journalist, content writer and producer in Cleveland.

The Sound of Love

The Sound of Love

Tania Grubbs
2025-01-16
8
Aries Dance

Aries Dance

Randy Ingram
2024-12-27
7
On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines

On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines

Hilary Gardner
2024-03-29
6
Trouble In Mind

Trouble In Mind

Elan Mehler
2024-02-12
5
Gnosis

Gnosis

Ethan Philion
2023-11-23
7
The Harlem Suite

The Harlem Suite

Jacques Schwarz-Bart
2023-07-31
5
With Strings Attached, 1957-1965

With Strings Attached, 1957-1965

Dorothy Ashby
2023-07-10
10
Volume 2 - Generational

Volume 2 - Generational

The Nimmons Tribute
2023-06-30
5
Tora Collective

Tora Collective

Petros Klampanis
2023-05-15
4
Alive at the Village Vanguard

Alive at the Village Vanguard

Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding
2023-01-26
24
Le Tre Sorelle

Le Tre Sorelle

Alla Boara
2022-11-16
9
Anatomy

Anatomy

Billy Mohler
2022-07-02
10
Assembly

Assembly

Jacob Garchik
2022-06-07
4
Top Floor Encounter

Top Floor Encounter

Lars Scherzberg
2022-05-29
First Things First

First Things First

Boris Kozlov
2022-01-30
7
Breath By Breath

Breath By Breath

Fred Hersch
2022-01-07
14
Everything Happens To Be.

Everything Happens To Be.

Ben Goldberg
2021-06-18
10
Stories

Stories

Roni Ben-Hur
2021-06-06
8
Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman

Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman

Miguel Zenón
2021-03-23
12
This Land

This Land

Theo Bleckmann & The Westerlies
2021-02-20
5
Aura

Aura

Camila Nebbia
2021-02-13
5
Right Now! Live At The Village Vanguard

Right Now! Live At The Village Vanguard

Dayna Stephens
2021-02-12
6
Transparency

Transparency

Dafnis Prieto Sextet
2020-11-21
10

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Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT at BOP STOP

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Two Views Of A Masterpiece

Play This! | 2026-09-15
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Hingetown Jazz Festival 2026

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Ava Preston And Moises Borges Play And Sing Across Borders

Interview | 2026-07-15
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Otherlands Trio at BOP STOP

Live Review | 2026-07-04
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Read "Meet John Chacona"

Meet John Chacona

Meet the Staff | 2026-06-14
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Virginia MacDonald: In Search Of A New Clarinet Renaissance

Interview | 2026-06-08
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Interview | 2026-05-11
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Jamile and Vinicius Gomes: Endangered Species

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Obsolescence Quartet at The Treelawn Social Club

Live Review | 2026-01-21
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Dave McMurray Hears Himself In All Of Detroit's Music

Interview | 2026-01-19
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Craig Taborn: When Kabuya Dances

Play This! | 2025-12-14
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Aretha Tillotson: Sad Junie (to Highway Jake)

Play This! | 2025-12-11
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Carmen Staaf: Monk's Mood

Play This! | 2025-09-26
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The Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis at the Beachland Tavern

Live Review | 2025-09-18
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Paul Cornish Trio at BOP STOP

Live Review | 2025-09-16
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Hingetown Jazz Festival 2025

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Danny Grissett: Whisper Not

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Sun Ra Arkestra at Tri-C JazzFest 2025

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Read "Dan Weiss Quartet At Bop Stop"

Dan Weiss Quartet At Bop Stop

Live Review | 2025-06-22
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The Bad Plus at Bop Stop

Live Review | 2025-02-14
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Holly Cole: Kiss Me Quick

Play This! | 2025-02-04
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Read "Sam Blakeslee Large Group at BLU Jazz+"

Sam Blakeslee Large Group at BLU Jazz+

Live Review | 2025-01-12
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Alla Boara's Italian Christmas at Trinity Cathedral

Live Review | 2024-12-17
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Read "John Chacona's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024"

John Chacona's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024

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D.D. Jackson: I Call

Play This! | 2024-10-15
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Glenn Zaleski: Opus de Funk

Play This! | 2024-09-04
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Bill Charlap Trio: The Man I Love

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Ken Peplowski: All the Things You Are

Play This! | 2024-07-17
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Brian Landrus: AGRA

Play This! | 2024-07-14
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Farahser: Flatland

Play This! | 2024-07-05
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John Escreet: Departure No. 1

Play This! | 2024-07-03
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Nicola Caminiti: Adam Arturo

Play This! | 2024-05-20
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Read "Roxana Amed: A Prayer"

Roxana Amed: A Prayer

Play This! | 2024-05-19
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Read "Lorne Lofsky: Steward of the Canadian Guitar Tradition"

Lorne Lofsky: Steward of the Canadian Guitar Tradition

Interview | 2024-04-17
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Read "Yotam Silberstein: Never Let Me Go"

Yotam Silberstein: Never Let Me Go

Play This! | 2024-04-05
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Giorgi Mikadze Trio: Same Garden

Play This! | 2024-02-22
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Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band: Cry Me A River

Play This! | 2023-12-20
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Mike Reed / The Separatist Party: A Low Frequency Nightmare

Play This! | 2023-12-13
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Yuhan Su: Naked Swimmer

Play This! | 2023-12-02
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Michelle Lordi: Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Play This! | 2023-10-16
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Anthony Fung: Boo Boo's Birthday

Play This! | 2023-10-04
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Dave Meder: Modern Gothic

Play This! | 2023-09-22
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Read "3x3: Jazz Trios Playful and Pensive"

3x3: Jazz Trios Playful and Pensive

Multiple Reviews | 2023-06-15
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Read "Ken Vandermark: Returning To The Road With A New Band And New Energy"

Ken Vandermark: Returning To The Road With A New Band And New...

Interview | 2023-04-26
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Read "Ben Wendel Group At Bop Stop"

Ben Wendel Group At Bop Stop

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Read "Choose Joy"

Choose Joy

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Miguel Zenón: Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman

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2021 Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

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Dorothy Ashby: With Strings Attached, 1957-1965

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Ken Vandermark: Returning To The Road With A New Band And New Energy

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Jacques Schwarz-Bart's Afro-Caribbean Odyssey

Interview | 2021-06-10
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A Tasting Menu

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Roni Ben-Hur: Stories

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Lorne Lofsky: Steward of the Canadian Guitar Tradition

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3x3: Jazz Trios Playful and Pensive

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Other Minds 25, Day 1

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Stephen Philip Harvey: Big Band Superhero In the Making

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Dave McMurray Hears Himself In All Of Detroit's Music

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Hilary Gardner: On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines

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Read "The Harlem Suite"

Jacques Schwarz-Bart: The Harlem Suite

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Read "Rova Saxophone Quartet at Bop Stop"

Rova Saxophone Quartet at Bop Stop

Live Review | 2022-10-12
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Read "Other Minds 25, Day 2"

Other Minds 25, Day 2

Live Review | 2021-10-22
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Read "Le Tre Sorelle"

Alla Boara: Le Tre Sorelle

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Read "Gnosis"

Ethan Philion: Gnosis

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Mike Reed / The Separatist Party: A Low Frequency Nightmare

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Read "Assembly"

Jacob Garchik: Assembly

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Noah Garabedian: The Power of Patience

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Read "Aries Dance"

Randy Ingram: Aries Dance

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Read "Choose Joy"

Choose Joy

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Read "Roxana Amed: A Prayer"

Roxana Amed: A Prayer

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Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux at BOP STOP at The Music Settlement

Live Review | 2024-03-10
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Hingetown Jazz Festival 2025

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Read "From Generation to Generation, A New Collection Transcends Borders and Barriers"

From Generation to Generation, A New Collection Transcends Borders and Barriers

Profile | 2022-05-24
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Read "The Sound of Love"

Tania Grubbs: The Sound of Love

Album Review | 2025-01-16
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Read "Ernie Krivda and Theron Brown at Free Concerts in Cleveland"

Ernie Krivda and Theron Brown at Free Concerts in Cleveland

Live Review | 2022-09-08
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Read "Volume 2 - Generational"

The Nimmons Tribute: Volume 2 - Generational

Album Review | 2023-06-30
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Read "John Chacona's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024"

John Chacona's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024

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Dave Meder: Modern Gothic

Play This! | 2023-09-22
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Read "Trouble In Mind"

Elan Mehler: Trouble In Mind

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Read "Sam Blakeslee Large Group at BLU Jazz+"

Sam Blakeslee Large Group at BLU Jazz+

Live Review | 2025-01-12
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Read "Jazz Gallery All-Stars at Tri-C"

Jazz Gallery All-Stars at Tri-C

Live Review | 2022-03-21
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Read "Other Minds 25, Day 3"

Other Minds 25, Day 3

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Read "Dan Weiss Trio at Bop Stop"

Dan Weiss Trio at Bop Stop

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Read "Other Minds 25, Day 4"

Other Minds 25, Day 4

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Read "Giorgi Mikadze Trio: Same Garden"

Giorgi Mikadze Trio: Same Garden

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