Jazz Articles about Sameer Shankar

Joe Elefante's Wheel of Dharma: Return of the Light

by Jack Bowers
October 6, 2025

The second act of Joe Elefante's laudable jazz career was born in tragedy: the loss in 2024 of his wife of sixteen years to cancer. It was then that Elefante, who once led the world-class Joe Elefante Big Band, decided to leave his long-time position as a schoolteacher and return to his first love, jazz, and devote the time he had left to writing and performing again with his talented colleagues and friends. Return of the Light ...