Results for "Toledo"

44th Annual Tri-C JazzFest

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 6, 2023

44th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Playhouse Square Cleveland, Ohio June 22-24, 2023 Flanked by a spectacular outdoor chandelier, Cleveland's Playhouse Square has become the largest performing arts mecca outside of New York City. It has also been home to Tri-C JazzFest ever since the event decided to make the calendar move from ...

2021: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 31, 2021

The jazz world continued grappling and adjusting in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Jazz Day again went virtual for the most part. Singer Tony Bennett put the final stamp on his touring--and likely recording--career after his Alzheimer's disclosure. Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield was headed to federal prison. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four ...

Jazz in Cleveland: A Storied Past, Surviving Present, and an Optimistic Future

by Matthew Alec
April 8, 2021

Cleveland, Ohio. Having lived here for my entire life, the word “city" does not quite describe what Cleveland truly is. There is of course a downtown urban area, one filled with noteworthy neoclassic architecture and an overall stately appearance that is often overlooked by those who live here. That said, most “Clevelanders" don't actually live within ...

Zachary J. Kreuz

Born: June 1, 1968

Jeffrey Curtis Shriner

Born: March 31, 1945

Lead tenor Nightsession Big Band as well as vocals and flute. Combo lead .....comfortable and accomplished with duo or quartet. Excellent backing vocalist and soloing to fit the gig. Can read your charts or play from vast mental playbook of 50 years experience. Toledo or Detroit gigs welcome.

Larry Fuller Trio At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
November 26, 2019

The Larry Fuller Trio The Jazz Corner Overjoyed Hilton Head Island, SC November 22-23, 2019 On a Saturday afternoon between performances, Larry Fuller took a moment to talk about his music while enjoying a coffee break at the Sonesta Oceanfront hotel, on jny: Hilton Head Island. In the morning, he ...

Jason Quick

Born: February 20, 1972

Jason Quick is an innovative guitarist, composer, and bandleader in contemporary music with a rust belt edge. Quick immerses himself in music and process to create projects that navigate genres and styles. Jason regularly performs at venues, clubs, concert series, and festivals throughout the Midwest and has played/recorded in New Orleans. Jason’s two main projects are Quick Trio and Quickness. Both groups feature Quick’s original compositions and tunes. Discography as Bandleader Jason has self-produced several recordings of his original material: Amateur Mind Control by Quickness (2018); A Few More Seconds by Quick Kreuz Bartolomeo(2015); Trio Toledo by Quick Kreuz Knurek (2013); The Avocado by Quickness (2010); and Get Used by Jason Quick (2006 The philosophy behind Quick’s performing and composing, is his desire to keep moving ahead, developing his craft, connecting and engaging with musicians, all while pursuing the path of creative exploration and presentation Quick Trio Playing Original Jazz Music, this guitar-bass-drums and guitar-organ-drums combo is winning over enthusiastic audiences during in-demand appearances at jazz clubs, festivals, glass-blowing studios, restaurants, hotels, museum concerts, garden parties and downtown artwalks

The New Orleans Party Asylum give Santa Claus a taste of swinging Dixieland jazz

December 24, 2010

The New Orleans Party Asylum have unveiled their own brand of lunacy on Yuletide Aphrodisiac, a collection of Christmas covers made over in the style of Dixieland jazz. Featuring vocalist/pianist Dave Kosmyna, clarinetist/saxophonist Ray Heitger, drummer Tad Dickerson, and bassist Riley Kloos, the New Orleans Party Asylum formed in 2009 but its roster of top-shelf jazz ...

Toledo

By Elvis Costello

Label: The Jazz Alliance
Released: 1999