Results for "Conal Fowkes"

Conal Fowkes

Ragology

By Ricky Alexander

Label: Turtle Bay Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Wildcat Blues; Slidin’; Dizzy Fingers; The Buffalo Rag; Nola; You and a Canoe; Blackstick; Ragtime Oriole; Little Bits; Shreveport Stomp; Sweetheart o’ Mine.

2026 Tilles Jazz Fest

by Dan Bilawsky
July 23, 2026

72 hours before the 2026 Tilles Jazz Fest, the mercury hit 100 degrees on Long Island; 48 hours ahead of the event, Canadian wildfires sent orange skies and unsafe air quality; and one day before everything was set to get underway, the forecast looked seriously grim--heavy rain(s), thunderstorms, a chance of hail and even a tornado ...

Ricky Alexander: Ragology

by Jack Bowers
February 20, 2026

Ragtime takes its name from the ragged rhythmic patterns created by syncopated melodies played against a regular, steady bass line. The result is a lively and energetic sound that predates traditional jazz and swing. Among ragtime's foremost exponents was Scott Joplin, whose music was reintroduced to the public in 1973 via Paul Newman and Robert Redford's ...

Live at Birdland

By Conal Fowkes

Label: Turtle Bay Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Introduction; Flee as a Bird/Oh, Didn’t He Ramble; Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man; Dallas Blues; Ace in the Hole; Shreveport Stomp; Say “Si Si”; High Society; When I Leave the World Behind.

High Society New Orleans Jazz Band: Live at Birdland

by Jack Bowers
November 13, 2025

Long before Bird (Charlie Parker), Diz (Dizzy Gillespie), Prez (Lester Young), the Count (Count Basie) or the Duke (Duke Ellington) raised their voices, jazz was being performed, for audiences large and small, in New Orleans and other cities and towns along the Mississippi River and elsewhere, lending those yet to come the bedrock from ...

Jack Phillips: Cafe Nights In New York

by Dan Bilawsky
July 29, 2012

New York is, and always has been, a study in contrasts when it comes to the jazz it presents. The Big Apple has a reputation as the place to be for those looking to hear, explore and partake in all that's modern in this music, but it also plays home to certain venues that serve as ...