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Article: Live Review

Joel Ross Live at Dazzle

by Douglas Groothuis
October 1, 2022

Joel Ross QuartetDazzleDenver, COAugust 16, 2022 Vibraphonist Joel Ross held top billing with his hot quartet at Dazzle Jazz on Friday night. Ross's debut was the acclaimed 2019 KingMaker, on Blue Note. This was followed by Who are You? (2020) and the pensive and soulful octet recording, Parable of the Poet ...

Article: Opinion

On Missing Live Jazz

by Douglas Groothuis
May 23, 2020

This pandemic has snatched much from us through its reign of disease and death. We have lost family, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances to COVID-19. Millions have lost jobs or fear losing them. By all accounts, the whole thing stinks. We try to cling to what remains, and we hope and pray for restoration. How ...

Article: What is Jazz?

Jazz, Suffering, and Meaning

by Douglas Groothuis
November 23, 2017

“Primary progressive aphasia" was a disease I had not heard until March of 2014. Now it is darkly stained into my life, since it is the form of dementia that afflicts my wife, Rebecca Merrill Groothuis. As Rebecca and I walk down this road, we are not alone. We have our church, our friends, and our ...

Article: What is Jazz?

Jazz Popularity and You

by Douglas Groothuis
August 26, 2016

Twenty years ago I read in a William Bennett book that jazz made up only 3% of the music market. I often lamented that when jazz came up in any of the classes I taught. I further wondered if that lamentable percentage included sales by Kenny G. If so, all the worse, since, as Pat Metheny ...