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Interruptions On A Christmas Eve

by Arthur R George
December 24, 2025

The small restaurant and occasional music bistro was closed for Christmas Eve. Its owner Ernie DiVitale had darkened the room. There was light enough, from the Christmas tree in the corner and spilling in from a lamp over the prep area in the kitchen, to relax with his wife Veronica at a back table over cappuccini ...

All About Music—My AAJ Experience

by Alan Bryson
September 8, 2025

Music & Taste Music and food have a lot in common. Variety is the key--without it, even the best prepared food loses its appeal. It is telling that we speak of “musical taste," even though we experience music through our ears. Genres like jazz and classical music weave together themes, patterns, harmonies, and mathematical ...

Renegade or Retrograde: Questioning Little Richard's Legacy

by Jacob Bloomfield
June 13, 2020

In the many retrospectives on rock musician Little Richard since his death on 9 May 2020, some major narratives have emerged: he has been alternatingly cast as a queer forefather in the tradition of Oscar Wilde; a transgressive figure who broke racial, gender, and/or sexual boundaries; and a music pioneer largely defined by his influence on ...

Duane Allman at 70: A Reflection

by Alan Bryson
November 5, 2016

The actor James Dean once said, “If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live after he's died, then maybe he was a great man." James Dean is perhaps the charter member of a modern subset of such individuals who, due to modern technology, live on in the consciousness of ...

Chris Isaak at NYCB Theatre at Westbury

by Christine Connallon
September 14, 2014

Chris Isaak NYCB Theatre at Westbury Long Island, NY September 7, 2014 Chris Isaak likes to make a splash. The perpetually youthful musician burst onto the stage the way he burst onto the music scene 30 years ago, when he signed to Warner Brothers and subsequently released the CD ...

Jimmy Haslip: Former Yellowjacket Generating a New Buzz

by Richard J Salvucci
June 19, 2014

Well, the Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam Houston News Leader is probably not the best place to look for local jazz updates, even if the venue is on the base. “Tickets for the next Friday Night Jazz concert at the Fort Sam Houston Theater are on sale. Featured artists include the Jeff Lorber Fusion with ...

Hall & Oates: Wantagh, New York, June 11, 2011

by Mike Perciaccante
July 17, 2011

Hall & Oates With Special Guest Chris Isaak 2011 Nikon at Jones Beach Concert Wantagh, New York June 11, 2011 On a misty and cold Saturday evening, Hall & Oates and superb opening act Chris Isaak performed their classic hits to a less than sold-out Jones Beach Ampitheatre. It had rained off-and-on ...