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RJ Spangler Trio: This Is What We Do

by Steve Bryant
Detroit has always been a home for a multitude of jazz traditions. From big band to swing, from hard bop to the avant-garde, any jazz style can be heard in a given week. The city has especially embraced the organ trio, that staple of neighborhood joints found throughout the urban landscape. Veteran drummer and bandleader RJ ...
Marcus Belgrave: Preserver of Jazz

by Shannon J. Effinger
If you trace the careers of many of today's jazz artists, you'll discover that they all converge around one man--trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. He gave Karriem Riggins his very first drum set. Ray Parker, Jr. got his first gig thanks to him. He even took a then 15- year-old James Carter to Europe for the first time. ...
Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, August 4-5, 2012
by R.J. DeLuke
Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 4-5, 2012Having a celebration for the 70th birthday of an amazing musician--drummer Jack DeJohnette--was an outstanding feature of this year's Newport Jazz Festival. The drummer was featured in two sets in a single day (Saturday), first with a band he has been ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Montreal, Canada, June 28-July 7, 2012

by Greg Thomas
Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2012From the time of the airplane's descent to the airport in Montréal, I knew something was different and perhaps special about this place. Instead of a square or rectangular grid style of suburban housing plots, from my window I saw circular formations of housing, ...
Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, August 4, 2012

by Timothy J. O'Keefe
Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 4, 2012 Yeah that's what I'm talking about, Newport!" the bright-smiled Cuban conga player said with enthusiasm, as the crowd he encouraged to dance clapped a beat to his liking. Amid the vortex of sound that is the Newport Jazz Festival--three stages hosting ...
Daniel Bennett: The Bear Truth

by Ludwig vanTrikt
Whether considered a member of Generation X or Y, saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist/composer and bandleader Daniel Bennett's career certainly is indicative of how many young artists' careers are ascending with the advent of the internet. But Daniel has a measured cynicism towards balancing live performance with the wonders of tech.Moreover what is also refreshing about this young ...
Ron Miles: Jazz Gentleman, Part 2

by Florence Wetzel
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [Editor's Note: The second part of Florence Wetzel's extensive interview with Ron Miles covers the Colorado-based trumpeter's early performance years, and begins a chronological look at all of his solo releases, beginning with Distance for Safety (Prolific Records, 1987) and concluding with Heaven (Sterling Circle, 2002), ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-8: June 21-23, 2012

by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-8 TD Ottawa International Jazz FestivalOttawa, CanadaJune 21-Jul 1, 2012With a total of five main venues--the main stage at Confederation Park, the Studio and Fourth Stage in the National Arts Centre, the OLG Stage tent across the street from Confederation Park at City ...
Behind the Lens With Paul Brouns

by Paul Brouns
Meet Paul Brouns: Born (1967), raised and currently living in the Netherlands, I started out as an artist creating abstract geometric paintings. Photography always has had a special position in my work. I started out taking pictures of architectural details that had a similar quality compared to my drawings and paintings. In recent times ...
Jazz Bridge Presents Jef Lee Johnson In Collingswood On Thurs. May 3rd!

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood NJ, on May 3rd for the last Jazz Bridge concert of the season will be guitarist Jef Lee Johnson, bassist Chico Huff, and drummer Charles Pateirno. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Buffet! For info, call 856-858-8914. Jazz ...