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An afternoon of pleasant surprises
When clarinetist Bud Leeds pulls together a band for a concert, you can never be sure what you'll get, numbers-wise, but it is a guaranteed good time. Such was the case with his Friday, February 8 matinee concert for the South County Jazz Club in Venice FL. The band this day included Bob MacInnis on cornet, ...
Have chops, will travel
Rising-star jazz singer Veronica Swift is quite the traveler. She disembarked from The Jazz Cruise on Saturday, January 26 in Fort Lauderdale. Her Sunday afternoon gig was a mere 200 miles away in Sarasota, a relatively short three-hour journey across Alligator Alley and up Interstate 75. But she took a different 5,200-mile route. Swift hopped a ...
Jazz at sea with healthy doses of Latin flavor
Anybody who didn’t hear enough music aboard the 2019 edition of The Jazz Cruise only has themselves to blame. The offerings were plentiful and varied, with music running from 11:30 a.m. to after 1 a.m., with staggered programming in five different performance spaces. There were more than 100 jazz musicians in the lineup, and about 2,000 ...
Frost Band heats things up
The Mike Frost Band was a pleasant surprise at the Charlotte County Jazz Society’s January 14 concert in Port Charlotte, stepping boldly into more contemporary genres while also digging deep into the mainstream jazz canon.This was the Aiken, South Carolina-based group’s first appearance in Port Charlotte – and in Florida, for that matter. The unit featured ...
Four Others - and more
A few years ago, Marian’s Jazzroom in Switzerland asked Harry Allen to put together a four-saxophone band for its Bern Jazz Festival. He quickly thought of the classic sound of the Four Brothers sax section from Woody Herman’s Second Herd in the late 1940s. That renowned unit featured tenor players Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and Herbie ...
Swinging style and bebopping finesse
Stephanie Nakasian has had many facets to her career. She was a banker in Chicago and Manhattan. Then she caught the jazz bug. She heard bebop pianist Hod O’Brien, started working with him a bit in 1980 and a year later quit her day job to become a full-time singer. She built her chops as a ...
There's jazz in his blood
Pianist Rony Khoury hails from the Dominican Republic, where his sheer talent at the keyboard has caught many an eye—and ear. With good reason. He visited Port Charlotte this week for a showcase performance- a brief stopover en route to Boston, where he's going to study at the Berklee College of Music. He won a half-scholarship ...
Covering the jazz waterfront
After forty-plus years on the New York jazz scene, trumpeter Randy Sandke has made himself a new home base in Southwest Florida. He moved to Venice a few months ago and has settled into the fertile area jazz scene. While he has had some gigs as a sideman, Sunday, January 6 brought his first area concert ...
Have yourself a jazzy, merry Christmas
Best wishes to you, your families and friends for a very Merry Christmas 2018, joyous New Year—and hopeful 2019—from the Jazz Notes staff. A toast to you all as we share some vintage musical cheer from among our holiday favorites. Raise your glass, whatever your favorite libation! The holiday season would not be complete without the ...
A fine ambassador for the Great American Songbook - and more
To many fans, Danny Sinoff is a crooner for the new millennium. But to savvy jazz listeners, his piano chops are just fascinating. Maybe more so. He underscored his talent on both fronts on Friday, December 21, in a matinee concert for the South County Jazz Club in Venice FL with his regular trio-mates, bassist Scott ...
