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Mark Lomax II's 400: An Afrikan Epic at Lincoln Theatre
by Mark Corroto
Mark Lomax II Lincoln Theatre 400: An Afrikan Epic Premier Columbus, OH January 26, 2019 Dr. Mark Lomax II had a problem. He was to premier his creation 400: An Afrikan Epic to a sold out audience at the historic Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, but to do so, he ...
Vula Viel And Peter Zummo at Cafe Oto
by Gareth Thompson
Vula Viel and Peter Zummo Cafe Oto London January 24, 2019 Peter Zummo could coax an agreeable tune from a garden hose, whistle through a straw-stuffed flute, and still engage listeners. He simply has a knack with tubes and noise. The avant-jazz trombonist, based in New York, keeps delighting and confounding ...
Belgrade Jazz Festival 2018
by Martin Longley
Belgrade Jazz Festival Dom Omladine/Kombank Dvorana Belgrade, Serbia October 25-29, 2018 The 34th edition of the Belgrade Jazz Festival maintained its exciting strategy of diverse programming, from Kurt Elling to The Thing, Marc Ribot to Bobby Shew, Cortex down to The Necks. That's already an enticing blend of ...
The Latin Jazz All Stars at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Latin Jazz All Stars Dazzle Denver, CO January 10, 2019 The All Stars came to town Thursday night and lived up to their name. The Latin Jazz All Stars is an amalgam that periodically organizes and tours with a fluctuating cast of players. A similar conglomeration came through the Denver ...
Mathias Eick's Private Concert For The Norwegian Consul
by Tyran Grillo
Mathias Eick Norwegian Consul General Residence New York, NY January 11, 2019 In a potent foretaste of what promises to be a Scandinavian-heavy jazzahead! conference in April, the Norwegian Consul General Harriet E. Berg--in collaboration with Norsk Jazzforum and Music Norway--graciously opened her New York City residence for a ...
Justin Varnes Orchestra's Peer Gynt Suite At The Jazz Corner
by Martin McFie
Justin Varnes Orchestra The Jazz Corner Peer Gynt Suite Hilton Head Island, SC January 20, 2019 Written in five acts of rhyming Danish verse, Peer Gynt is a play by Norwegian Henrik Ibsen, which was set to music by fellow countryman Edvard Grieg. Where does the jazz come in? Like ...
Sheila Jordan at Mezzrow
by Tyran Grillo
Sheila Jordan Mezzrow New York, NY January 10, 2019 If the art of song is only as vibrant as the colors from which one draws, then Sheila Jordan perhaps has the broadest palette of any living jazz vocalist. At the tender age of 90, she is blessed with a patience that ...
The Revivalists at The Beacon Theater
by Mike Perciaccante
The Revivalists The Beacon Theater New York, NY January 16, 2019 A jamband is defined as a musical group whose live albums and concerts relate to a fan culture that began in the '60s with the Grateful Dead, and continued with bands such as the Allman Brothers Band ...
Somi at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Somi Dazzle Denver, CO January 16, 2019 A case can be made that all Western popular music can trace its origins to Africa. Even if that's a bit of an exaggeration, it's not when it comes to vocalist/songwriter Somi. She was born in Illinois, but her parents were immigrants from Rwanda ...
Mark de Clive-Lowe at Nublu 151
by Tyran Grillo
Mark de Clive-Lowe Nublu 151 Winter Jazzfest New York, NY January 10, 2019 New York City's Winter Jazzfest is about nothing if not cross-pollination. This guiding principle crystallized at every venue, but perhaps nowhere so psychosomatically as at Nublu 151, where Mark de Clive-Lowe spearheaded late-night jamming of a decidedly ...
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