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Raúl Molina: Live at Ecuador Jazz Festival
by Matt Hooke
Raúl Molina's Live at Ecuador Jazz Festival is a rare album that is more than just a collection of songs, it is a declaration of purpose. On his first live album, Molina carves out an artistic vision to blend Ecuadorian folklore with modern jazz music. The unique compositions on this record will establish him as a ...
Ramzi Aburedwan and Dal’ouna Ensemble at An Die Musik
by Matt Hooke
Ramzi Aburedwan and Dal'ouna Ensemble An Die Musik Live Baltimore, Maryland, USA October 21, 2024 Ramzi Aburedwan and Dal'Ouna Ensemble presented a unique set of jazz-touched Palestinian music at Baltimore's An Die Musik Live. The set was a showcase for each musician involved, with every song beginning with a ...
Scenes from the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
by Matt Hooke
The greatest gift any music festival can give a listener is the chance to think about a genre differently and the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival did just that between February 16 and February 18. Most concert goers attend a show to hear a specific artist they are already familiar with, but the beauty of a ...
Raul Midon at An Die Musik LIVE
by Matt Hooke
Raul Midon performed a solo set at An Die Musik LIVE in Baltimore on October 11, 2023 that showcased his artistic versality and ability to create a compelling show without a backing band. Midon's songwriting prowess showed throughout the evening as he transitioned from funk influenced songs to a Joni Mitchell inspired piano ballad. effortlessly. A ...
Remembering Saxophonist, teacher, and composer Carl Grubbs
by Matt Hooke
Saxophonist Carl Grubbs built a community around him everywhere he played, whether in 1970s Philadelphia where people gathered outside of his house to listen to his band practice, or in Baltimore where he mentored countless generations of musicians since the 1990s. Even as his health worsened over the past year, Grubbs continued to see ...
Brandon Born Quartet at An Die Musik Live
by Matt Hooke
One of the most exciting things about being a music fan is discovering an artist when they come into their own and contribute their own voice to the jazz tradition. The audience at An Die Musik got a taste of that feeling watching Peabody Conservatory student Brandon Born lead his first band at An Die Musik ...
Scenes from the 2023 DC Jazz Festival
by Matt Hooke
An embassy may seem like an unusual place to kick off the 2023 DC Jazz Festival, but it made for a good indication of the international and collaborative atmosphere fostered by the annual event. The DC Jazz Festival opening night at the House of Sweden, the embassy for Sweden and Iceland, began with a ...
43rd Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, Part 2
by Matt Hooke
Part 1 | Part 2 After a year online and a year at the suburban Cain Park, the Tri-C JazzFest made a triumphant return to downtown Cleveland in 2022. The downtown location gave the music a wider audience than at Cain Park, as it was more likely that someone returning home from a baseball ...
Ibrahim Maalouf: 40 Melodies
by Matt Hooke
The age of 40, in America at least, is looked at with fear as the start of middle age. For many, it is a state of limbo; the knee pains say they are not young; however, that black hair says they are not old either. Many people buy a motorcycle or start an ill-conceived fling with ...
Branford Marsalis at The Ohio Theatre
by Matt Hooke
Branford Marsalis Quartet Ohio Theatre Cleveland, Ohio October 10, 2019Branford Marsalis is a jazz chameleon. Few saxophonists could go from playing his brother Wynton's straight-ahead outfit to pursing cross over opportunities with pop-star Sting and hip-hop legend Guru to now making music with Gabriel Prokofiev, the great-grandson of ...
