Results for "Ohio"

Article: Album Review

Scott Jeppesen: El Guapo

by Carlo Wolff
February 14, 2014

"Guapo" is Spanish for “sharp-dressed man" (or woman), and the title--and launch--track of Scott Jeppesen's exceptional solo debut sure conjures such an image. El Guapo is stylish, diverse and expert; released on Oct. 1, 2013, it is one of the best albums of that year. Jeppesen is a protean saxophonist who also plays bass ...

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Jazz Arts Group Presents New Orleans Bluesman And Actor Chris Thomas King - Sat. Mar. 1

February 11, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group’s Inside Track series continues to heat up the Lincoln Theatre stage with Grammy and Country Music Award-winning blues guitarist, composer and actor Chris Thomas King on Saturday, March 1. Chris Thomas King came into his own while expanding on traditional musical horizons that were inherited from his late father, ...

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Jeremy Steig: Flute Fever

Read "Flute Fever" reviewed by Carlo Wolff

by Carlo Wolff
February 7, 2014

Jeremy Steig's astonishing, trailblazing debut finally gets its compact disk due, 50 years after Columbia released it on vinyl. It was also the debut of Denny Zeitlin, a Bay Area psychiatrist whose singularly imaginative jazz moonlighting has resulted in numerous fearless disks over the past five decades. Backed by veterans Ben Riley on drums and Ben ...

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Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski: Gathering Call

Read "Gathering Call" reviewed by Carlo Wolff

by Carlo Wolff
January 30, 2014

Drummer Matt Wilson is certainly mercurial. Not only can he be found playing in all manner and format, working with everyone from Myra Melford to John Zorn to Elvis Costello, he regularly leads two quartets: Arts & Crafts, and this one, featuring roiling windman Jeff Lederer, cornetist Kirk Knuffke} and bassist Chris Lightcap. Augmented here by ...

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Bob Ross: Arriving

Read "Arriving" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 29, 2014

Arriving, while low-key in many ways, is something of a signal flare, sending out notice of an on-the-rise leader located in Ohio. Newcomer guitarist Bob Ross graduated from Morehead State University with a Bachelor of Music in 2008 and completed his Master's degree in Jazz Studies at The University Of The Arts in 2010. A year ...

Article: We Travel the Spaceways

Pete Mills: The Anatomy Of A Jazz Release

by Mark Corroto
January 28, 2014

I'm here to tell you that everything you thought about the making of a modern jazz records is wrong. The notion that there are talent agents selling concepts to record companies—wrong. That bands work on tunes, perfecting them for months before entering the studio—wrong. That jazz musicians make money from records—again, wrong. I had ...

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Molly Ringwald Joins The Columbus Jazz Orchestra In "Don't You Forget About Me" (feb. 6-9)

January 9, 2014

Columbus, OH: Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) continues to break new ground while honoring the rich heritage of America’s classical music – jazz. In “Don’t You Forget About Me” (February 6-9 at the Southern Theatre), everyone’s favorite former teenager joins the CJO in a ...

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Jennifer Milligan And Eileen Howard Return To Columbus For Wild Women Swing The Blues

December 22, 2013

Two veteran Columbus singers return to home base from France and New York for a concert at the historic Garden Theater located at 1187 North High St, Columbus, Ohio. The concert of sassy blues and torchy ballads is billed as “a celebration of life, love and female mood swings”, and will be in The Green Room ...

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Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus & Community Shelter Board Partner For "A Concert To End Homelessness"

December 18, 2013

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group (JAG) presents the Columbus Jazz Orchestra led by Byron Stripling in “A Concert to End Homelessness,” January 17 and 18 at the Capitol Theatre – Riffe Center. Partnering with the Community Shelter Board (CSB), this unforgettable, inspiring evening of song and dance will raise awareness and funds to help ...

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Jazz Arts Group's PBJ & Jazz Series To Feature Master Blues Guitarist Sean Carney

December 17, 2013

Columbus, OH - International Blues Challenge (IBC) winner and Albert King Best Guitarist Award-winner Sean Carney returns to the Lincoln Theatre on January 11, 2014 for a blues-rockin’ PBJ & Jazz concert presented by the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) and Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this year’s season will continue to include ...