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Celebrating a man and his music
The depth and breadth of pianist, arranger and composer Dick Hyman’s career seems astonishing by any musical standards. Most aspects of his career, which began in the late 1940s in the thriving Manhattan music scene, were touched upon Tuesday, March 7 at the 37th annual Sarasota Jazz Festival. The evening’s journey, which Hyman called “wallowing in ...
Jazz Vocalist Dolores Scozzesi Debuts At New York's Metropolitan Room, Sunday, March 19th
Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Dolores Scozzesi finally brings her unique brand of storytelling to New York City in her debut performance at The Metropolitan Room on Sunday, March 19th with one show at 7:00pm. Accompanying Ms. Scozzesi are Deanna Witkowski (piano), Daniel Foose (bass) and Alexander Kautz (drums). Tickets can be purchased here. Scozzesi was lauded ...
Trad jazz with a few twists
Clarinetist Bud Leeds brought musicians together from near and far- in this case, mostly far—for his annual South County Jazz Club matinee performance on Sunday, March 5 in Venice FL. His “Trad Jazz Ensemble" featured players who are right at home in the traditional jazz/Dixieland genres, but the afternoon touched on more recent music as well. ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 3-9
Spring had another setback but warmer weather is on the horizon. The warming trend certainly continues on the local jazz scene, with some exciting visitors in town over the coming week as well as some of our hottest area talents. Bob Dorough, Monty Alexander, Victor Wooten, the Jazz Women All Stars.... can't complain! Big Gigs This ...
Stephanie Jordan Begins Residency At Jazz Live Hyatt As Featured Artist
Join Jazz Live at Hyatt every Friday and Saturday beginning on Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4, 2017 as they present Stephanie Jordan as the featured performer for a year-long engagement at Hyatt Regency New Orleans. The Stephanie Jordan Ensemble will do two sets nightly performing jazz standards made popular from the likes of Abbey ...
Jazz this week: Clayton Brothers Quintet, Nick Finzer, "Sculptures in Sound," and more
The news in St. Louis jazz and creative music this week is coming mostly from Grand Center, as the district rolls out an expanded version of their weekly Wednesday night “jazz crawl." The first week includes a promising young musician making his St. Louis debut at a new venue for the event, the return of a ...
Jazz Standard Begins New "Mobetta Tuesdays" Weekly Residency Led By Grammy Award-Winning Trumpeter / Producer Maurice "Mobetta" Brown
One of the nation’s premier jazz clubs, Jazz Standard, today announced the inauguration of “Mobetta Tuesdays,” a new Tuesday night residency by mastermind trumpeter/composer/arranger/producer Maurice “Mobetta” Brown. Beginning March 14th with a CD release concert celebrating his latest album The Mood, “Mobetta Tuesdays” will bring a dynamic, distinctive sound that uniquely marries contemporary jazz, blues-rock and ...
Jane Monheit digs Ella - and plans to keep on digging
Jazz singer Jane Monheit's musical home is the Great American Songbook. She showed a Naples, Florida audience on Friday, February 24, that with sensible bits of personal redecorating, it is still in very good hands. She performed two 75-minute sold-out shows at Artis Naples' Daniels Pavilion, sharing her love for “First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald. ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 24-March 2
If the past week was a whirlwind of jazz, then this Saturday alone will keep our ears spinning. In the vortex this week—Julian Lage, John Scofield, Laura Caviani and Chris Olson, Jack Brass Band, the Pat Moriarty-Phil Hey Duo.... keep the gigs coming. Big Gigs This Week Friday, February 24. One-time featured trombonist with Maynard Ferguson ...
Jazz this week: Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Jay Oliver, Jazz St. Louis gala, and more
With a forecast for spring-like weather in the offing, it should be a good weekend to get out and hear some live music in St. Louis. However, if you're headed down to the annual Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, don't expect to find much jazz or blues among the musical options. With the notable exception of ...
