Results for "Vermont"

Meet Doug Collette

By AAJ STAFF

Doug Collette's pedigree for crafting honest and carefully-considered music analysis lies in a nearly fifty year devotion to contemporary rock and roll, jazz and the blues. During this time, his zeal for writing has grown to (almost) equal his devotion to the musical experiences he has documented from his astute observations of records, videos, books and ...

The Wood Brothers At The Flynn Center

By DOUG COLLETTE

The Wood Brothers The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Burlington, VT February 6, 2020 It was only poetic justice for The Wood Brothers to headline their own show at The Flynn Center on February 6 2020. And not just because in 2009, they won over the audience in this venerable ...

The Chick Corea Trilogy At The Flynn Center

By DOUG COLLETTE

The Chick Corea Trilogy with Christian McBride and Brian Blade The Flynn Center For The Performing Arts Burlington, Vermont October 15, 2019 The Chick Corea Trilogy may have played it safe on the Flynn Mainstage October 15th, but that didn't prevent frequent eruptions of robust applause from around the stately venue ...

Charlie Parr At Higher Ground

By DOUG COLLETTE

Charlie Parr Higher Ground Showcase Lounge South Burlington, VT October 3, 2019 Assuming the stage alone and without any introduction, beginning almost surreptitiously with “CC Rider," Charlie Parr quieted the noisy crowd in this venue's smaller room within roughly sixty seconds. He faced similar challenges throughout his roughly ninety-minutes in ...

Ghost Light At Twiddle's Tumbledown Festival

By DOUG COLLETTE

Ghost Light Waterfront Park Tumbledown Music Festival Burlington, VT July 26, 2019 The bright, hot late afternoon sun hardly outshone keyboardist Holly Bowling's stage presence during Ghost Light's July 26th opening set on the main stage of Tumbledown. While she was unobtrusively navigating the quintet during an virtually uninterrupted hour ...

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2019

By DOUG COLLETTE

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Burlington, Vermont May 31-June 9, 2019 Prominent among the many of virtues the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival offers its hometown each year is a reminder of the energetic activity that permeates the Queen City of Vermont (and not just at this most wonderful time of the year). Witness ...

Fred Haas

Fred Haas, a Dartmouth graduate ('73), teaches Saxophone, Jazz Piano, Improvisation, Jazz History and Music Theory at Dartmouth College. He lives in Hartland, Vermont, and travels throughout New England and beyond performing and recording with a variety of musicians. Fred brings to each of his performances and workshops a depth of experience and knowledge from over thirty-five years as a jazz musician and educator. His goal is to communicate a broad range of emotions through music as well as share information about the history of jazz and the art of jazz improvisation. In 1997 Fred founded Interplay Jazz Camp, which provides an opportunity for musicians of all ages to participate in a relaxed and supportive learning environment with an experienced faculty that focuses on key aspects of the improvisational art of jazz

Dan Silverman's Early Heroes Jazz Ensemble At FlynnSpace

By DOUG COLLETTE

Dan Silverman's Early Heroes Jazz Ensemble FlynnSpace Burlington Vermont April 14, 2019 The cool overcast weather this Sunday afternoon in Vermont was a stark contrast to the sunny warmth of the day prior, but the atmosphere within FlynnSpace was something else altogether. The presentation of Dan Silverman's Early Heroes Jazz Ensemble ...

Doug Perkins and Jamie Masefield At The Double E Performance Center

By DOUG COLLETTE

Doug Perkins and Jamie Masefield The Double E Performance Center Essex Junction, VT April 10, 2019 It's a fairly safe bet that every music lover knows at least one artist who toils in obscurity, relative or otherwise, at various levels, local and otherwise. The altitude of the profile(s) in question may ...

Julian Lage Trio at Flynn Center for the Performing Arts

By DOUG COLLETTE

Julian Lage Trio Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Burlington, Vermont December 2, 2018 It was altogether fitting that guitarist Julian Lage led his trio onto a small stage surrounded on three sides by the modified stadium seating in place at FlynnSpace this early December evening. All the better for the ...