jazz Archive
04 Jul 2019
Love is Here to Stay: The Legacy of Tony Bennett
In the history of popular music, Tony Bennett stands tall. His professional singing career can be said to have started at age 13 when he was a singing waiter in […]
27 Jun 2019
Buzzing About Asheville: Queen Bee and the Honeylovers
Traditionally, concept albums have been almost exclusively within the rock idiom. But Asheville singer and songwriter Whitney Moore has breathed new life into the form by applying it to a […]
18 Jun 2019
Reviews: Three New Classic Jazz Albums
Three new and notable jazz releases have gone on the market recently. Two are from long-established artists who demonstrate that after decades playing jazz, they still have plenty that’s fresh, […]
13 Jun 2019
California Guitar Trio Takes the Instrument Someplace Else
Acoustic guitar trios are nothing new. But in the hands of the musicians calling themselves the California Guitar Trio, the instrument is approached in a unique way. And the sounds […]
01 May 2019
Manhattan Transfer: The Boy(s and Girls) from New York City
Popular musical styles come and go. But for nearly a half century, the Manhattan Transfer has been dazzling audiences with its unique brand of music, a style that incorporates jazz, […]
26 Apr 2019
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2019: Jazz
I’m sent a lot of music for potential review, and for that I’m grateful. Generally, I can winnow through the stack and narrow it down to a manageable pile; put […]
24 Apr 2019
Yellowjackets: Adding a Voice
More than a dozen musicians have been members of jazz fusion band the Yellowjackets since the group was launched in 1977. But keyboardist and founding member Russell Ferrante says that […]
23 Apr 2019
My Favorite Year: ‘Coltrane ‘58: The Prestige Recordings’
1958 was a landmark year for saxophonist John Coltrane, and by extension for jazz as a whole as well. Coltrane had made his first recordings (in Hawaii with fellow Navy […]
21 Apr 2019
Ghost-note: The Beat Goes On
In response to enthusiastic inquiries from fans, percussionists Nate Werth and Robert Sput Searight were inspired to launch their superstar side-project, Ghost-Note, in 2015. “Sput and I started taking drum […]
18 Apr 2019
Album Reviews: Two Alex Chilton Compilations
Editor’s Note: Today’s something of a milestone: my 3,000th post. As a general matter, I make a point of not writing reviews that are a response or rebuttal to other […]