King Cake Baby is a superb unit dedicated to New Orleans music and the great culture the music sprang from. Don’t miss them.
Read More...bringing in their Middle Eastern roots together with European harmonies, pop tunes, jazz standards and modern jazz in a mélange that felt less mixed than fluid.
Read MoreAn evening of Australian jazz is a rare treat outside of Australia!
Read MoreTatopani has not only traveled the musical roads, but lived in the villages along the way.
Read MoreInside Fujii's and Tamura’s world of magical improv, time flows with its own wild currents and the title of any song is suffused with multiple ironies.
Read MoreJane Siberry is one of Canada’s greatest national resources, a life-affirming singer-songwriter who cooks up catchy, quirky melodies and compelling, often-wry, always moving stories.
Read MoreAramaki handles the bass like it’s a ukulele. He makes it seem small and easy to control. His muscular approach to the wood and strings creates a tough, hard-driving jazz that is all his own. Whether he’s popping an opening riff or stretching out on a solo, he makes the bass sound like it should—deep, strong and rock solid.
Read MoreIt’s always a pleasure to hear jazz from another country, but with Kireyev that seems like several countries, all of them filled with the passion and energy of jazz.
Read MoreButler plays sax that sounds natural and right, but engages at all kinds of levels.
Read MoreThe sleek sound of his guitar set off the grittier saxes with just the right balance.
Read MoreTada Seiji has spent so much time playing live, his shows seem as easy as breathing for him. Of course, he’s breathing pretty hard and fast on some of the songs...
Read MoreFrom Latin to straight-ahead jazz to Cuban dance to free jazz, to pop-like quotes and Art Tatum-like flourishes, Rubalcaba clearly felt at home to play what he felt.
Read MoreThe southern winds were blowing to bring the spring with Steve Sack's Spring Quartet.
Read MoreGleason and group worked through a striking set of energetic takes with a sense of immediacy and deep understanding of how jazz can best be experienced.
Read MoreThe quartet again and again pulled out powerful sounds from the passions and openings of the flow of possibilities.
Read MoreUnder the government of "President" Saito, the quartet took the audience on an electrifying trip to outer space through music.
Read MoreThe two one-hour sets of jazz—with no break, just a constant fluidity--provided gripping moments, gentle minimalism and a constantly improvised approach...
Read MoreBoth guitarists manage to pack in so much awareness of the full range of jazz guitar into their playing, it felt like there were more than two guitarists playing every moment.
Read MoreIn Tom Pierson’s live concert anything can happen, but one thing always happens--great music.
Read MoreWhether playing her own originals or audience-friendly standards, she delivered an accomplished, complete sense of jazz on every tune.
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