Reed Aloud: New Sax Releases From Bradford Hayes, Rob Lockart and Woody Witt

Sometimes it seems that every young musician wants to play the saxophone. One of the newest additions to classical orchestras and chamber ensembles, the saxophone rose in popularity with its addition to the jazz band, and...

Barbara Morrison: Jazz Vocalist and Entertainer Extraordinaire at Steamers

Barbara Morrison is a high-velocity performer in the finest sense of the word and has been a regular at Orange County’s Steamers for several years. When you see her show, you know you’ve seen a...

Gearing Up for New York Gig, Mark Rapp Stretches Boundaries

“I think you can uphold jazz ideals, be true to the music and yet still bring the greater public onboard with it,” says jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp. Perhaps more than anyone else among today’s trumpeters, Rapp...

Cuba Meets BeBop: Chuchito Valdes Quartet at Catalina’s on October 7th

“Chuchito Valdés displays the hell-bent intensity and daredevil technique of the elder Valdes – qualities recognized worldwide as hallmarks of Cuban jazz.” – Neal Tesser, Chicago Reader There may be no greater legacy in jazz than...

Geri Allen Trio at the Village Vanguard, October 2-7

“Music at its most evolved transcends language, culture, genre and even time itself.” –Geri Allen  One of the unique and most creative voices of her generation of musicians, pianist Geri Allen will bring her trio into the...

The 5 "Browns in Blue"

The classical and jazz worlds blend together and produce a sound that can only be defined as pure music on Browns in Blue (RCA Red Seal), the newest release from classical music piano superstars, The 5...

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society presents the Dave Valentin on October 7th.

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society presents Flutist, Dave Valentin wth his quintet on Sunday, October 7, from 4:30 to 7:30 PM at 307 Mirada Road in Half Moon Bay. Dave Valentin's Quintet includes Dave Valentin on...

50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Day Three: In a Sentimental Mood

The third day of the Monterey Jazz Festival is always a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the final evening in the Arena is invariably a star-studded event. On the other hand, it’s the final evening....

Off the Air But Still On the Beat: Leigh Kamman Retires From MPR

"His instrument is a microphone. There's only one voice like that in this world." – Percy HughesA long and celebrated era in jazz journalism will end on September 29th with Leigh Kamman’s final broadcast of The...

Karrin Allyson: Sassy, Sexy, and Magnificent at Jazz Alley

“Breathtaking” might be a word one could use to describe Karrin Allyson’s performance at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle Washington on Saturday September 22nd. You could just as easily use the adjectives “sassy, sexy and magnificent”...