Tulsa An Evening of Ceremony: Joy Harjo’s Native Jazz-Rock Our world moves fast, and something special happens when these four focus on a center point—almost like an incantation. Kathryn Parkman 1 Nov 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Dang Clarinet! The Austin-based Miró Quartet, along with clarinetist David Shifrin, delivered a show that was by turns technically thrilling, culturally edifying, emotionally satisfying, and—wouldn’t you know it—swinging. Z.B. Reeves 24 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Philadelphia Foot Tappers Touch The 1920s Four-piece Gypsy swing band The West Philly Foot Tappers brought 1930s Prohibition-era sounds across state lines to Delaware speakeasy “Hummingbird to Mars” on Thursday. Emily Cohen 22 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa “Jass” As It Was Written The Sanctuary — a dimly lit Chicago nightclub where jazz, blues, and poetry collided — was a pivotal place in the movie Love Jones, where a young poet named Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) attempts to woo Nina Mosley (Nia Long), an aspiring photographer. Ryan Anderson 27 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Inside A Hidden Garden, An Exciting Finale Rick Germanson and Friends Sunset Sounds Series Butler-McCook House Hartford Sept. 12, 2024 Butler-McCook House is a hidden gem right outside of downtown Hartford. I’d walked past its telltale Jamil Ragland 13 Sep 2024 · 2 min read
Philadelphia From Pen To Reed Tom Moon with Ensemble Novo Time Restaurant and Whiskey Bar 1315 Sansom St. Philadelphia Sept. 4, 2024 Saxophonist Tom Moon forgot the melody of Cole Porter’s “I Love You” Nora Grace-Flood 5 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Breathtaking Sax Summit The café tables and booths at Geoffrey’s filled quickly at the 6 p.m. start time on a recent Sunday for what was billed as The Great Saxophone Summit, hosted by Faye, with Joe sharing house… Jeff Kaliss 25 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Tomorrow’s Jazz Stars Bring New Edge To Yesterday’s Music The Austin Phillips Trio The Hopgood/Lord Summer Music Series Bushnell Park Hartford Aug. 14, 2024 I may say something controversial here, but it was refreshing to see jazz music Jamil Ragland 15 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Jazz Sax Floats Like A Feather, Slams Like Thunder Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Featuring the Billy Harper Quintet Bushnell Park Hartford July 8, 2024 Monday Night Jazz is an institution in Hartford and beyond. It’s even been Jamil Ragland 9 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Electric Jazz For Lunch David Lechuga AMP/Oakland Central Lunch and Listen Latham Square 1500 Broadway Ave. Oakland June 20, 2024 Intermittent sunshine broke through, illuminating four men in varying states of dress for Sarah Bass 2 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Jazzed for Brunch Jazz Brunch with Future Standard The Cook and Her Farmer 510 9th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 You know the vibes at a jazz brunch are immaculate when a diner Stacey Peters 24 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford “The Hartford Sound” Is A Real Thing Jazz 201: Unsung Legends and the Hartford Jazz Scene Hartford Public Library Hartford May 13, 2024 There’s a special sound that only jazz musicians trained in Hartford can perform. Jamil Ragland 14 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Humble Hip Hop Trumpeter Packs Out The New Parish Takuya Kuroda w/ Isaiah Mostafa & DJ Wonway Posibul The New Parish 1743 San Pablo Ave. Oakland April 25, 2024 Hip hop heads will grant Takuya Kuroda street cred from Stacey Peters 2 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford All-Women Jazz Trio Breaks Sound Barriers GATHER Women in Jazz: Interview and Concert with Mimi Jones Hartford Public Library Center for Contemporary Culture Hartford March 26, 2024 I’d never seen an all-women jazz performance before, Jamil Ragland 28 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Jazz Millions And Beyond Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey LowDown Tulsa March 2, 2024 Thirty years ago, a group of local high school and college musicians got together to share their collective love of jazz, Alicia Chesser 8 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Grab A Kazoo On Your Way Into Knipple’s Moody Barnyard Knipple’s Variety of Games Show Thelma’s Peach Tulsa Jan. 16, 2024 Your next free Tuesday night begs to be taken up by the Knipple residency at Thelma’s Z.B. Reeves 25 Jan 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland A Jazz Quartet Walks Into A Brewery Jazz Fridays Original Pattern Brewing 292 4th St. Oakland Jan. 19, 2024 Each Friday evening from 7 to 10 the tasting room at Oakland’s Original Pattern Brewing gets livened Sarah Bass 23 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Allen Lowe Hits High Note With New Music, Documentary Allen Lowe, a man of multiple talents — musician, songwriter, author, historian — likes to argue. Luckily for jazz fans, those arguments fuel his creative output. His life is being captured in Karen Ponzio 17 Jan 2024 · 1 min read
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