New Haven Sax Sits In Everyone was with the band at Cafe 9 Saturday jazz jam. Jisu Sheen 16 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Hartford "Dandelion Puff" Takes It Time At sunset, thanks to 3 jazz musicians from 3 continents. Jamil Ragland 15 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
Detroit Allen Dennard Arrives Red-hot Detroit jazz trumpeter and composer returns Motor City Wine for release of album he recorded there. Ryan Patrick Hooper 12 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland Uptown Jazz Orchestra at Yoshi's Delfeayo Marsalis's New Orleans-based brass ensemble celebrates the musical traditions of their city in an updated, eclectic musical gumbo. Jeff Kaliss 21 Mar 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Afro-Cuban Jazz Legend Gets Crowd Dancing Pianist and songwriter Chucho Valdés and band Irakere 50 bring Havana to Oakland. Jeff Kaliss 3 Mar 2025 · 4 min read
New Haven Cécile Leads The Charge Grammy-winning jazz vocalist McLorin Salvant charts her own path in New Haven concert. Etai Smotrich-Barr 26 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
New Haven A 20-Something Jazz Trio Blossoms Slide into originals at radio performance. Paul Bass 23 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
New Haven Synchronicity Set Jazz trio Clutchtet brings the underground aboveground to a popular New Haven bar Etai Smotrich-Barr 20 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
New Haven Original Jazz Compositions Shine At Jazzy's Cabaret, where Avery Wyman Quartet wove new sounds amid the standards. Midbrow Editor 13 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
New Haven The Underground Rises Quartet lights up a vegan-friendly soccer pub, at latest installment of jazz series. Midbrow Editor 3 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Detroit Jazz Heads Take Over Elew lets loose at a Detroit spot that changes character as the weekend begins. Ryan Patrick Hooper 13 Dec 2024 · 2 min read
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