Piano Virtuoso Laszlo Gardony Celebrates His Return to Jazz-Friendly...
Unlike some piano virtuosos, Laszlo Gardony, Hungary’s great gift to the American jazz scene, uses his dazzling keyboard mastery to enhance his soulful expressiveness rather than relying on...
View ArticleMulti-Talented Midiri Brothers Join Pianist Jeff Barnhart in Traditional Jazz...
Traditional jazz fans can double their pleasure as the identical twin Midiri brothers, Joe and Paul, coast-to-coast co-champions of classic jazz, display their parallel musical wizardry at the Elks...
View ArticleFreddy Cole Displays Royal Cole Family’s Vocal Tradition at Old Lyme Jazz Club
Living for decades in the shadow of his famous, beloved big brother, Nat “King” Cole, Freddy Cole didn’t begin to emerge as a fine singer and pianist in his own right until the 1990s, when he was...
View ArticleSpringfield Jazz and Roots Festival Fills Court Square with the Unsquare...
A robust celebration of urban life and culture, the Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival -- a free, day-long, outdoor gala reveling in global sounds, arts, crafts, dance, theater and local and ethnic...
View ArticleLitchfield Jazz Festival Mixes Rising Talent With Venerable Veterans
Few, if any, sane gamblers back in 1996 would have bet that the Litchfield Jazz Festival (LJF) -- a then at-risk brainchild of the fearless cultural crusader Vita Muir -- would survive its infancy to...
View ArticleMarguerite Bride Portrays the Jazz Life With Watercolors on Exhibit in...
Before the noted, jazz-loving Berkshire watercolorist Marguerite Bride had pledged her troth to art in the 1990s, the Pittsfield painter had worked as a dedicated registered nurse and a highly regarded...
View ArticleSinger Samirah Evans Displays Operatic Side in Interpretation of “Porgy and...
A powerhouse jazz and blues artist who was uprooted by Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans to Brattleboro, Vermont, Samirah Evans is an unstoppable force of nature on-stage, a sexy, high-octane blend of...
View ArticleFormer Child Prodigy Christian Sands Shows Mature Mastery at New Haven Jazz...
Even as a toddler, Christian Sands, the onetime wunderkind who grew up in New Haven, could play the piano well enough to turn sophisticated listeners’ heads. By age 4, he had taken his first baby steps...
View ArticleAt 55, the Hartford Jazz Society’s Venerable Jazz Cruise Still Steams Full...
A king-size floating concert, festive party, picnic and delightful sight-seeing tour along the scenic Connecticut River Valley, the Hartford Jazz Society ’s celebratory riverboat ramble weighs anchor...
View ArticleKris Allen Finds Truth in Beauty and the Groove on His New CD at Stamford Venue
Listen to alto saxophonist Kris Allen’s splendid, new CD, Beloved , and you might well hear in his rich, expressive playing, evocations of but never imitations of Jackie McLean’s searing, soulful sound...
View ArticleConnecticut Guitar Society’s New Season Celebrates Its Favorite Instrument’s...
If you’re looking for a cool cornucopia of high-quality, live guitar music, check out The Connecticut Guitar Society’s 2016-2017 season. It's stocked with eight concerts bristling with genre-bending,...
View ArticleViolinist Scott Tixier Mixes Fiery Technique With Lyrical Warmth in Stamford
Although he’s now hailed as a rising young star and has just released his second, red-hot album, the brilliant French virtuoso violinist, Scott Tixier, seemed like a nobody from nowhere nearly a decade...
View ArticlePromising New Jazz Festival in Manchester Brightens Region's Fall Season
With the rich crop of summer jazz festivals now behind us, there’s suddenly an early autumn harvest to reap at three immediately upcoming jazz festivals in October, including a brand new, promising...
View ArticleHartford Native Fred Tinsley Leaves Legacy as Versatile, Virtuoso Double Bassist
Fred Tinsley, a celebrated double bassist and Hartford native who was every bit as much at home in the symphonic world as he was when powering a jazz combo, died unexpectedly September 19, 2016, in...
View ArticleRising Cuban Jazz Star Shines at Old Lyme Jazz Club
Cuban pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa’s new, celebratory album, El Viaje (The Voyage) surges with an abundance of inspiring exuberance, pyrotechnical brilliance, fiery passion, luminous lyricism, and...
View ArticleEd Fast Reaps Fall Harvest With New Album, Weekly Series, and Upcoming Gig
With the release of his fine new CD, Do or Die , and the launching of weekly appearances in the new Wine and Jazz Series at the posh Brignole Vineyards in East Granby, Ed Fast , the celebrated Latin...
View ArticleLangston Hughes's Cries for Social Justice Celebrated at Yale’s Ellington...
As narrator, bandleader, trumpeter and composer, Ron McCurdy is the central dynamic force powering his acclaimed, multimedia presentation of a Langston Hughes trailblazing magnum opus, Ask Your Mama:...
View ArticleEddie Henderson and Delfeayo Marsalis Brighten Hartford’s Weekend Fare
Hartford is transformed this weekend into “the Jazz Brass City” of Connecticut as two of its venerable downtown landmarks flow with molten music forged by trumpet great Eddie Henderson at the Polish...
View ArticleJoe Carter Premieres Intercontinental Quartet Featuring Hendrik Meurkens in...
Guitarist Joe Carter, a Bridgeport native who fell madly in love with Brazilian music on a life-changing night in a club in Rio de Janeiro, has over the years transformed himself into one of the...
View ArticleKevin Hays to Blaze and Amaze in Warm Celebration of New CD at Firehouse 12
Returning to the art of the acoustic piano trio, Kevin Hays is celebrating the release of his new, right on the mark album North , which his website proclaims focuses on “history, beauty, and hope.”
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