Portugal’s SeixalJazz 2022
At SeixalJazz, across the graceful April 25th suspension bridge from Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon, the festival must go on. The last couple of pandemic … Read More “Portugal’s SeixalJazz 2022”
Perry Tannenbaum
Perry Tannenbaum has been covering the performing arts in Charlotte, the Carolinas, and beyond for over 30 years. Aside from JazzTimes, his work has appeared in AllAboutJazz, Backstage, Classical Voice North America, Dance International, BroadwayWorld, Queen City Nerve, CVNC.org, Creative Loafing, and American Record Guide. Since 1991, he has likely logged more reviews and features on Spoleto Festival USA than any other writer and is currently working on a fictionalized account of the festival’s founding and history.
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The Spoleto Festival USA Roars Back
It’s difficult to imagine what the stage and the audience would have looked like at Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, if Rhiannon Giddens’ new … Read More “The Spoleto Festival USA Roars Back”
The Cookers at Spoleto Festival USA 2021
After a pandemic-induced hiatus that canceled last year’s 17-day event, Spoleto Festival USA was back in Charleston, South Carolina, for 2021—but not all the way. … Read More “The Cookers at Spoleto Festival USA 2021”
Live Review: Spoleto Festival USA 2019
There had never been anything like it before at Spoleto Festival USA—four consecutive days of 100-degree heat—and nothing like it before in Charleston, S.C., where … Read More “Live Review: Spoleto Festival USA 2019”
Live Review: Savannah Music Festival 2019
Call it the Jazz at Lincoln Center influence, but the Savannah Music Festival’s annual Jazz Week (March 29-April 5) had a bit more of an … Read More “Live Review: Savannah Music Festival 2019”
Live Review: Spoleto Festival USA
Two years ago, there was a changing of the guard in Charleston, S.C, as Spoleto Festival USA brought jazz to the forefront of its 40th-anniversary … Read More “Live Review: Spoleto Festival USA”
Jazz at the 2017 Spoleto Festival USA
Dee Dee Bridgewater didn’t exactly say that a diva can sing any damn thing she pleases. But she came close. Kicking off the Wells Fargo … Read More “Jazz at the 2017 Spoleto Festival USA”
Review: 2017 Savannah Music Festival
Jazz is always prominent when the Savannah Music Festival cranks up its eclectic assortment, with diehard jazz fans dropping anchor during Jazz Week, culminating in the … Read More “Review: 2017 Savannah Music Festival”
Spoleto Festival USA
Performances included Cécile McLorin Salvant, Randy Weston and more
Review: The 2016 Savannah Music Festival
Shy folk charm and dazzle in Georgia
Review: Spoleto Festival USA 2015
Amid a potent lineup, triumphant Reeves stands out
Review: The Savannah Music Festival 2015
Horns meet mallets for a new kind of showdown
Review: Spoleto Festival USA 2014
The divas dominate in South Carolina
Charismatic Jazz Singing and Hard Swinging at the 2014 Savannah Music Festival
March 20-April 5 in Savannah, Georgia
Live Review: Spoleto Festival USA 2013
An eclectic mix in Charleston
Review: Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC, 2012
International lineup flashes virtuosity and fire
Benoît Delbecq/François Houle: Because She Hoped
Parisian pianist Benoît Delbecq and Canadian clarinetist François Houle don’t collaborate very often. Their three Songlines recordings span 14 years, with their previous summit meeting, … Read More “Benoît Delbecq/François Houle: Because She Hoped”
Review: The Savannah Music Festival, March 22-April 7
An all-star galaxy at a festival within a festival
Jenny Scheinman: Mischief & Mayhem
Jenny Scheinman always makes her next move a guessing game. The mercurial fiddler telegraphed this one when her Mischief & Mayhem quartet played the Village … Read More “Jenny Scheinman: Mischief & Mayhem”
Orchestre National de Jazz: Shut Up and Dance
With frequently changing personnel and leadership, ONJ has been remarkably chameleonic during its 25 years, sometimes, as when Paolo Damiani was at the helm for … Read More “Orchestre National de Jazz: Shut Up and Dance”
Spoleto Festival, South Carolina, 2011
A fine and mellow jazz lineup running the gamut from Dianne Reeves to Trombone Shorty
Savannah Music Festival: An All-Star Galaxy
Perry Tannenbaum reviews select jazz performances during music festival in Savannah, Georgia, held on March 24-April 9, 2011
Ehud Asherie: Organic
After three releases on Posi-Tone leading small combos from the piano, 31-year-old Israeli native Ehud Asherie switches over to Hammond organ for his latest quartet … Read More “Ehud Asherie: Organic”
Ehud Asherie: Welcome to New York
On Welcome to New York, his first-ever solo-piano collection, Asherie’s mastery of various masters’ styles, from Waller and Tatum and Dave McKenna on down, puts … Read More “Ehud Asherie: Welcome to New York”
Terry Myers: Smiles
With his smooth, mellow-toned lucidity, tenor saxophonist Terry Myers evokes memories of swing-era stalwarts Bud Freeman and Budd Johnson. But when he lathers up-or pulls … Read More “Terry Myers: Smiles”
Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Review of performance on January 29, 2011 at Rose Hall
One For All: Incorrigible
If the titles of this sextet’s recent discs for Sharp Nine, The Lineup and Return of the Lineup, suggested that the group was in a … Read More “One For All: Incorrigible”
Jazz at Spoleto Festival USA
Perry Tannenbaum reviews jazz segment of Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina
Savannah Music Festival
Perry Tannenbaum reviews performances by Clayton Brothers, Bill Frisell Trio, Ken Peplowski, Ben Tucker and Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Bas at festival in Savannah, Ga.