Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019
The 15th annual DC Jazz Festival marked the full maturation of an event that began in 2004 as the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival; it’s been … Read More “Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019”
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Live Review: Atlanta Jazz Festival 2019
If you’re smart, when you attend the Atlanta Jazz Festival in 93-degree heat and unrelenting sun with zero breeze, you do what a lot of … Read More “Live Review: Atlanta Jazz Festival 2019”
Concert Review: 2017 Playboy Jazz Festival
Los Angeles’ Playboy Jazz Festival is often a mélange of R&B, pop, funk and smooth jazz, which leaves mainstream jazz and blues marginalized. However, for … Read More “Concert Review: 2017 Playboy Jazz Festival”
Ninety Miles Live at Cubadisco: Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott
Ninety Miles, the Afro-Cuban recording by vibraphonist Stefon Harris, saxophonist David Sánchez and trumpeter Christian Scott, was among 2011’s best releases; Cubadisco, its new live … Read More “Ninety Miles Live at Cubadisco: Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott”
Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott: Ninety Miles
Bring three of jazz’s brightest stars to Havana and pair them with two of Cuba’s best young pianists and their quartets. It took a year … Read More “Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott: Ninety Miles”