On November 15 th and 16 th, 2024, the gorgeous, art-filled Jazz Forum nightclub in Tarrytown, NY, hosted David Amram’s 94 th ...

DJ Mike Gow from WZBG Radio’s Sunday Morning Jazz show was the host of this Festival. Gow told the audience that the entire Festival was dedicated to the memory of the late bassist Mario Pavone, who ...

In its 11 th year, the TD James Moody Jazz Festival was once again held largely at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). This has become one of the premier autumn jazz events in the ...

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Producer and music sleuth Zev Feldman launched his new label venture, Jazz Detective, with the release of two double albums, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse Volume 1 (1963 and 1964) and ...

I can think of few others who embody the phrase “larger than life’ as Charles Mingus does. Imposing in both physical and artistic stature, his influence on twentieth century music was immense. To have ...

The end of 2023 was so busy with music that I forgot to start the Lead Sheet in time for New Year’s Day! The Phil Hey Quartet at kj’s Actually that is the tip of the iceberg of holiday gigs in the ...

Celebrating virtuoso Kieth Jarrett at 80, ECM records is releasing New Vienna, which is the fourth album to be issued from his 2016 European tour. This follows ECM’s release of Munich 2016 released in ...

When he was starting out, Goldings said, he patterned his soun d after that of the great Jimmy Smith and also Wes Montgomery sidekick Mel Rhyne. He takes a different approach these days. Goldings’ ...

Alto saxophonist extraordinaire Miguel Zenón is releasing his longstanding quartet’s first-ever live album featuring pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Hans Glawischnig, and drummer Henry Cole. Vanguardia ...

It’s been more difficult than ever to figure out what season it is, but play it safe and just refer to this as Jazz Season. That seems appropriate anyway. I didn’t get out as much this past month as ...

In 1975 alto saxophone legend and former Monk bandmate, Charlie Rouse, made a recording with Brazilian musicians melding modern Brazilian music with jazz. This reissue tells another tale of two ...