A great album by Kenny Dorham was recorded live at the Blue Morocco jazz club in the Bronx in 1967 featuring the trumpet ...

Cecile McLorin Salvant returns to The Dakota on January 28th The end of 2023 was so busy with music that I forgot to start the Lead Sheet in time for New Year’s Day! Will Kjeer Looking Back! My ...

The title of this album comes from the lines “Where should we go after the last frontiers? Where should the birds fly after the last sky?” These are from the poem “The Earth is Closing on Us” by the ...

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 ...

If you would like to be seated in The Williamsburg Room for jazz let them know upon making your reservation. There is a $10 per guest charge for all guests requesting The Williamsburg Room or Live ...

The 2024 TD James Moody Jazz Festival took place from November 7 to 24 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). In the Festival brochure, it says “I’ve always said the best has yet to be heard.” ...

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’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chicago-based trumpeter-vocalist-composer Rob Mazurek will lead his 10-piece Exploding Star Orchestra, Friday, December 5 at 7:30 at the Walker Art Center. Inspired by the sounds of “meta-versal ...

Jimmy Cobb plays drums throughout all tracks. The Wynton Kelly trio member Paul Chambers plays bass in Side A only and a sub of the highest caliber, Ron Carter, on Side B. Herman Wright plays on the ...

All over Fort Adams State Park there were signs in tribute to George. Before the beginning of the first day’s concerts, the Jumbotron at the Fort Stage showed an early interview with Wein discussing ...