How different can four acclaimed jazz drummers sound when playing on the same drum set, in the same venue, on four different nights, with four different bands? San Diego music fans will soon be able ...
Buffalo’s jazz fans aren’t always properly served on a weekly basis. Not so when Nashville outfit Dynamo is joined by local quintet The Truth for a night of jazz fusion inside Buffalo favorite ...
When saxophonist Richard Howell talks about his formative influences, he doesn’t just name the jazz legends he consorted with as a young musician. The Southern California native got his start on the ...
It's hard to say how the average jazz fan comes to an appreciation of improvised music—and we're talking here spontaneous compositions, not merely an improvised solo in the middle of a mainstream song ...
In concert, Jamie Cullum seems irrepressibly impish — and not just because he’s short and cute. No, it’s because he’s a whirl of energy, banging away at his piano (or any other surface), jumping on ...
Jazz first attracted a mass audience in the years following the First World War, almost 90 years ago. Frequent revivals notwithstanding, the question is often posed, “who will carry the torch in the ...