Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC) CONCERTS FESTIVALS Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC) https://JazzBlues.EU September 6, 2017 The lineup for this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the...Read More
We are all affected by it and it is a disease CONCERTS VIDEOS We are all affected by it and it is a disease https://JazzBlues.EU September 3, 2017 When Matthew Shipp asked me to design the cover art for his Points album (Silkheart Records, 1992), I showed...Read More
Lee Konitz – often lauded as the rare bebop-era alto saxophonist to diverge from mimetic imitation of Bird CONCERTS Lee Konitz – often lauded as the rare bebop-era alto saxophonist to diverge from mimetic imitation of Bird https://JazzBlues.EU September 1, 2017 Now in its 25th year, New York City’s annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival has evolved from a...Read More
New York shows that this August was too cool CONCERTS New York shows that this August was too cool https://JazzBlues.EU August 31, 2017 Like so many hip things, it would have been easy to write off as a product of...Read More
John Scofield’s Quiet and Loud Jazz at JALC CONCERTS John Scofield’s Quiet and Loud Jazz at JALC https://JazzBlues.EU August 30, 2017 John Scofield with Gary Grainger, Dennis Chambers and Jim Beard (from left to right) (photo by Lawrence...Read More
Cécile McLorin Salvant generated the intimacy of her club sets on the massive Fort main stage CONCERTS Cécile McLorin Salvant generated the intimacy of her club sets on the massive Fort main stage https://JazzBlues.EU August 26, 2017 There’s a story, an angle to the Newport Jazz Festival this year, other than the long-running narrative...Read More