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
Newport is best experienced by stage-hopping FESTIVALS Newport is best experienced by stage-hopping https://JazzBlues.EU August 26, 2017 There’s a very true cliché that jazz musicians, producers, promoters and other industry folks like to deploy...Read More
Is a strange story with deep roots BOOKS Is a strange story with deep roots https://JazzBlues.EU August 25, 2017 Sometime around 1890, the blues emerged as a distinct African-American art form, rooted in the southern U.S....Read More
Video: Kenny Garrett Quintet – J. Mac VIDEOS Video: Kenny Garrett Quintet – J. Mac https://JazzBlues.EU August 25, 2017 Kenny Garrett Quintet / Jazzwoche Burghausen 2017 Kenny Garrett – alto sax, soprano sax Corcoran Holt – bass...Read More
John Coltrane is described as one of jazz’s most influential musicians MUSICIANS John Coltrane is described as one of jazz’s most influential musicians https://JazzBlues.EU August 25, 2017 Despite a relatively brief career (he first came to notice as a sideman at age 29 in...Read More
Field Notes: Newport 2017: The fest wraps with plenty of sun and groove CONCERTS Field Notes: Newport 2017: The fest wraps with plenty of sun and groove https://JazzBlues.EU August 25, 2017 “I view the [jazz] tradition as being like the roots of a tree,” the bassist Christian McBride told JT writer Nate...Read More