Dec 9, 2025 12:28 PM
In Memoriam: Gordon Goodwin, 1954–2025
Gordon Goodwin, an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.…
Tour dates have been announced for this year’s Zappa Plays Zappa tour, featuring Dweezil Zappa playing the music of his father, Frank Zappa
The tour follows the recent release of a live DVD shot during the course of last year’s tour. Details are available at zappa.com.
Dates are as follows:
July: 18 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Centennial Concert Hall; 19 - Detroit Lakes, MN - 10,000 Lakes Festival; 20 - Chicago, IL - Centennial Concert Hall; 21 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave; 22 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room; 24 - Cincinnati, OH - Moonlite Gardens; 25 - Erie, PA - Warner Theatre; 26 - Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion; 27 - Detroit, MI - Meadow Brook Festival; 28 - Cleveland, OH - Cain Park; 30 - Toronto, Ontario - Hummingbird; 31 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
August: 1 - Quebec City, Quebec - Albert Rousseau Hall; 2 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino; 4 - Boston, MA - Fleet Boston Pavilion; 5 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre; 6 - Westbury, NY - North Fork Theatre at Westbury; 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory; 9 - Baltimore, MA - Ram’s Head Tavern; 10 - Norfolk, VA - NorVa; 11 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium; 13 - Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom; 15 - Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium; 16 - Tucson, AZ - Fox Theatre; 17 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre; 18 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues; 20 - Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Community Theatre; 21 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues; 22 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues; 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
September: 25 - London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire; 26 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Koncerthus; 27 - Amsterdam, Netherlands- New Melkweg; 29 - Fribourg, Switzerland - Le Fri-Son; 30 - Munich, Germany Circus Krone
October: 1 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle; 3 - Stuttgart, Germany - Beethovensaal; 4 - Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle; 5 - Paris, France - Grand Rex; 6 - Antwerp, Belgium - Elisabeth Hall; 8 - Arhus, Denmark - The Music House; 9 - Stavanger, Norway – Koncerthus; 10 - Bergen, Norway - Peer Gynt; 12 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene; 13 - Lund, Sweden - Olympen; 14 - Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus
Goodwin was one of the most acclaimed, successful and influential jazz musicians of his generation.
Dec 9, 2025 12:28 PM
Gordon Goodwin, an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.…
Belá Fleck during an interview with Fredrika Whitfield on CNN.
Jan 13, 2026 2:09 PM
The fallout from the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to include President Donald…
The success of Oregon’s first album, 1971’s Music Of Another Present Era, allowed Towner to establish a solo career.
Jan 19, 2026 5:02 PM
Ralph Towner, a guitarist and composer who blended multiple genres, including jazz — and throughout them all remained…
Peplowski first came to prominence in legacy swing bands, including the final iteration of the Benny Goodman Orchestra, before beginning a solo career in the late 1980s.
Feb 3, 2026 12:10 AM
Ken Peplowski, a clarinetist and tenor saxophonist who straddled the worlds of traditional and modern jazz, died Feb. 2…
Rico’s Anti-Microbial Instrument Swab
Jan 19, 2026 2:48 PM
With this year’s NAMM Show right around the corner, we can look forward to plenty of new and innovative instruments…
