Nov 14, 2023 10:59 AM
Shyu, Tonooka, Jeanty Renew Improv-Forged Bond at Jazz Gallery
When Jen Shyu, Sumi Tonooka and Val Jeanty got together in February for a freely improvised set at the Stone, they…
Nov 14, 2023 10:59 AM
When Jen Shyu, Sumi Tonooka and Val Jeanty got together in February for a freely improvised set at the Stone, they…
Nov 6, 2023 3:03 AM
At this early stage of her career, the bassist and bandleader Endea Owens — a product of the Detroit music scene…
Nov 6, 2023 2:09 AM
In the second week of its 25th anniversary edition, Enjoy Jazz fortified its position among international music…
Oct 24, 2023 11:23 AM
The 66th Monterey Jazz Festival (including the cancelled festival of 2020) was the final one to have Tim Jackson as…
Oct 17, 2023 12:09 PM
A bold move by president/artistic director Chris Collins at the 44th Detroit Jazz Fest — ditching one of the four…
Aug 8, 2023 3:53 PM
“Something for everybody” was the strategy of the Ed Sullivan Show, the most successful variety show in TV history,…
Aug 8, 2023 12:29 PM
Canada’s capital city was beset by oppressive humidity and smoke from distant forest fires, broken occasionally by…
Aug 8, 2023 12:18 PM
Of the jazz festivals that Norway sponsors throughout the year, Kongsberg Jazzfestival is one of the oldest and most…
Aug 8, 2023 11:56 AM
Jazz of all stripes ruled the theaters of Playhouse Square during the 44th annual Cuyahoga Community College JazzFest,…
Aug 1, 2023 1:00 PM
One privilege of covering an event scaled as large as the bountiful Montreal Jazz Festival is the opportunity to leave…