Bassist extraordinaire Henry “Skipper” Franklin has been performing five nights a week at Mission Inn Hotel in Riverside for very close to ten years. He has used a variety of pianists over the time, keeping the mix well stirred.
Of great pianists working in the business, Gary Matsumoto comes from a fine educational [...]

Sonny Fortune, the great post bop alto saxophonist, flutist and composer, appears at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago for four nights from Thursday, January 8th through Saturday, January 11th. Fortune is a riveting improvisor who can play inside or out with a logic and passion that never loses the listener. In his monthly Jazz [...]

Multi-reedist and Skokie, IL native John Temmerman’s new recording, Live in Evanston – John’s Mixed Bag captures his band in live quartet and quintet performances from 2007 and 2008. “It’s a live recording, which is a first for me… Probably the last,” he says drolly in his characteristic dry manner. “I’ve learned that live [...]

An audience of almost 3,000 clapped and cheered as Woody Allen and his jazz band gave their first ever concert in Poland on Sunday. The filmmaker, playing the clarinet, was accompanied by his New Orleans Jazz Band for a performance of traditional jazz.

“We will do our best to entertain you,” Allen told the audience at [...]

Freddie Hubbard, widely regarded as the most gifted jazz trumpeter of the post-bebop ’60s and ’70s, died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 70. The cause of death was attributed to complications from a heart attack he suffered November 26th, according to Dave Weiss, his longtime manager.
From the beginning, Hubbard’s [...]

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Smoke Jazz & Supper Club
New York, NY
New York’s world-renowned sextet One For All, taking its inspiration from the legendary groups of Miles Davis and Art Blakey, is an invigorating, high octane sextet that features original compositions and exceptional soloists. The band will close out 2008 with a special New Year’s [...]

Without a star-studded cast of players Vonada crafts a very fine first effort using local talent producing a nice result. His quartet includes Adam Kurland on keyboards, Jacob Hibel on bass and John Sullivan manning the drums.

The album features eight boppish originals ranging from Swing, Latin to a bit of jazz funk. Unlike some albums [...]

Indigo Dream Music releases a new single, “Looking To The Light”, an original song by Sylvia Winsby. Glowing jazz harmonies warm up the winter holiday season in this duo recording featuring Murray Low, Grammy nominated pianist, with Sylvia’s heartfelt vocal. Their sound feels like a private concert in your living room, setting a mellow tone [...]

The multi-talented international adult contemporary singer/songwriter, Kenny Martin, has released his brand new CD entitled “As We Walk,” which features his chart-topping single “This Train Station.” The album features thirteen upbeat rock songs, including the title track and “Tomorrow’s Memory,” that are hard hitting radio masterpieces of melodic adventures.
“As We Walk” was recorded and produced [...]

Jazz pianist and singer Page Cavanaugh, whose popular trio in the 1940s and 1950s played in motion pictures and on Frank Sinatra’s radio show, has died at 86. Cavanaugh died of kidney failure December 19th at a nursing home in San Fernando Valley, said Phil Mallory, his bass player of 18 years.

The Page Cavanaugh [...]