If there’s one thing that the audience learned from the 90 minute performance by Branford Marsalis’ quartet of Eric Revis/b, Justin Faulkner/dr and Joey Calderazzo/p, it’s that there are some things that simply cannot be replaced by the benefits of…
Category: Concert Reviews
Monty Alexander@Vibrato 10.05.22
“It’s good to have a job!” Which more than anything else captures the enthusiasm of pianist Monty Alexander as he opened his 100 minute set before a packed and enthusiastic audience at Vibratos Wednesday night. Not only was the evening…
Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau/Christian McBride/Brian Blade’s Mood Swing Reunion @ The Soraya 09.22.22
The first Post- COVID season at The Soraya kicked off in high gear and high class with a twenty five year reunion that saxist Joshua Redman joked “got delayed by a few years due to unexpected lockdowns and disease”. Finally…
Kyle Eastwood’s Cinematic Band @ Catalina’s 09.21.22
For the first time, bassist Kyle Eastwood was able to bring his “regular” working band from the other side of the pond to the states, presenting material mostly from his recent creative interpretation of movie themes from the album…
Kansas “Point Of Know Return” Anniversary Tour@BAPAC 09.15.22
It took the band Kansas three years to finally fulfill their promise to celebrate the anniversary of their classic Point of Know Return album, but after delays due to the draconian COVID lockdown, and members of the band getting the…
Andrew Synowiec@The Baked Potato 08.31.22
For the past 50+ years, the Baked Potato has served the jazz community well by being a haven for the studio studs to stretch out their chops after spending the days recording for movies, soundtracks and other artists. Continuing the…
John Patitucci and The Le Coq Records All Stars@Catalina’s 08.23.22
Like the vintage days of Blue Note Records, fairly new label Le Coq Records has gathered together a coterie musicians that mix and match on each other’s projects. The depth of their bench was in evidence Tuesday night at Catalina’s,…
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Los Lobos & Gabe Dixon Wheels of Soul Tour@ The Greek Theatre 08.19.22
Since getting back together from the draconian COVID lockdown, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks have made some changes in their band over the past couple of years, and all three shows at the Greek this Friday night reflected how problems…
Robert Plant & Alison Kraus with JD McPherson@The Greek Theatre 08.18.22
You know it’s going to be a good night of music when the first thing you hear on the loudspeakers as the lights go dim is Thelonious Monk’s rendition of the hymn “Abide With Me”. A night of swinging spirituals?…
Brian Bromberg’s Unapologetically Funky Bombastic Band@Catalina’s 08.12.22
With a catalogue that ranges from being a sideman for Stan Getz to solo albums dedicated to Jaco Pastorius or Jimi Hendrix, the bodaciously bold bassist Brian Bromberg brought in a musical canvas of bright colors with his Unapologetically Funky…