This Christmas season continues to be an Advent Calendar of daily presents for guitar fans, with Joe Bonamassa, Bill Frisell with Julian Lage and now Mike Stern all coming in to town this week. Christmas trees are in danger with…
Category: Concert Reviews
Rock Candy Funk Party w/ Joe Bonamassa @ The Baked Potato 12.04.19
“We started out as a cover band” confessed guitarist Joe Bonamassa as he emceed his annual shedding of his shark skin suit and shades and cruised in on his vintage Cruiser to take his pilgrimage and a “regular member” of…
Roger Kellaway’s 80th Birthday Celebration @ Feinstein’s at Vitellos 11.29.19
Celebrating a life that has included stints with as wide a palate as Art Pepper, Bobby Darin, Don Ellis and even the theme song for the TV show All In The Family, piano legend Roger Kellaway packed the house and…
Michael Landau Trio @ The Baked Potato 11.08.19
“We’re recording tonight, so please sing along!” So joked guitarist Michael Landau as he took some time off from his stint with Steve Gadd, teamed up with fellow Gaddite bassist Jimmy Johnson and rounded out the power trio with none…
George Garzone Quartet with Peter Erskine @SamFirst Bar 10.23.19
Returning to the site of their successfully recorded album 3 Nights In LA, the team of saxist George Garzone with pianist Alan Pasqua, bassist Darek Oles and legendary drummer Peter Erskine showed that the previous visit here was no fluke,…
Joel Ross’ Good Vibes @ Blue Whale 10.15.19
Presenting music from his gracious and lyrical Blue Note debut , vibist Joel Ross brought most of the teammates from that same session, but allowing the concise studio tunes stretch out and segue into one another for two half hour…
Chick Corea Trilogy @ Royce Hall 10.03.19
Jazz legend Sonny Rollins once said that “each album is an invitation to a concert.” If that is true, then Royce Hall was packed with RSVPs from the pair of Trilogy albums released by famed pianist Chick Corea and his…
Jazzmeia Horn @ Blue Whale 09.27.19
Even though she’s only released only her second album, vocalist Jazzmeia Horn showed during her 75 minute set at Blue Whale that she could very well be the torch carrier for today’s generation of jazz fans. Teamed with a swinging…
Al Di Meola@The Lobero Theatre
For the past few tours, guitarist Al Di Meola has performed music from his wide ranging catalogue with his electric guitar and focusing on material from his hard hitting classic Elegant Gypsy album . This time around, his “Past, Present,…
Mark Knopfler @ The Greek 09.22.19
With Mark Knopfler’s career taking him now to record on the jazz-associated Blue Note Records, one must have wondered where this new association would take him. Even the music piped in recorded music was flavored with sounds of swing, as…