“This is the first time we’ve had a chance to play the kind of music that we grew up with together.” While this wasn’t stated by leader Nathan East, the exuded shout out by drummer Steve Ferrone captured the mood…
Category: Concert Reviews
The Jazz Bakery’s Moveable Feast Presents: Yosvany Terry’s Afro-Cuban Quintet@Moss Theatre 08.04.18
As alto saxist and leader showed the audience at the Moss Theatre Saturday night, there is life beyond Dizzy Gillespie’s Afro Cuban jazz classic “Manteca” as Terry and his Quintet have taken the Afro Cuban sounds initially popularized by Gillespie…
Pretzel Logic @Vitello’s 08.03.18
As they demonstrated at Vitello’s Friday night, the thing that sets Pretzel Logic apart from other “tribute” bands is that leader and keyboardist Steve Chernove takes the music of Donald Fagen and Walter Brecker and use their tunes not as…
Albert Lee@Bogie’s Bar 07.08.18
Yes, there are guitar player with more fiendish chops and can do wilder electronic wizardry with the pedals to make sounds that hit the ozone layer. But, as he displayed with his band at Bogie’s on Sunday night, the reason…
The Jazz Bakery’s “Moveable Feast” Presents: The Gerald Clayton Quartet@The Moss Theatre 06.30.18
As demonstrated with his stints with such luminaries such as Roy Hargrove, Charles Lloyd and his own dad John, pianist Gerald Clayton showed the packed house at the Moss Theatre on Saturday night that he is also quite a mathematician.…
Danny Green Trio & Strings@The Blue Whale 06/27.18
Delivering the music from his latest album One Day It Will, pianist Danny Green showed that melding strings together with post-bop jazz can be more than simply adding wallpaper to an already finished room. Augmenting his long time team of…
David Garfield CD Release@Catalina’s 06.12.18
Although he’s been on albums as a sideman for the likes of Van Morrison, George Benson and Freddie Hubbard, David Garfield’s own albums have been rare treats. The pianist/keyboardist has finally put out a new one, the fresh and vibrant…
Jamison Ross@The Blue Whale 06.09.18
At this stage in his career, Jamison Ross showed the packed Blue Whale that he is faced with a problem many dream of. While he won the 2012 Thelonious Monk Award from his drum skills, as he demonstrated Saturday night…
Chick Corea’s Elektric Band@Catalina’s 05.30.18
Chick Corea’s Elektric Band put the fuse back into fusion as they lit a match that exploded at the packed house at Catalina’s Wednesday night. The team of Corea and Eric Marienthal/as-ss, Frank Gambale/g, Dave Weckl/dr and John Patitucci/b have…
Ken Peplowski & Diego Figueiredo@Vitello’s 04.18.19
Blues, ballads and bossas were in the air as Ken Peplowski and Diego Figuieredo delivered a 90 minute set of sublime duets that evoke musical images of Jobim, Goodman and Ellington Friday night at Vitello’s. Peplowski’s big and breathy tenor…