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…
Category: Concert Reviews
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…
Wishbone Ash @ The Canyon Club 04.20.18
The simple phrase “two lead guitars” is up there along with “twilight night doubleheader” as one that evokes excitement and anticipation to the fans in the know. Few bands have been able to carry it off. Wishbone Ash (along with…
Cecile McLorin Salvant@The Soraya 04.18.19
With each year, even in this early part of her career, vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant is becoming more and more of an artist who sings than simply a “jazz singer.” Instead of performing in her more usual trio format, Ms.…
The Jazz Bakery’s “Moveable Feast” Presents: Lionel Loueke Trio@Moss Theatre 04.15.18
Benin-born Lionel Loueke has made a successful career walking the tightrope of mixing traditional African sounds with guitar and voice with American post bop. At the acoustically adroit Moss Theatre, Loueke and his long-standing team of Massimo Biolcati/b and Ferenc…
Joey DeFrancesco Trio@Catalina’s 03.29.18
Like the keyboards that he has mastered, Joey DeFrancesco is able to create a wide variety of moods, sounds and grooves that touch various parts of your heart, soul and mind, as he demonstrated Thursday night at Catalina’s. During his…
Bria Skonberg@Scherr Theatre 03.18.18
At the Scherr Theatre Sunday night, Bria Skonberg demonstrated why she is perfectly equipped to be the next spokeswoman for jazz to today’s generation. During her 100 minute set with her band of Nate Ketner/ts-cl, Mathis Picard/p-vib, Devin James Starks/b…
Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano@The Broad Stage 03.17.18
While there is a plethora of bands that deliver the infectious sounds of Afro-Cuban, few deliver them from the African side of the world. Richard Bona, Cameroon-born bassist and vocalist, brought his vibrant Mandekan Cuban band to put the “Afro”…
Donny McCaslin@The Blue Whale 03.05.18
Taking time out from his work with Maria Schneider’s Orchestra, tenor saxist Donny McCaslin took a major step forward from his work with and dedicated to the late David Bowie and delivered an exciting 70 minute set of fresh new…