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The 2022 Montreal Jazz Festival – The Music is Back!

November 11, 2022 •

The Manhattan Transfer © Kevin R. Mason The past couple of years have certainly been a strange time, and the music industry has been adapting to these pandemic circumstances. Live […]

Elling, JazzMN Orchestra swing at Crooners

October 26, 2022 •

Kurt Elling with the JazzMN Orchestra in the Belvedere at Crooners By Dan Emerson Two-time Grammy winner Kurt Elling is renowned for his formidable vocal instrument which made him an […]

Four hands, one music

October 19, 2022 •

By Dan Emerson One of Cuban-born piano virtuoso Ignacio “Nachito” Herrera’s stated ambitions is to combine his wide-ranging musical influences into one music. With the help of violin virtuoso Karen […]

Ramsey Lewis: 1935-2022

September 12, 2022 •

Ramsey Lewis (at The Dakota, 2013) Three-time Grammy winning pianist and NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis died in his sleep at home in Chicago on September 12. He was 87. […]

Washington’s expansive sound reverberates at Dakota

August 31, 2022 •

By Dan emerson “Please welcome the AMAZING Kamasi Washington.” The sold-out audience waiting for Washington’s late show at the Dakota on August 26 reacted with appropriate enthusiasm for the jazz […]

Joey DeFrancesco: 1971-2022

August 26, 2022 •

Joey D at Crooners, 2018 “I’ve always been stretching the boundaries of the instrument since day one,” he told Philadelphia Weekly in 2019. “I have my influences, but nobody’s played […]