Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova. There, despite having been eliminated the week ...

The Baylor Project pays homage to their wide-ranging musical influences. In doing so, they generate an eclectic sound whose overall effect is spiritual, buoyant, feel-good music.

The 2023 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (CPJF) took place from August 20 to 27 throughout New York City. The FREE activities included a community cookout with bassist Endea Owens; Jazz In the Garden: ...

In its 11 th year, the TD James Moody Jazz Festival was once again held largely at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). This has become one of the premier autumn jazz events in the ...

The title of this album comes from the lines “Where should we go after the last frontiers? Where should the birds fly after the last sky?” These are from the poem “The Earth is Closing on Us” by the ...

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival turned 30 in 2022! The SummerStage production took place from August 24-28, and was completely FREE, with activities throughout New York City. The events included ...

The end of 2023 was so busy with music that I forgot to start the Lead Sheet in time for New Year’s Day! The Phil Hey Quartet at kj’s Actually that is the tip of the iceberg of holiday gigs in the ...

The 25th Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival will fill Mears Park with music, June 23-24 “In 2009, both the Strib and PP reported that they didn’t know exactly when Lowertown had turned around, but knew ...

Producer and music sleuth Zev Feldman launched his new label venture, Jazz Detective, with the release of two double albums, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse Volume 1 (1963 and 1964) and ...

At the 2024 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, clarinetist and bandleader Doreen Ketchens finished her set in the Economy Hall tent and announced her next gig: “We’ll be back on the street ...

Having been mentored by both Joey Defrancesco and Dr Lonnie Smith, Pat Bianchi built upon that knowledge to find his own unique voice and established himself as one of the premier organists on the ...