The Three Pods of Pepper (reedman Norman Field, plectrist and singer Spats Langham, and bass saxophonist Frans Sjostrom — hot wizards all!) got together at the Whitley Bay International Jazz Fes… more →
Jazz Livesjazzlives wrote 1 day ago: The Three Pods of Pepper (reedman Norman Field, plectrist and singer Spats Langham, and bass saxopho … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 day ago: The Three Pods of Pepper (reedman Norman Field, plectrist and singer Spats Langham, and bass saxopho … more →
jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: Whose honey are you? In the hotel breakfast bar, Billie oversees the butter, buttery spread, jam, an … more →
Archer wrote 4 days ago: Irreplaceable Surrounded By all possible realities We wait, breathlessly For one, or another An … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Last night — Thursday, July 9, 2009 — I witnessed the kind of jazz creativity and brave … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: David Ostwald, the tuba-playing, wise-cracking leader of the Louis Armstrong Centennial Band, has c … more →
jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: Egged on by the inestimable Messrs. Riccardi and Hutchinson, I present my unexpurgated and hugely id … more →
jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: Hi Michael, Your many readers who remain in New York for the summer may like knowing that Peter Eckl … more →
jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: Like most Americans, I commute to work by car, even though I know that my choice has huge adverse ef … more →
jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: This is a wonderful piece by the Scottish journalist and friend of jazz, in celebration of one of th … more →
jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: News, always welcome, from the Louis Armstrong House Museum. I know that July 4, 1900, has been dis … more →
egs001 wrote 3 weeks ago: Inspired by her role in Dreamgirls, Knowles worked on her second album without any specific plan, te … more →
egs001 wrote 3 weeks ago: Beyonce Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981), best known mononymously as Beyoncé, is an … more →
jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: This performance — faster than usual, happily so — took place last night, Sunday, June 2 … more →
jazzlives wrote 4 weeks ago: When I get new jazz compact discs to review, a good percentage feature women jazz singers. I am sur … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: Drummer and jazz scholar Kevin Dorn and I were discussing these historical drum ads at Birdland last … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: Aspiring novelists in Creative Writing classes are told, “Write what you know.” In jazz … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: I may have overwhelmed readers of this blog with my new enthusiasm for the Whitley Bay International … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: No matter how fast the tempo becomes, the greatest jazz players don’t rush. They breathe betw … more →