Whether as a means to showcase his diversity, or perhaps a distraction from the occasionally stoic nature of the concert hall, cellist Yo Yo Ma founded “The Silk Road Ensemble” years ago and it’s been a virtual goodwill mission for players and fans worldwide ever since. As the group name suggests, their mission is to […]
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A couple of years back, tragedy struck the family of a gifted musician. Matt Wilson’s wife Felicia passed away. They were partners in the usual sense of married couples: They had raised triplet sons and a daughter, and lived together in a very musical household. She was an accomplished violinist and educator, leading youth orchestras […]
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Thursday Night Jazz at Reverie will be the scene of significantly jazzy commotion this week (June 2) when the Rodney Ruckus Trio takes the stage at 9 pm. To say that the young drummer has been creating a “ruckus” would be an understatement. His cohorts on this gig are equally capable of raising the roof– […]
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Ed. note: Not intended to be exhaustive, just some subjective highlights of the coming month June 1. dVRG Redefined at Jazz Central, 8:30 pm. One of the Renaissance men of jazz, deVon R. Gray is a prolific composer and multi-instrumentalist, teaming up in this ensemble with guitarist James Everest and percussionist Davu Seru on Jazz […]
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When Crooners Lounge launched a Tuesday Night Instrumental Jazz series last fall, one of the first performers was octogenarian saxman Dave Karr and his quartet. A few months later when Crooners opened its intimate listening space, the Dunsmore Room, the Dave Karr Quartet was on the Tuesday night schedule during the first month. Now Dave […]
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