If you’ve been poking around the Jazz Police website lately, you’ve noticed that we have undergone a technology overhaul. On about February 5, our new site went live, now operating on open-source technology from WordPress, with Steve Kenny taking over the helm as site administrator, technologist, and business manager. In other words, the site does […]
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Starting at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, jazz label Mack Avenue annually pulls together the top artists in its stable to perform as a headline ensemble and make a live recording of the set. And with an ensemble lead by bassist Christian McBride, the 2015 effort was arguably the best yet, with McBride Trio’s pianist […]
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Like a jazz supernova bursting across the winter sky, the star-studded Mack Avenue Superband arrives for one night at the Dakota Jazz Club in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday, February 11. Celebrating their fourth annual live recording from the Detroit Jazz Festival, the band is currently led by bassist and Mack Avenue recording artist Christian McBride, […]
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It was the best of times for devotees of jazz. It was a time for bebop and a time for inventive improvisation, a chance to hear swing and even a chance to swing your partner. There were times for youth and times for veterans. There was jazz in the urban park, music in the baseball […]
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My greatest memory of 2015 is not of a concert, nor an encounter with a jazz star, but a of panel discussion. A panel discussion, you ask? That’s right, on September 17, 2015 I was wandering the grounds of the Monterey Jazz Festival, which I hadn’t visited in twenty-five years. Marching all around me were […]
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