© Andrea Canter The dazzling guitar-vocal partnership of Charmin Michelle and Sam Miltch returns to the Dunsmore Room on September 11 (7:30 pm) with a program of the music of Billie Holiday. Charmin Michelle sings with “taste and understatement, swing and savoir faire, grace and grooves, intimacy and panache” (TC Music Net). Born in Birmingham, […]
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© Andrea Canter Call him the Comeback Kid. After a potentially disastrous accident that broke both upper arms, Grammy-nominated, former Miles Davis guitarist Mike Stern is again touring and recording, and by all counts, as good as ever. Stern brings his current quartet, with Randy Brecker, Tom Kennedy and Dennis Chambers, to the Dakota on […]
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© Andrea Canter “Miles Davis said that the only question for a musician was, ‘Do you have ideas and can you project them?’ For Snowblind, the answer is, ‘at all times.’” – Phil Hey The brass-laden quintet Snowblind easily earned drummer Phil Hey’s admiration, as well as broad-based fan support, since it first launched over […]
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Superb vocalist Jackie Ryan gave a splendid performance at Sunset Jazz Newport in Marriott’s Rose Gardens on August 9th. The weather was once again perfect. Ryan and saxophonist Rickey Woodard’s quintet performed exceedingly well with Quinn Johnson (piano), Chris Colangelo (bass), and Dean Koba (drums) rounding out the band. The Rose Gardens at Marriott Hotel […]
Continue Reading© Andrea Canter “She can be lusty and discreet, openly hip and lazily reflective. She can make you sway and reduce you to tears, often simultaneously.” –Rex Reed, New York Observer One of the most prized Brazilian exports since coffee, multi-Grammy nominee, 2016 Grammy winner (Best Latin Jazz Album) Eliane Elias returns to the […]
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