This
edition considers several new CDs with distinctive orchestral jazz focuses.
They are projects by composer Mica Bethea, pianist-composer Alan Broadbent, trumpeter
John Vanore, and two saxophonist-composers - Brian Landrus and Brian McCarthy.
The snowbirds will start trickling back this fall, which means
it’s almost concert season again. Here is a rundown of noteworthy jazz events,
principally in the Sarasota to Naples territory, from now through November. (I'll freshen this every six weeks or so, right through spring.)