Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

A 17-day family wedding road trip brought me back to Rhode Island for the second time in a month, returning in September, not long after my ...

Allmark, Antell John Allmark’s Monday evenings at the Met Café in Pawtucket RI generally feature his very fine big band. This past Mo...

John Allmark One of the great bonuses from returning to Rhode Island for the Newport Jazz Festival each summer is a chance to hear trump...

Rhode Island has had a superb big band jazz tradition that began within a year of the Monday night "rehearsal band" that Thad Jon...

Greg Abate High-energy jazz doesn't describe the full feeling of listening to hard bop saxophonist Greg Abate in live performance be...