Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

The jazz duo is the ultimate musical challenge. With just two musicians on stage, there is no coasting allowed. You're either doubling o...

Here are more favorites from the 2022 edition of the  Newport Jazz Festival, held July 29-31 at Fort Adams State Park. This was my 41st con...

It took an extra two years to get there, thanks to the pandemic. The Jazz Club of Sarasota's long-running jazz festival held its 40 th ...

Terri Lyne Carrington Sharing more images from my 2021 Newport Jazz Festival assignments, July 30-August 1. Gerald Clayton Charles Lloyd, H...

Now that another Newport Jazz Festival is in the books, the 67th anniversary edition and 57th actual festival to be precise, I wanted to ...

Nothing tells me more that the pandemic’s extended jazz pause is over than the arrival later this month of the 2021 edition of the Newport J...

The journey back to jazz festivals performed to live audiences has many different approaches. No matter which on-ramp you choose, normalcy, ...

All About Jazz has just posted my comprehensive annual look back at the past year in the jazz world.   In short: The COVID-19 pandemic put ...

Yes, it has been 66 years. On July 17, 1954, something happened in Newport, Rhode Island that made an indelible mark on jazz history - and...

The 40 th annual Sarasota Jazz Festival scrapped all of its main-stage concerts earlier this month because of pandemic concerns, but ma...

The granddaddy of all jazz festivals - held in Newport starting in 1954 - hit another milestone this past weekend (August 2-4). Over three d...