Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

I had a long conversation with trumpeter Jimmy Owens in preparation for a feature in the January issue of Hot House , which is just out. He ...

Joyous holiday wishes to each of you on this special day. It feels a bit odd to be celebrating away from the usual white carpet of snow in u...

Rene Marie, Black Lace Freudian Slip (Motéma) Rene Marie is not a “chick singer” covering standards. Even the thought of that at this stag...

JazzTimes.com has just published my review of Monday night’s concert by Bill Alllred’s Classic Jazz Band at the Cultural Center Theater in ...

The Bill King Trio, Five Aces (7 Arts/Slaight Music) Pianist/producer/jazz photographer Bill King has taken a trip back to his musical root...

Swedish pop-folk singer Sofia Talvik has just started a two-year Unit ed States tour, in which she plans to bring her fine music - mostly o...

'Tis the season for the outpouring of Top 10 lists, and their many variations, for jazz, world events, etc. The jazz lists tend to have ...

(updated with times and Web links) Regulars turn out in large numbers for a free three-hour Tuesday night jazz jam, at Snook Haven in Venic...

Today’s mail brought a terrific surprise…a copy of the latest Miles Davis compilation, Warner Brothers’ European division’s five-CD boxed se...

What do Diana Krall and jazz festival regulars Bettye Lavette, Lucia Micarelli and Angelique Kidjo have in common with Pete Townshend, Maroo...

Two announcements this week underscored the importance of partnerships in building or sustaining the jazz audience - and keeping the music f...

Allan Vaché Quintet Charlotte County Jazz Society Clarinetist Allan Vaché may be best known for his 17-year stint (1975-1992) with the Jim ...

Postings from the transplanted Jazz Notes Central are diminished a bit as the unpacking and reorganizing here in Southwest Florida three wee...

Life’s milestones can result in momentous occasions. Such is the case with Chick Corea’s 70 th birthday, which was on June 12. The extended...

Tierney Sutton Band, American Road (BFM Jazz) Singer Tierney Sutton’s latest project with her band of 18 years finds them o n a cult...

In her Tuesday night debut at Scullers jazz club in Boston, singer Melissa Morgan proved that she's an ambassador for romance. Her voice...

My profile/update on pianist Hod O'Brien is included in the October issue of Hot House , which is now posted online. O'Brien, influ...

Congratulations are in order for drummer Dafnis Prieto, the jazz community's latest winner of a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, the $5...

We're on a B-3 roll this time out. Deep Blue Organ Trio, Wonderful! (Origin) At its best, the jazz organ trio is the epitome of hard-dr...

My coverage of the 24th annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts has just been posted at JazzTimes.co...

The reissue phenomenon has been so steady and so strong when it comes to Miles Davis, that it almost masks the fact that the influential tru...

In the case of the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, you do it one class at a time, one student helped at a time, one workshop or master class a...

In his two current overlapping projects, alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón has added a new lane to the musical bridge between the jazz world at ...