Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

Taking a look at new CD projects by Jim Clayton, Bill Evans, June Garber, Lisa Lindsley, Mike Moreno and Ernie Watts… Jim Clayton, Lenny...

Each June, the Jazz Journalists Association holds a matinee program in Manhattan to honor journalists, broadcasters and photographers who ha...

Trumpeter, bandleader and jazz innovator Miles Davis would have turned 90 today (May 26), had he not passed away nearly 25 years ago. T...

Tis the season for jazz tribute recordings. Taking a look at CD projects honoring the musical legacies of Jackie McLean, Marian McPartland,...

James Suggs Much attention will be paid throughout May to the musical legacy of trumpeter Miles Davis, who would have turned 90 this May...

By the very nature of the process of making the music, any tune can become a jazz tune. Some well-known standards, which I need not mention...

Taking a look at new CD releases by Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton, Ari E rev, Lyle Mays and Sonny Rollins…

Two Naples FL bandleaders brought their groups to Port Charlotte on Monday, April 11 to close the Charlotte County Jazz Society's 25th A...

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, by proclamation of the Smithsonian, and that's no joke. For the next 30 days, a lot of things wi...

Al Hixon The South County Jazz Club wrapped up its fifth season on Thursday, March 31, with a splendid concert by the latest edition of ...

Guitarist and singer Tony Boffa has an easy-going way of drawing listeners to jazz, whether they realize it - or not. Tony Boffa Whil...

Pianist Cyrus Chestnut shared an keen understanding of jazz improvisation at a South County Jazz Club concert in Sarasota FL on Saturday, M...

It was most fitting that the South County Jazz Club featured tenor saxophonist Harry Allen on Tuesday, March 15 at a free concert to thank m...

A touring jazz saxophonist's lot often means solitary travel to a distant city or country- and working with a local or regional rhythm s...

Louise Wilson Pianist Mac Chrupcala's quartet concert on Thursday, March 10, in the South County Jazz Clu b's matinee series at ...

George Wein Producer George Wein and his team make a big splash in January when they announce the lineup for the Newport Jazz Festival, ...

Taking a look at new CD releases by Greg Abate & Phil Woods, Acme Jazz Garage, Lisa Hilton, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Matt ...