Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

Best wishes to you. your friends and families for a very Merry Christmas 2016, joyous New Year - and hopeful 2017 - from the Jazz Notes staf...

There is something mighty special about Brazilian music. The pulse of its varied rhythms, the sensuous sway of its melodies and the textures...

Ira Sullivan Ira Sullivan was in a holiday frame of mind for his sextet appearance at the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert se...

Trombonist-composer-arranger Dick Hamilton has a thing for West Coast J azz, no matter how you define it. He grew up in Sarasota, Florida on...

James Suggs Twenty-five years after he left the planet, Miles Davis's music lives on. His classic jazz material was on full display ...

‘Tis the season for the outpouring of Top 10 lists, and their many variations, for jazz, world events, etc. The jazz lists always have a lo...

Taking a look at new CDs by Alyssa Allgood, Dave Anderson, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Frank Kimbrough, Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors, a...

Catching very fine live jazz is a great way to avoid Black Friday madness.  Whitney James St. Petersburg-based s inger Whitney James d...

The 2016-17 jazz concert season will continue through May, bolstered by the gradual arrival of the snowbirds. Here is a rundown of not...

Jim Roberts You experience far more than great playing when pianist Jim Roberts brings his sextet to town. That was clear on Monday, Nov...

Two days after baseball concluded its year with a historic Chicago Cubs win in the World Series, the South County Jazz Club featured trombon...

Ah, the places you find jazz when you least expect it. That's all the more reason to cherish the moment. We're just back from a 10-d...

The Charlotte County Jazz Society opened its 2016-17 season with a double concert that presented a blend of Dixieland/mainstream jazz follow...

Taking a look at new CDs by Carol Bach-y-Rita, Winston Byrd, Synia Carroll, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Gabriel Espinoza and the late Er...

Jane Monheit, Tanglewood 2010 The October issue of HotHouse is now out. It includes my profile of singer Jane Monheit , which you can fi...

Miles Davis, 1986* Jazz legend Miles Davis passed away 25 years ago today at age 65. On September 28, 1991, less than eight weeks after ...

Taking a look at new CD projects by A.G.N.Z., Aziza, Joe Mulholland and Ted Nash.... A.G.N.Z., ChanceMeeting , (Whaling City Sound...

The 2016-17 jazz concert season soon will he at up - and continue through May, bolstered by the gradual arrival of the snowbirds. Here...

Taking a look at new CD projects by Ken Fowser, the Eric Hargett trio, Kirk MacDonald, and Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu.… Ken Fowser, ...

Even though it's the granddaddy of America's outdoor music festivals, the Newport Jazz Festival doesn't take that pedigree light...