Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

Friday, May 12, 2017

Living his jazz mentors’ advice

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Bass player and educator Brandon Robertson practices what he teaches. Brandon Robertson Robertson earned undergraduate and master’s ...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

CDs of Note - Short Takes

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Taking a look at new CDs by Lili Añel, Ron Boustead, Laura Dubin, Diego Figueiredo, Steve Khan, Joachim Kühn, Sarah Partridge, and The Three...
Friday, April 28, 2017

Oh, have times changed in Newport

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There was a time after the first phase of the Newport Jazz Festival (1954-1971), that jazz pretty much was a dirty word in Newport. The city...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Always a night with musical surprises

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You never know just what's in store when the Dan Miller Quartet performs on Tuesday nights at the  Roadhouse Cafe in Fort Myers FL. Ther...
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Thursday, April 13, 2017

It's JAM time again. Get your jazz on.

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April is Jazz Appreciation Month - and it is flying by. The Smithsonian Institution decreed the month's status 16 years ago as a way t...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

An evening of artful exuberance

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In the right hands, Dixieland jazz is more of a feeling than a specific repertoire. It’s not what you play, so much as how you play it. Bob ...
Thursday, April 6, 2017

Eric Alexander shares many shades of bebop

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Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander fully embraced the rich and vibrant sound of bebop in his formative years as a jazz player - and continues ...
Sunday, April 2, 2017

Guitar mastery on full display for jazz fans

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Diego Figueiredo's Brazilian guitar artistry will make your jaw drop. His nylon-stringed acoustic guitar is merely the vessel for astoni...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

A robust sound rooted in early jazz

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Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon is a modern-day ambassador for classic jazz dating back nearly a century. He digs the repertoire and style , putt...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

CDs of Note - Short Takes

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Taking a look at new CDs by Joe Bourne, Andrea Claburn, Ingrid and Christine Jensen, Jeff Rupert & Richard Drexler, and Jimmy Scott….
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Looking ahead: Southwest Florida jazz calendar

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Here is a rundown of noteworthy jazz events, principally in the Sarasota to Naples territory, from now through April when the 2016-2017 co...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Celebrating Stan Getz and other jazz giants

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Tenor saxophonist Jeff Rupert & Friends, featuring rising star singer Veronica Swift, wound up a 10-day Florida concert tour on Sunday, ...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

New Orleans on parade - and other surprises

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Singer Lisa Kelly and trumpeter JB Scott had a few surprises up their sleeves for their return performance at the Charlotte County Jazz Soc...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Celebrating a man and his music

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The depth and breadth of pianist, arranger and composer Dick Hyman’s career seems astonishing by any musical standards. Most aspects of his...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

Trad jazz with a few twists

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Clarinetist Bud Leeds brought musicians together from near and far - in this case, mostly far - for his annual South County Jazz Club matine...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Jane Monheit digs Ella - and plans to keep on digging

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Jazz singer Jane Monheit's musical home is the Great American Songbook. She showed a Naples, Florida audience on Friday, February 24, th...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Afro-Cuban jazz under the banyan trees

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Chuchito Valdes Latin fire is in pianist Chuchito Vald é s' genes. He's the son of Chucho Vald és and grandson of the late Bebo...
Friday, February 17, 2017

A jazz event 50+ years in the making...

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To say it was long overdue is an understatement. Joshua Breakstone and Don Mopsick grew up in Linden. NJ. Their families knew each other and...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

A night of jazz with "George Who?"

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You may not know him by name, but changes are great you've heard this saxophonist's performances over the past five decades on count...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The fine art of solo jazz piano

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Dick Hyman Either as a snowbird or a full-time resident, pianist-composer-arranger Dick Hyman has lived 30 miles up the road in Venice f...
Monday, February 13, 2017

A fine tribute to Brazilian jazz

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To fully appreciate the rich place that Brazilian jazz holds today amo ng the world's music forms, you have to go back to its root s in ...
Friday, February 10, 2017

Jazz saxophonists dig the Great American Songbook - and much more

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Saxophonists Peter and Will Anderson are steeped in the jazz and Great American Songbook classics, but their material is never fenced in by ...
Sunday, February 5, 2017

Swinging with Gates is quite a jazz journey

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Giacomo Gates' jazz vocals mastery is rooted deep in the scat and vocalese traditions, then blended with his engaging ability to put son...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Young jazz singer draws on her inner bop

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Veronica Swift Veronica Swift was born with jazz in her blood. It sounds like singing in the genre comes as natural to her as breathing....
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Looking ahead: Southwest Florida jazz preview

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Southwest Florida's 2016-17 jazz concert season will continue through May . Here is a rundown of noteworthy jazz events, principally ...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

A jazzy way to end the day

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Eddie Metz Jr. Drummer Eddie Metz Jr. brought his mighty International Trio plus tenor saxophonist Harry Allen to Sarasota FL to provide...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Jazz guitar mastery and heartfelt moments

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Guitarist Larry Coryell, Russell Malone and Nate Najar teamed up Thursday, January 19 for an evening that showcased their individual styles...
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Friday, January 13, 2017

A jazz singer's heartfelt return to familiar territory

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Toronto-based singer June Garber deliver ed a superb - and superbly programmed - performanc e on Friday, January 13 as part of the So uth Co...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Sarasota Jazz Project returns for a strong big band night

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What a difference three years makes. The Sarasota Jazz Project returned to Port Charlotte on Monday, January 9 for Big Band Night in the Cha...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

A masterful night of straight-ahead and Gypsy jazz

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Martin Taylor Jazz guitar master Martin Taylor was the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra’s featured guest at the sextet’s January 4 con...
Monday, January 2, 2017

The year in jazz

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My comprehensive compilation of significant jazz happenings across the US and around the globe during 2016 is now posted at All About Jazz ...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

May you have a merry - and jazzy - Christmas

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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...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Celebrating a Brazilian jazz legacy

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There is something mighty special about Brazilian music. The pulse of its varied rhythms, the sensuous sway of its melodies and the textures...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan digs a jazzy Christmas

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Ira Sullivan Ira Sullivan was in a holiday frame of mind for his sextet appearance at the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert se...
Friday, December 9, 2016

A swinging, sophisticated romp through West Coast Jazz

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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...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Digging into classic Miles

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James Suggs Twenty-five years after he left the planet, Miles Davis's music lives on. His classic jazz material was on full display ...
Friday, December 2, 2016

Looking back at the year's best jazz recordings

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‘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...
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Monday, November 28, 2016

CDs of Note - Short Takes

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Taking a look at new CDs by Alyssa Allgood, Dave Anderson, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Frank Kimbrough, Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors, a...
Friday, November 25, 2016

Whitney James excels with her tight jazz trio

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Catching very fine live jazz is a great way to avoid Black Friday madness.  Whitney James St. Petersburg-based s inger Whitney James d...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Looking ahead: Southwest Florida jazz preview

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