When You Get There.....

Lately,  Frank Gratkowski  has been on the playlist. I find myself listening to his music in blocks - spend a week or two listening to a few...

Nils Wogram 's Root 70 - Getting Rooted (Enja 2003) Wogram (trb) Hayden Chisholm (as/b.clar) Matt Penman (b) Jochen Rueckert (d) Th...

Wednesday night I got over to  The Hideout  for  Umbrella Music 's Immediate Sound Series . I was expecting a big turnout as the ni...

A few years back, Mike Nock performed a solo concert at the Illot Theatre in Wellington. The day of the concert he presented a masterclas...

On and off I keep a notebook of thoughts on music and saxophone playing. Earlier this week I flicked through the pages of one that is about ...

Saturday afternoon I headed over to Corbett vs Dempsey  for a solo concert by Rob Mazurek . About 40 or so people turned out on a beautifu...

I've spent this week at the  Jazz Institute of Chicago 's  Straight Ahead Jazz Camp . A weeklong series of workshops aimed at jazz e...