Richard Sanford and I had a wonderful Jazz Night Out when we saw the Alex Harding-Lucian Ban Duo (photo by Sanford) at Filament at the Vanderelli Room on October 15th. A gathering of Filament faithful made for a warm and receptive audience to the long-running collaboration of two old friends,Continue Reading
The Dick’s Den Wednesday Residency program continues strong into the summer with an eclectic and provocative installment led by bassist Ben “Silky” Johnson. A veteran of numerous Columbus bands of numerous descriptions, including his own appropriately-titled Insane Jazz Posse, Johnson has used these connections to assemble a lineup of someContinue Reading
Before roundups of Outdoor Jazz and your strong indoor and outdoor 4th of July jazz options plus the return of Kelly Delaveris, there is news of a new Columbus jazz jam session getting started in July! Saxophonist Korey Black and The Brewtet, with Will Ash on drums, Julian Dittmer onContinue Reading
A string of August milestone celebrations continues this week with the Park Street Tavern Jazz Jam 13th Anniversary Party on Tuesday, August 15th at 8:30pm. Saxophonist and host Pete Mills, a cast of Columbus’ finest musicians, and the Tavern’s dedicated ownership and staff are starting another year of providing greatContinue Reading
I had a wonderful Jazz Night Out when I saw Whirlybirds play Rambling House on Saturday the 17th. A “modern swing/pop group formed after the untimely demise of the good ol’ DewDroppers,” Whirlybirds retained half of the popular DewDroppers’ lineup – Joe Gilliland on lead vocals and guitar, Joseph “Brenny”Continue Reading