There is news this week of ways you can help an Ohio jazz legend. Drummer John Von Ohlen has had a long and storied career, including playing with Woody Herman from 1967 to 1969, and with Stan Kenton from 1970 to 1972. He is the longtime leader of Cincinnati’s BlueContinue Reading
Cincinnati “garage jazz” trio Animal Mother is made up of Josh Kline (tenor saxophone), Jon Massey (electric bass), and Matt McAllister (drums and glockenspiel) and formed in 2013 at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Following up its 2015 debut The Youth Will Rule!, the band recently releasedContinue Reading
On Friday, May 5th, guitarist and composer Andrew Hartman will release Compass, his second album as a leader. A Cincinnati native and an alum of The Ohio State University, Hartman was active in the Columbus jazz scene for several years, including releasing his first album with his Columbus group, AndrewContinue Reading
The Cincinnati-based duo of guitarist Brad Myers and double bassist Michael Sharfe recently released a new album entitled Sanguinaria (Hopefulsongs) on Colloquy Records. While also entailing the talents of other Cincinnati musicians for the project, the album features high-level interplay of guitar and bass front and center on a finely-tunedContinue Reading