First up in our list of Shows To See This Week is a new weekly series at the Market District Kitchen & Bar, on the second floor of Market District Supermarket, 2250 E. Main Street in Bexley. Already the home of Doug Neel’s jazz guitar brunch on Sundays, this intimateContinue Reading
Richard Sanford and I had an excellent Jazz Day Out when we saw Richard Lopez Present “Boss Tenors, Live from Cbus” at Columbus Museum of Art on Sunday the 3rd (Photo by Richard Sanford). This satisfying concert was a prime example of the magic that can happen when five battle-testedContinue Reading
Before this week’s Holiday Jazz Guide, first up is an update from local jazz fan Ronald Baer, who graciously volunteered details from a couple great Jazz Nights Out he had last weekend and is looking forward to the week ahead! Would you like to share your thoughts on area jazzContinue Reading
Thanks to a few big events, the Outdoor Jazz season continues for one more weekend! The Big Badd, Columbus’ purveyors of modern pop favorites imbued with jazz musicality and chops, get the weekend off to a good start with their performance at the Mac and Cheese Festival at Easton TownContinue Reading
I had a fun Jazz Night Out when I attended the Jazz 98.5 FM, WSAX-LP Homegrown Jazz Brew Fundraising Concert at Whitehall Yearling High School on Saturday, April 28th. The well-appointed Walter Armes Learning Center Auditorium was a great setting for some of the area’s finest musicians. I arrived inContinue Reading
Richard Sanford and I had a fantastic Jazz Night Out on Thursday, February 22nd, when we saw the opening concert in Streetlight Guild’s “Ogun Meji Duo +1” series at Art of Republic. This slate of collaborations between the time-tested pair of saxophonist Eddie Bayard and drummer Dr. Mark Lomax, IIContinue Reading
Our Holiday Jazz Guide continues to offer jazzy ways to celebrate the season this week, in addition to Friday, Saturday, and Saturday options previously covered and more below! On Friday, December 8th at 6pm, The Liz Woolley Band plays a free Christmas Concert of their warm and buoyant jazz-pop atContinue Reading
I had a brief but fun Jazz Day Out when I finally made it to the Harrison West Jazz Stage for the first time to see the Robert Mason Trio on Sunday the 24th. The first Sunday of Fall was an unseasonable scorcher, but the trio’s cool tunes met theContinue Reading
“Inspirational Soul Queen” Dr. E is back with a new album! Songs for the Struggle is an autobiographical full length concept album “inspired by her life story of a sex trafficked teenager and young adult entrapped in abuse to earning her PhD and becoming a university professor.” The soul songstress,Continue Reading