Happy Thanksgiving jazz fans! Coming to you a day early to provide our annual Thanksgiving Jazz Guide. There are several great options for starting your celebrations on Wednesday, November 21st. 6pm choices include piano entertainer Dave Powers’ weekly gig, accompanied by tasty Italian food and drink, at Vittoria Ristorante inContinue Reading
My Mom and I had a wonderful Jazz Night Out when we saw the Tony Hagood Trio perform “A Tribute To Nat King Cole” at the McConnell Arts Center on Friday the 9th. Hagood and band sold out the venue for the second time in a row to end theirContinue Reading
I had a wonderful Jazz Night Out when Richard Sanford and I saw Dave Douglas’ Dada People at the Wexner Center on Tuesday the 11th. With a world-class lineup of pianist Frank Woeste, bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Clarence Penn, trumpeter Douglas led a set of his and Woeste’s tunesContinue Reading
Big news in the Columbus jazz scene this week is that the SEMM Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Jazz 98.5 FM, WSAX-LP, received its official broadcast license, or “License to Cover,” from the FCC on Thursday the 12th. The station has been testing its broadcast since March 2016, andContinue Reading