For the past 6 years, Columbus pianist Mark Flugge has been conducting the “Chamber Jazz Series”, highlighting small group jazz concerts presenting music from the jazz tradition. Each performance focuses on a specific composer, artist, style, or recording and is expressed in an entertaining but sophisticated manner. The Chamber JazzContinue Reading
The Jazz Arts Group’s Inside Track series caps off Jazz Appreciation Month on April 29 – 30 at the Lincoln Theatre with “Birth of the Cool,” a recreation of the iconic 1949-50 Miles Davis recording sessions featuring Mark Flugge (music director) and Jim Powell (trumpet); and a multi-media retrospective ofContinue Reading
Guitarist Tom Carroll and violinist Andy Carlson are the special guests for the next Chamber Jazz concert, “With Strings Attached”, this Sunday, April 10, 3:00 at the Columbus Museum of Art. Drummer Joe Ong and bassist Dave DeWitt join Mark Flugge in the rhythm section, and will play two setsContinue Reading