Columbus guitarist Zakk Jones recently released his debut album, Mise-en-scène. The album is available for listening and purchase on Bandcamp and Spotify. But he is celebrating the physical CD release of the album with a release party on Wednesday, July 3rd, which also serves as the kickoff to his JulyContinue Reading
Columbus-based collective Waves de Aché is releasing its debut studio album Forward Motion (album art by Bernard Iannone) with a fiesta this weekend and an upcoming tour of parts East and Midwest. Waves de Aché is hosting a joint Cinco de Mayo and Album Release Party on Sunday, May 5thContinue Reading
Tops on our list of Shows To See This Week is a rare appearance by a long-running source of eclectic and ecstatic ensemble jazz. On Saturday, January 12th at 10pm, Honk, Wail & Moan returns for a show at Dick’s Den. Admission is $5. Founded in 1991, the band stillContinue Reading
Waves de Aché, “a Columbus-based band blending modern jazz harmony with rhythms rooted in Afro-Cuban and Salsa music,” is starting a new monthly residency series this month. Waves de Aché kicks off their residency at Kafe Kerouac in Old North Columbus on Thursday, August 16th, from 8 to 11pm. FutureContinue 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
The fifth year of the Dick’s Den Wednesday Residency Program continues its steady pace with a March schedule helmed by guitarist Zakk Jones. Jones’ growing resume includes working with a slew of the region’s best musicians in a variety of styles, and he will showcase some of those collaborations andContinue Reading
The Dick’s Den Wednesday Residency Program continues to heat up the middle of winter weeks in February with a slate led by Joe Nelson. Prolific drummer Nelson, active and respected in a variety of styles around the region, has programmed four shows highlighting projects old and new. His schedule includesContinue Reading