It’s been nine years and some change since the Wexner Center brought Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers Ensemble to Columbus but no one I knew at that show, least of all your correspondent here, has forgotten that set. His return to the Lincoln Theatre on Wednesday, October 10 at 8pm (ticketsContinue Reading
As a genre, funk never died - it permeates the DNA of everything hip-shaking, sweaty, and righteous in American culture - but it has ebbs and flows. In this current moment, there may be no better practitioner of the age-old art than bandleader, singer, songwriter and keyboardist Cory Henry, soloContinue Reading
Wildly acclaimed NYC-based guitarist Rez Abbasi brings his quartet Junction to Natalie’s Coal-Fired Pizza on Friday, July 27th at 10pm (tickets here). I was lucky to speak with Abbasi by phone and that conversation along with video and audio are below. For the last 20 years, Rez Abbasi has been honing aContinue Reading
In its short life so far, Filament (at the Vanderelli Room gallery in Franklinton) has brought Columbus a listening-room atmosphere unlike anywhere else. Bands local and far afield use that space for exercises in deep listening and unfettered improvisation. That trend continues when long-running duo TIN/BAG rolls in at 9Continue Reading
The Wexner Center for the Arts selected possibly Columbus’ finest working composer, Dr. Mark Lomax II, for its 2018-19 Artist Residency Award. Lomax is one of five artists and the only performing artist chosen for this prestigious honor in this round. In the Wexner Center press release, Director Sherri GeldinContinue Reading
The Wexner Center wraps the jazz portion of their astonishing 2017-2018 season with something truly special: the return of guitarist Mary Halvorson. Halvorson brings her Code Girl ensemble featuring an all-star lineup of Amirtha Kidambi (voice), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Michael Formanek (bass) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums) to the Wex on Thursday,Continue Reading
The Wexner Center’s landmark 2017-2018 jazz season roars back into gear with the one of the most promising young lights of jazz, Adam O’Farrill, on Saturday, February 24th at 8pm (tickets available here). No one who saw Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Bird Calls forgot O’Farrill’s boiling trumpet playing. I was lucky enoughContinue Reading
The Wexner Center for the Arts’ Fall Jazz Season promises a riotous conclusion with trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson and Sicilian Defense on Friday, November 17th, at 8pm (tickets available here). For more information about the artist and videos, continue below the jump.
The Wexner Center’s schedule rolls along, building up momentum, with a Columbus debut (as a bandleader) by one of the most vibrant, exciting drummers in jazz: Allison Miller. Miller’s band Boom Tic Boom arrive in town Tuesday, October 24 (tickets here). For more info on the band as well as videos, continueContinue Reading
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