admin December 20, 2012January 7, 2013 0 Comments Baltimore, Ben Frock, jazz, Love Unit

Ben Frock and Love Unit’s danceable music: Good for brain, body and soul

by Liz Fixsen In all the periodic hand-wringing about the state of jazz in the twenty-first century and the moaning about its loss of mass appeal, one factor repeatedly comes up—that jazz began to lose its audience when it became detached from dance. | Read more>> Read More

Features

admin November 30, 2012December 20, 2012 1 Comment An die Musik, Baltimore, Henry Wong, jazz

An die Musik – A Dream Come To Life

by Brian V. Jones Home to restaurants, shops, banks and boutiques, Baltimore’s North Charles Street is also the scene of one of the city’s best music venues, An die Musik. Founded by Henry Wong in 2004 as a spinoff of a record and CD store, An die Musik, now a non-profit organization, hosts jazz and classical artists with local, national and international names. | Read more>> Read More

Live reviews

admin November 20, 2012November 30, 2012 0 Comments Amy Shook, Baltimore, jazz, Jazzway 6004, Justin Taylor, Robert Shadid, Sam King

Sam King and Company Rule at Jazzway

by Gail Marten On Saturday, October 13th, Jazzway 6004 inaugurated Howard Katz and Marianne Matheny-Katz’s sixth year of first-rate jazz events, presenting saxophone phenomenon Sam King, who led a splendid quartet of accomplished players that included Justin Taylor, piano; Amy Shook, bass; and Robert Shahid, drums. | Read more>> Read More

Live reviews

admin November 2, 2012November 20, 2012 1 Comment Baltimore, Eubie Blake Center, Hugh Masekela, jazz, Larry Willis

Hugh Masekela Makes Jazz History At Eubie Live!

by Andrew Zaleski The scariest thing about Hugh Masekela is that he almost gave up the trumpet. He had been playing for four years when he first listened to Clifford Brown, a trumpet king in the 1950s, and thought there was no hope for a boy from South Africa to blow a horn the way Brown could. | Read more>> Read More

Live reviews

admin October 2, 2012October 18, 2012 0 Comments

The BJA Big Band’s second annual concert, reviewed

by Bob Jacobson For its second annual concert, on September 11th at Loyola University, the Baltimore Jazz Alliance Big Band (BJABB) led off with “4th and F,” written and arranged by its director, Dr. Anthony Villa. I’m sorry that I can’t report on that piece, because Dr. | Read more>> Read More

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Ben Frock and Love Unit’s danceable music: Good for brain, body and soul

An die Musik – A Dream Come To Life

Sam King and Company Rule at Jazzway

Hugh Masekela Makes Jazz History At Eubie Live!

The BJA Big Band’s second annual concert, reviewed

Monarque After Dark

Speak No Evil Quintet

Piano Jazz at Tagliata

George F. Spicka: Pianist / Composer

Brian Simpson