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Peter Evans Quintet

by The Staff March 28, 2013

Jazz musicians have, from the start, tried to evoke other sounds with their instruments: a train, a thunderstorm, a human voice. . . Computers have only made the practice easier. Trumpet player Peter Evans continues ...

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Joe Lovano “Us Five”

by The Staff January 17, 2013

Grammy-winning sax man Joe Lovano is reason enough to wander over to the Swyer Theatre at the Egg on Sunday evening, but his “Us Five” collaboration make this show a can’t-miss. The other musicians who make ...

The Egg

Ben Allison Band

by The Staff November 15, 2012

Once every couple months, the stars seem to align and the region gets treated to a couple of big jazz shows in the same weekend span. It’s happened again and, as has been the case, ...

Picotte Recital Hall

Stanley Jordan

by The Staff November 15, 2012

The jazz guitar tradition is peppered with Pizzarellis, Halls and Montgomerys—dudes who wouldn’t exactly merit the title “shredder.” But, ever since he broke out in the mid-’80s, virtuoso Stanley Jordan has earned the tag at ...

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Jeff “Siege” Siegel

by Jeff Nania September 27, 2012

The abstract world of spontaneous sound created by drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel and Finnish saxophonist Esa Pietila is not for the faint of heart. These two go anywhere and everywhere, and they do so with ...

The Hot Club of San Francisco

by The Staff April 19, 2012

The Hot Club of San Francisco will bring “gypsy jazz” to downtown Troy this Saturday night. Dark and romantic, this type of music is credited to Django Reinhardt, the European jazz guitar legend who co-founded ...

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Colin Stetson and Tyshawn Sorey

by The Staff April 4, 2012

Colin Stetson (pictured) has found a fan base in the young and hip, mostly because of his close association with hipster demigod Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, but his musical chops are for all ages. ...

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Alan Holdsworth Band

by The Staff March 22, 2012

Musician magazine lists Alan Holdsworth near the very top of its ranking of the greatest guitarists of the century—and most, if not all, jazz critics and enthusiasts are in agreement. A seminal innovator within, and ...

The Van Dyck

SF JAZZ Collective

by The Staff March 1, 2012

What happens when a nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast brings together eight highly acclaimed jazz musicians and unleashes them onto the world as one supergroup? The result is the SFJAZZ Collective. SFJAZZ launched more ...

The Egg

Catherine Russell

by The Staff February 16, 2012

David Bowie, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Levon Helm, Cyndi Lauper, Roseanne Cash. . . . Vocalist Catherine Russell spent many years backing pop music’s biggest stars before cutting out on her own in 2006. The ...

Branford Marsalis

by The Staff February 1, 2012

To jazz connoisseurs, the surname “Marsalis” is akin to what “Barrymore” means in the acting world. Saxaphonist and multi-instrumentalist Branford Marsalis is the first born in one of New Orleans’ biggest jazz families. When he’s not ...

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

by The Staff January 12, 2012

Dee Dee Bridgewater is an electrifying singer—we’re thinking of her set at the Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival a few years ago—and she’s coming to the Troy Music Hall on Saturday evening to perform her tribute ...

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Lee Shaw Trio

by The Staff December 21, 2011

The main object of the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is simple: Keep that wonderful, happy holiday feeling going strong. One proven way to maintain happiness is music. And on Tuesday evening, the nexus ...

A Place for Jazz

Tanglewood Jazz Festival

by The Staff August 31, 2011

It was unfortunate that the Boston Symphony Orchestra had to cancel their last concert of the season, but the 2011 Tanglewood summer will still end on a happy note (or notes) with the annual Tanglewood ...

Tanglewood Ozawa Hall

The Royal Family Affair

by Jeff Nania August 17, 2011

Soulive has come a long way. They are the epitome of a group that took their sound and made it a brand. Furthermore, their funk, soul, jazz and hip-hop stylings have branched off into a ...

Jazz Guitar Summit

by The Staff June 2, 2011

Whereas the guitar is a musical instrument built from wood and steel strings, whereas said instrument may be used to keep time, voice chords and lead melodies in a jazz setting, and whereas a tradition ...

The Van Dyck

Joe Magnarelli and Peter Bernstein

by Jeff Nania May 25, 2011

“Do you guys do any kind of spiritual practice to help you get in the zone before you play,” I asked trumpeter Joe Magnarelli and guitarist Peter Bernstein during a question-and-answer segment before their performance ...

Wicked Knee

by Josh Potter May 19, 2011

Until rising rent and pressure from New York City’s “Quality of Life Task Force” forced the doors closed in 2007, Tonic was the lower-east-side proving ground for downtown jazz, a scene that thrived on experimentation ...

Club Helsinki

Ramsey Lewis

by The Staff April 27, 2011

We Meet Again was the title of jazz-piano legend Ramsey Lewis’ 1989 duo album with jazz-piano legend Billy Taylor. This winter, the latter—a protégé of Art Tatum and hard-bop heavyweight—passed away. In a rare solo ...

Picotte Recital Hall

Jeff Coffin Mu’Tet

by Josh Potter March 23, 2011

When Jeff Coffin takes a solo, he doesn’t keep time by bobbing his head, marching in place or tapping his toe. He swivels his foot back and forth like he’s mashing out a cigarette butt. ...

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