Jazz in Theory and Practice
Back in the 1970s, as a young jazz enthusiast, I remember listening to pianist Victor Feldman playing in a club in Los Angeles and wondering, “What is he doing??” meaning, what is happening when he is improvising a solo? Where does he get the notes? | Read more>>
Mitch Mirkin’s New Album Links Cultures
This album, inspired by the old synagogue that was once home to Mishkan Israel congregation and is now occupied by a Seventh-Day Adventist congregation, reflects on “the inevitability of change, evolution, transformation,” as Mirkin puts it. The seven tunes on the album traverse cultures with various grooves and styles that often switch within a tune. | Read more>>
The Joni Chronicles Returns
The legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, now 75, is
rarely performing, but she has made an indelible impression not only on her own
but also on later generations. Hers is an ever-challenging oeuvre, with her
innovative excursions into and mingling of genres and her probing, elliptical,
wry, poetic lyrics. | Read more>>
Iyoel Santiago: Drummer in Three Genres
The list of musicians who come from musical families is long, even within our own Baltimore jazz community. Another local musician who arose from a musical family and has been gaining visibility on the Baltimore jazz scene is drummer, percussionist, guitarist and singer Iyoel (EE-YOH-EL) Santiago. | Read more>>
New (and not-so-new) Jazz Venues in Baltimore
Baltimore is blessed with a long list of venues providing live jazz of all types, as can be seen from the jazz calendar and on our web page, “Where’s the jazz?” But new venues are turning up all the time. And some old venues aren’t as well-known as they should be. | Read more>>