Akbar DePriest and the DePriest Project Family Jazz Concerts – 1999 When drummer Akbar […]
Compay Segundo and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Review At the end, the audience was chanting his name in time with his […]
Tango Explosion! — Fear No Music and Tango Pacifico with Alex Krebs
Review Like all great musical traditions of the Americas, the scope of tango is broad, […]
West Coast premiere of “Letters from Argentina,” by Lalo Schifrin
Preview Quick — what’s the first thing you associate with Argentina? Tango, right? That’s why […]
Pat Metheny with the Brad Mehldau Trio – April 2007
Preview Story-tellers in sound. Both Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau connect with listeners because they […]
Brad Mehldau in 2004
Preview Pianist and composer Brad Mehldau is talking about the late French philosopher Jacques […]
Branford Marsalis in 2000
Preview Several years ago, Branford Marsalis came to a personal and professional crossroads. Perhaps […]
Pointer Sisters with the Oregon Symphony – October, 2005
Review Yes, they’ve still got it. That’s what you wanted to know, right? Thirty-three years […]
Steve Lacy: Conversations
Book Review April 2007 Steve Lacy: Conversations Edited by Jason Weiss (Duke University Press) […]
Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars
Review You probably need to know their story in order to fully understand why Sierra […]