Jazz

SARATOGA SPRINGS – With a steady roll of percussion that rumbled through the delicate audience at Caffe Lena Sunday night, award-winning musician, Mali…

We all tested Covid-free – Dennis from Northampton, Dan from Newburyport, and me. So we drove north past Saranac Lake, past Whiteface, to Stephen’s place (he…

There is a real need for a “Miscellaneous Instruments” category in the various jazz awards, if only because some instruments either rarely appear in jazz or…

If a soundtrack of The Swing Era was ever assembled, Sid Weiss would be playing bass on more than his fair share of it. He played with four key big bands –…

Disc jockey Barbara Kaiser - who was the host of the long-running WRPI-FM weekly radio show "Jazz &..." - is back behind the microphone, but she isn't…

NAME: Michael Benedict BAND AFFILIATION: Michael Benedict Jazz Vibes INSTRUMENT: Vibraphone1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS ... The Monkees'…

The Lake George Arts Project launched its 26th Jazz At the Lake Festival, better known as the Lake George Jazz Weekend, on Saturday, September 19. Old…

NAME: Brian Patneaude BAND AFFILIATION: Brian Patneaude Quartet; Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra; Empire Jazz Orchestra; Keith Pray's Big Soul Ensemble;…

This year's Albany's All-America City Jazz Festival kicked off in high gear with Nippertown's own queen of the keys Lee Shaw taking the bandstand. Her…

Growing up in a musical family, it's no surprise that Colleen Pratt turned into an exquisite jazz vocalist. It's also no surprise that Pratt spent an awful lot…

It's been known as the Albany Jazz Festival. It's also been named the Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival. But apparently now it's got yet another new name - the…