Category Archives: That’s What They Heard

 Last Tuesday evening at the Jazz Standard, fortified by a plate of succulent ribs and amidst an appreciative audience, sonic rewards were plentiful from pianist Orrin Evans once again offering ample evidence that his arc continues on the rise.  That evening … Continue reading →

Photo: Oumar Fall  Last Tuesday, April 6, NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston celebrated his 84th birthday in royal fashion.  The setting was The Jazz Standard, New York’s finest jazz club/eatery (check George Wein’s latest blog entry and you’ll understand that … Continue reading →

The Jazz Session is an online jazz interview show focusing on in-depth interviews with jazz musicians at www.thejazzsession.com.  Proprietor of The Jazz Session is broadcaster-poet Jason Crane.  After participating in one of Jason’s interview sessions, I wanted to know more about … Continue reading →

 Any trip to New Orleans without at least one night at Snug Harbor on teemng Frenchman Street is incomplete.  A recent trip to the Crescent City on a NEA Jazz Masters Live site visit for the Contemporary Arts Center’s presentation … Continue reading →

Part one of Twin Cities-based writer Pamela Espeland’s conversation with the kinetic New Orleans-based clarinetist Evan Christopher (scroll down for pt. 1 or find it filed under That’s What They Heard for January ’10) left off with the artist commenting … Continue reading →