Archive for February 2017

Eric Shifrin on piano Jeff Sanford on reeds Paul Smith on bass Randy Lee Odell on drums. Does it get any better?    

Pinery Boys: Songs and Songcatching in the Lumberjack Era (University of Wisconsin Press, 2016) A newly annotated edition of a landmark 1926 collection of lumberjack song published by pioneering song collector Franz Rickaby, augmented by a biographical essay and additional songs. “Franz Rickaby was the first to put the singing lumberjack into an adequate record and…

Beginning June 11th in a duo with Kash Killion, Grant has embarked on an open ended sequence of duo, trio and quartet dates, every corresponding Sunday evening. June 18th, Grant’s trio included bassist Doug Stuart and drummer Michael Mitchell. Tonight, June 25th, a quartet with Francis Vanek on saxophone, Chris Amberger on bass and Jeff…

Vocalist Dima sings from the heart with a voice and style reminiscent of the early 1950s. She is known for her command of the lyric, beautiful, soothing tone and carefully chosen repertoire. Dima began to develop her style as a jazz singer while studying with Merrill Hoover, a well known jazz pianist best known for…

Swing Fever declares, “The music is our passion. Rhythmic, romantic, torrid and witty, we’re crazy for it. Tunes from the 1930s and ’40s have inspired Swing Fever for decades. We learned from the originators of the genre, which gives our performance authenticity. We not only play the music, we talk about it too – colorful…