Posts by Eric

Bassist Joe McKinley has rounded up some prime suspects to perform at Bird & Beckett on June 16th. Veteran players all, trumpeter Mack Rucks, saxophonist Jim Grantham and pianist Muziki Robinson round out his quartet, dubbed the OG’s… the old guys… Prepare for some solid grooves shaped by musicians who know what they’re up to…

Darren Johnston, trumpet Matt Renzi, reeds Adam Shulman, piano Eric Vogler, bass Darren & Co. emerge from the shed with a sizzling pot of nicely spiced modern jazz drawing on classic recipes from Bach to Bartok, Shostakovich to Sibelius… Darren says his ‘n Amy’s cats know these cats as the “Noisy Strangers,” but we know…

James Mahone, tenor sax, joins guitarist Scott Foster, bassist Aaron Cohn and drummer Omar Aran for two sets of straight-ahead jazz ‘n bebop! Bird & his confreres live on at Bird & Beckett! Never a missed Friday evening of jazz since it started in earnest nearly 16 years ago, and Scott’s been on it from…

Rodney Ruckus kicks it up with two pros up from L.A. — Detroit native DeSean Jones on tenor sax and, originally from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, the bassist Tabari Lake. Oh, and on drums? That would be RUCKUS!  

Thu Ho – Vocals Jeff Kaliss – Poet and Music Historian Grant Levin – Piano Ollie Dudek – Upright Bass Mark Lee – Drums Have you ever pondered how legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart developed his exquisite lyricism? One has to wonder how much of his personal experience living as a gay man in 1920’s and…