Gina Wears a Cat’s Hat
While cleaning up our shed, Gina discovered four mice. One of the four didn’t make it out of the shed alive. Next: Gina starting to meow….
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Gina On Holiday
Gina spent a couple of weeks in the Netherlands recently. She had a lot of fun chasing mice, birds, and jackrabbits and jumping into creeks and small lakes. She is back in her garden now where she spends the last weeks of summer before moving back into her city apartment. Look out for more reviews…
A Walk In Central Park
This has finally been a day without any live music can you imagine? After a couple of meetings and a nice chat over coffee with singer Kenia, I met my friend Becca for a long walk through Central Park. It was still pretty cold, but with the sun out we could easily walk from around 72nd…
Roy Hargrove
In my review of the Northsea Jazz Festival 2015, I wrote about Roy Hargrove’s performance: “A fitting finale for me was the hot and cool, the fast and the furious Roy Hargrove Quintet mastering everything from hardbop grittiness to some preppy Golson/Farmer stuff and grooving, loping attacks. I still hope that he is not planning…
North Sea Jazz Festival 2015 – 40th Anniversary with Special Treats
It’s festival season in Europe and each year, there are more and more coming up – even in the smallest cities and towns you’ve never heard of. One of the biggest and oldest celebrates its 40th anniversary this year: the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam. I’ve been visiting this one since the late 80s…
Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
It is really hard to believe that 30 years have gone by since Berlin-born Meshell Ndegeocello‘s debut album “Plantation Lullabies” which quickly became something like a hymn in our circles back in the day. Who couldn’t relate to “If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night)”. And then five years have also gone by since…
Carol Sloane in New York
One of my all-time favorite vocalists, Carol Sloane, returns to New York for a one-night only duo performance with her longtime pianist Bill Charlap on January 11th. Carol started her professional work as early as 1951 (she turns 80 next March) and worked with the Les and Larry Elgart Orchestra before she occasionally stood in…