You could argue that, had it not been for Spyro Gyra, we would not have had to endure Kenny G or any number of “smooth jazz” artists who eventually turned […]
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How ’bout them Georgia blues?
Years of playing solo gigs, from dark coffeehouses to bustling clubs to the busy subways of Boston, have given Kyle Shiver an edge. He’s a blues player, with a steely […]
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The politics of jazz
In New Orleans music circles, if your last name is Marsalis (or, for that matter, Neville) you have a reputation to live up to. Jason Marsalis is well aware that […]
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Mark your calendar: Savannah Jazz Festival
All these years after Morning Dance and Catching the Sun, two of the top pop/jazz fusion albums of the early 1980s, Spyro Gyra is still one of the most well-known […]
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Noteworthy: ‘Jazz Yule Love’
Friday’s Coastal Jazz Association Christmas concert is a tradition with a hard-won history. Back in the 1950s, Savannah had separate unions for white musicians and black musicians. It was in […]
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All that (gypsy) jazz
A lot of guitar players talk about Django Reinhardt (1910–1953) as a major influence. The Belgian–born Reinhardt was a gypsy musician — he combined fast–moving swing with distinctly European forms […]
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A date with Miss Tess
There’s something so retro about Boston–based singer, guitarist and bandleader Miss Tess, who’s making her third Savannah appearance Thursday at Jazz’d Tapas Bar. Tess – no last names, please – […]
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In with the old: Christabel and the Jons
The final track on Christabel & the Jons’ CD Custom Made For You, coming as it does after 12 swingin’ jazz and old–timey torch songs, is a bit of a […]
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What’s Next: STOMP and more
The rhythms of the street propelled Britons Steve McNicholas and Luke Creswell to create STOMP, the dance–and–percussion show that’s been touring the world since 1991, and is coming to Savannah’s […]
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Keeping it klezmer
Oy! to the world. The band is fun. That’s the word going around on the Carolina Klezmer Project, which will play at Sunday’s annual Shalom Y’all Jewish Food Festival in […]
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Bobby Lee Rodgers rings in the New Year
WHILE FANS OF SINGER (AND WHIP-ASS GUITARIST) BOBBY LEE RODGERS may know him best from his role as the frontman of the internationally known original pop-fusion band The CodeTalkers, this […]
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Billy Joel & Twyla Tharpe’s Movin’ Out
Billy Joel & Twyla’s Tharpe’s Movin’ Out While I can’t deny that Billy Joel certainly has a way with a melody, and —at times— a knack for penning lyrics that […]