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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Musical chairs
DESPITE BOASTING a handful of large venues ranging in capacity from the 1,100-seat Historic Lucas Theatre for The Arts to the MLK Jr. Arena inside our Civic Center (which tops […]
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An interview with Coastal Jazz Association Vice President Skip Jennings
I spoke at length with longtime local music enthusiast and promoter Skip Jennings about the upcoming 2008 Savannah Jazz Festival. This is the complete transcript of our conversation. How long […]
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‘Jazz can also draw regular folks’
ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING UPRIGHT BASSISTS on today’s Southeastern jazz scene, Will Goble is seemingly in almost constant demand as a sideman — and for noteworthy players at that. […]
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Music Opinion: Playing To Our Strengths
THIS PAST WEEKEND I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL that I can’t say was entirely unexpected, but which left me both reflective and wistful. After two-and-a-half years of business, Kokopelli’s Jazz Club […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver After being bowled over by Bill Monroe at age 11, this mandolinist from the outskirts of Kingsport, Tn. (home of the 70-ft blue flame, Dillard Clark […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
Linnzi Zaorski & Band Zaorski is a fantastic old-time, 1930s-style jazz vocalist and torch singer in the vein of greats like Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday and even the posthumously adored […]
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Jazz Festival Spotlight
THIS 26TH ANNUAL INSTALLMENT of our city’s well-known free music festival (sponsored in large part by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs) continues this week with a schedule […]
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We tell you where to go
The Doug Carn Quartet This “musician’s musician” is a stellar keyboardist who specializes in the swirling, soulful sounds of the Hammond organ. Known to many jazzbos as one of the […]