Jazz is a musical genre that is by far at its best in a live setting — the more intimate the better. This is a fact which has both limited […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Marcus Roberts & the ASO
“The bar’s set very high,” says the jazz pianist of his first full symphonic work. “So I spent a lot of time listening to piano music, just to figure out where my inspiration would come from …”
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SMF: Bela Fleck
In 30–plus years of interviewing musicians, I can name a half–dozen who are always a pleasure to speak with – they’re forthcoming, funny, thoughtful and seem to truly enjoy exposition […]
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Savannah Music Festival Lineup Announcement Interviews
In anticipation of this week’s public unveiling of the lineup for the 2009 Savannah Music Festival, Connect spoke briefly with the SMF’s Communications Manager and Director of Marketing and Public […]
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The SMF drops it like it’s hot
Much to the delight of all manner of folks throughout our community —and elsewhere— 2009 will mark the seventh installment of the Savannah Music Festival. Initially known as the Savannah […]
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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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Pianist Marcus Roberts once more graces the SMF
ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED and highly regarded stride and jazz pianists of his generation, Marcus Roberts made a name for himself at a relatively young age by reinterpreting the […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
Danielle Howle A rare local set by this terrific, Columbia, S.C. indie-rocker turned swinging, jazzy Americana chanteuse who made a name for herself in the early ‘90s as frontperson for […]
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An archive full of remarkable performances
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU attended an outstanding live concert event only to wish in vain that you could somehow obtain a high-quality document of the show to listen to […]