by Dan Lehner On Tuesday night at (le) Poisson Rouge, while Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra was playing Carla Bley's deconstructed and deranged take on "America The Beautiful", Barack Obama was making his
By Dan Lehner and FoM The second night of the 2017 Winter Jazzfest Marathon arrived after a day full of snow in NYC, making hopping between clubs a bit more challenging than on
by Dan Lehner There was a sense of freshness in the air as the first night of the Winter Jazz Fest Marathon kicked off on Friday. The first real snowfall
By Dan Lehner and FoM Winter Jazzfest returns for it's lucky 13th edition next month, filling the clubs of the East and West Village (and beyond) with more than 150 bands playing
by Dan Lehner and FoM (See our Friday recap here.) It’s a rare treat for jazz audiences to be able to hear a large work performed in its
By Dan Lehner The Friday portion of the 2015 Winter Jazzfest, with a temperature of 17°F before windchill, was the coldest in WJF history since the inaugural festival (when it was -2°F). Not that this,
by Dan Lehner Audiences at the Newport Jazz Festival are frequently given opportunities to see how radically different a single format can be. For the audiences of the Quad Stage on
by Dan Lehner At the close of his set at Newport, Brian Blade said of his last tune, an optimistic gospel piece entitled “Let Your Line Shine Through”,
by Dan Lehner and FoM Winter Jazzfest is known for having its acts whip their audience into a frenzy (for a "jazz crowd," that is) but the start to Saturday's
