Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) with Wynton Marsalis at Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill
If any in attendance at UNC for the sold-out program on Wednesday were expecting a concert of uncharted explorations in contemporary jazz, they would have been sorely disappointed. Instead they were treated to the combined work...
Read MorePat Metheny Unity Group at the Carolina Theatre, Durham
Despite the unseasonably cool and wet evening, a sellout audience was present for an interesting and, some would say, “energetic” performance from the multiple Grammy Award winning guitarist and composer Pat Metheny...
Read MoreA Fine Father’s Day Tribute to Paul Montgomery
It was a perfect summer’s evening at the Stephenson (Rose Garden) Amphitheatre of the Raleigh Little Theatre to sit in the open air listening to the finest “local” jazz musicians, who ranged in age from their...
Read MoreWimington’s CAM Hosts Cape Fear Jazz Orchestra’s Debut
It was a pleasant surprise to hear the (unexpected inaugural) concert by the Cape Fear Jazz Orchestra at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington. The audience for this sold-out event was highly enthusiastic with their nearly...
Read MoreArturo Sandoval at the Carolina Theatre, Durham
It is not often in the jazz world that the terms Virtuoso and Maestro are used to describe the same artist. This reviewer has no hesitation in using these appellations for multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Arturo Sandoval in...
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