We might not know that we are starved for beauty, but when we encounter it, the force of recognition tells us everything. Here is a very casual and very moving performance: an interlude from the world of 2025. Bud Freeman, tenor saxophone, then 82, and Bucky PIzzarelli, guitar, playing Rodgers and Hart's BEWITCHED. I offer…

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09.08.2025

“COME AND GET IT!”: THE 2025 REDWOOD COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL IS ON THE WAY, WITH A CAST OF THOUSANDS (Valerie Kirchhoff, Ethan Leinwand, Jonathan Doyle, T.J. Muller, Andy Schumm; Carl Sonny Leyland, Dan Barrett, Nate Ketner, Sam Rocha, Josh Collazo, Hal Smith, Dave Kosmyna, Dave Bennett, Kris Tokarski, Katie Cavera, Steve Pikal, Alice Spencer, Marc Caparone, Jacob Zimmerman,Brian Holland, Danny Coots, Ray Skjelbred, Riley Baker, Jessica King, Ryan Calloway, Clint Baker, Jon-Erik Kellso, Andy Schumm, Matt Weiner.) | JAZZ LIVES

October is not that far away. For some, it is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. For me, it's time for the Redwood Coast Music Festival. I don't know a place more full of fruitfulness -- the musical and personal kind -- than the Redwood Coast Music Festival in Eureka, California. You can look…

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12.08.2025

THE GOLDEN AGE IS NOW (Part One): THE DANNY TOBIAS SEPTET with JON-ERIK KELLSO, DAN BLOCK, STEVE ASH, FELIX LEMERLE, PAT O’LEARY, and KEVIN DORN (Winnie’s Jazz Bar, 66 West 38th Street, New York, July 25, 2025) | JAZZ LIVES

My title isn't hyperbole. I know, among jazz fans of a certain orientation, that the Past is the hallowed place. "X is great, but have you heard Y on this song?" I admire Y without limit, but Y is dead and no longer gigging. X and Company can be seen in person in the rapidly-receding…

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12.08.2025

A FEW MINUTES, NEVER ENOUGH, WITH JIM DAPOGNY (Jazz at Chautauqua, September 30, 2007) | JAZZ LIVES

Here but not here. I can delight in the music and energy of Jim Dapogny (James or Prof, take your pick) but I can no longer send him an email or sit down to a meal with him. Everything and everyone is finite, but I don't expect to stop feeling his absence while I am…

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MAKE TIME FOR BEAUTY | JAZZ LIVES

THE GOLDEN AGE IS NOW (Part One): THE DANNY TOBIAS SEPTET with JON-ERIK KELLSO, DAN BLOCK, STEVE ASH, FELIX LEMERLE, PAT O’LEARY, and KEVIN DORN (Winnie’s Jazz Bar, 66 West 38th Street, New York, July 25, 2025) | JAZZ LIVES

A FEW MINUTES, NEVER ENOUGH, WITH JIM DAPOGNY (Jazz at Chautauqua, September 30, 2007) | JAZZ LIVES

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