It’s an exciting weekend for jazz fans in Nashville. This Friday April 12th is a sold-out concert of the great Wayne Shorter Quartet with the Nashville Symphony. If you’re late on Wayne tickets, check out the angelic voice of Cassie Peterson at F. Scott’s on Friday night starting at 7pm. Saturday April 13th the Contemporary Jazz Series of NJW features… (more…)
When I first moved to Nashville, there was a guitarist I kept hearing people in the jazz scene talk about in the most glowing of terms: Andy Reiss. It was hard to find Andy playing in a ‘typical jazz setting’, although the first time I heard Andy was in an ensemble with George Tidwell at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Lots… (more…)
The Nashville Jazz Workshop just posted a performance of The Cosmonaut from the Falling Up CD Release Party last year. One of my favorite examples of the Quintet’s ensemble playing.