Whoever said that Los Angeles, California is not a hot bed for Jazz, and that the American west coast was the last place to host true-to-genre Jazz performers? While the idea of the American Jazz mecca seems to always default to New York City, we have to remember that so many other U.S. geographic regions produced and purported birthing—or at least being home to—some of the best jazz players in the history of the genre, and all of it’s bona fide sub-genres and styles.
The Power of Jazz Live Performances in Intimate Settings
Jazz is much more than music; rather, it is an experience and a dialogue between performer and audience. Swelling from the live jazz performances, the studio albums offer just clipped songs. The real pulse of jazz comes from these performances in front of a live...
