Jazz is alive again at the Café Bohemia! And it has been. Since 2019. Yes. The Café Bohemia. The one that Oscar Pettiford, especially, immortalized with his composition, “Bohemia after Dark.” The one that was the venue for some of the landmark recordings of the 1950’s, including The Charles Mingus …
Wilson maintains his own inimitable style on hug! with the big-family happiness that defines his love of humanity and his associated love of music.
Artists eventually do go home again, if not physically, at least in spirit, as they realize that their upbringings formed the bases of their artistries, even as their talents may have been transformed years later. Innumerable musicians and singers recall their early discoveries of music in the church, in hometowns …
Katie Bull is indescribable. But here goes the description. Like vocalists Sheila Jordan, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, Robert Johnson, Joni Mitchell, James Brown, Anita O’Day or Billie Holiday, Bull performs without compromise. Like them, she is original, passionate, distinctive, influential, fearless, outspoken and supremely talented. She lives life on her …
