Step Tempest

Creative music should challenge us, make us think and move us forward. Music can make one's life better and fuller, one of life's greatest pleasures.

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Live Music: Litchfield Jazz Fest + The Side Door

Bassist and composer Mario Pavone has been a presence on the Connecticut, New York and International music scene of over five decades. ...

Friday, July 29, 2016

Brief Respite: Politics and Creative Music

One can make the argument that music is always political, especially jazz. Musicians and composers such as Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman...

A Slew of Trios (Part 1)

Over the past several months, a large amount of recordings by trios have been issued. Not just piano-bass-drums trios but other instrumental...

Monday, July 25, 2016

More Voices and Their Stories

Peter Eldridge has such a wonderful vocal style; he can sing blues with great conviction, swing with great ease, caress a ballad with t...

Sunday, July 24, 2016

One Door Closes (for the weekend) & Another Opens (you'll see)

Jan and Ken are taking a well-deserved rest (actually, a busman's holiday) this weekend (7/29-30); therefore, The Side Door Jazz Club ...

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

The Intimacy of Two

Listening to the various interactions of vocalist Sara Gazarek and pianist Josh Nelson on " Dream in the Blue " (Steel Bird Mu...

Monday, July 18, 2016

7/21 - 7/23: Picks of the Week Live & Recorded

A generous helping of youth and age is on tap for two CT venues this week. On Friday July 22, The Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme presen...

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