Artist Stories

The recorded career of jazz legend John Coltrane as a leader, breaks essentially, into three distinct phases. The surprising commercial appeal of the saxophone-driven title track of the album “My Favorite Things”, led to Trane’s third – Impulse Records. It was artistically successful, albeit commercially mixed.

Because the holidays is a season of family and nostalgia, we asked some of our performers to share their special traditions with us.

“Gypsy jazz is honest music,” says Andy Page, guitarist and headliner for this month’s Premiere Thursday show. “It’s accoustic qualities mean there is no hiding behind anything. It’s down to you and your bandmates.”

in 2017, Vanessa was coming off a South American tour, when she received a phone call out of the blue, from The Voice.

“The thing I appreciate is that Thelonious Monk went his own path, all the time.” says Ernest Turner. Turner’s love for music finally sparked when a teacher in middle school allowed him to play off the page.