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A Heather Thorn performance can be called a trip into the Roaring ’20s. The question is whether it’s back to the 1920s or forward to the 2020s. The Orlando, Florida, resident’s instrument of choice is the xylophone, something of a throwback to the early days of jazz, before the invention of the amplified vibraphone, popularized during the Swing Era by the likes of Lionel Hampton and Red Norvo.

Alto saxophonist Alex Laurenzi considers Bruce Williams his “alto godfather. He has been the single biggest influence on my identity

Pianist James Austin, Jr.’s debut album on his Jca Records label in 2018 was called Songs in the Key of

In a review of Vanessa Perea’s 2014 album, Soulful Days, Jazz Times‘s Christopher Loudon wrote that her singing recalled, “the

On Sunday, October 20, organist/pianist David Braham will lead an “old fashioned jam session/open mic” at the New Jersey Jazz

On Sunday, September 15, Braham, on piano, and Rick Crane, on bass, will be accompanying vocalist Frank Noviello. The following month, on October 20, Braham, on organ, will be leading the house band in an “old fashioned jam session/open mic”.