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Goodbye To 2003

Happy New Year! I wish you the best in 2004. Looking back on 2003 in modern jazz, one phrase sums is up: Trumpeters Gone Wild! It’s the year that Nicholas Payton went fusion with Sonic Trance Roy Hargrove presents Hard…

Jazz Grammy Winners

History holds true as the Pat Metheny Group won the Best Contemporary Jazz award at the Grammy Awards on February 23. Metheny beat out excellent releases by John Scofield, Joe Zawinul, Yellowjackets, and Larry Carlton. Metheny didn’t win every award…

In Praise of Liquid Soul

I saw Liquid Soul in concert at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in 1999. I had never heard of the band before. My then-wife and I were sitting on the lawn enjoying the day of music when the…