Plastic Sax

John Scofield brings the funk. And because of the guitarist's strong predilection for deep grooves, I expect to encounter a full house...

* Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout blogs about a visit to Kansas City. It's a remarkable essay , both nostalgic and sli...

It's an extremely limited sample size, but I'm very pleased to report that every time I've visited The Phoenix I've encount...

Did you miss the Nuit du Jazz show at Jardine's earlier this week? Fear not- a representative sampling is already on YouTube. While no...

*Both Jardine's and the Blue Room made Downbeat 's new list of the world's 100 Best Jazz Clubs. A link? Don't be silly. W...

Where was the noise? I darkened the door of Jardine's last Saturday afternoon fully prepared to soak in some free jazz. What I heard was...

I'd be lying if I claimed that I didn't read Ben Ratliff's de facto state-of-jazz commentary with great interest earlier this w...