by Ben Shaw
Ben Shaw
Articles by Ben Shaw
Is This Jazz?: Passion Reverence Transcendence — A Tribute to McCoy Tyner
On December 11, the legendary jazz pianist McCoy Tyner turned 80 years old. A few months earlier, I received an album ...
Is This Jazz? An Interview with Frank Potenza
Jazz guitarist and recent Rhode Island Music Hall Of Fame inductee Frank Potenza returns to the area to play ...
Is This Jazz? Be-Bop on the Breeze
If leaves could choose a type of music to accompany their fall to the ground, they’d choose jazz. And every ...
Is This Jazz?: Newport Jazz Fest ’18 Review
Although we may be weeks past this year’s Newport Jazz Festival, there is still plenty to reflect on. This year ...
Newport Jazz Festival: Smooth Sounds Swing on the Sea Air
Standing in a field under full sun is the last thing anyone wants to do; unless, of course, said standing ...
Is This Jazz?: Jazz in the Summer
The time has come once again to collect an assortment of concerts happening around the state and present them here ...
Is This Jazz?: A New Night For Jazz
When a new jazz venue pops up in the area, it’s important to shine a light on them so they ...
Is This Jazz? Wednesdays at the Acacia Club with Leland Baker
Saxophonist Leland Baker has been making a name for himself around New England over the past several years and has ...
Is This Jazz? A Night Of Gershwin
On Thursday, February 22, the Veterans Memorial Auditorium was host to a rousing performance by The Gershwin Big Band, an ...
Is This Jazz? My Funny Valentine
Many jazz standards have faded from popular memory and been usurped by newer charts, but a select few continue ...
