Avis Reese, keyboard player for Danielle Ponder & Tomorrow People, went deep in the shed during the band’s performance at Funk n’ Waffle (Downtown) tonight. The show, which also included Funk Nut, was sponsored by Cuse Culture Magazine (concert review to come).
Bill Perry, Jr., of Oxford MS, played the Black History Month kick-off concert at CFAC with vocalist Tawanna Shaunte on Friday.
Chick Corea was named 2015 Jazz Artist of the Year in the Downbeat Reader’s Poll. Corea played the 2011 Syracuse Jazz Festival with Return II Forever.