From the popular to the obscure, Mike Melito knows jazz classics so well that he can step into any situation. So it’s not surprising that he’s been the drummer of choice when jazz luminaries like Benny Golson, James Moody, Barry Harris, Eric Alexander, and many more have come to town. Over the years, Melito has […]
Bob Sneider
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Album review: ‘Jazz Shabbat’
TBK Music Project ‘Jazz Shabbat’ Self-released tbk.org The Old Testament has a lot of rules but nowhere does it say Friday night services can’t swing. Tradition, you say? The Jazz Shabbat tradition is pushing 15 years at Temple B’rith Kodesh. And now the program, a collaboration with members of the Eastman School of Music Jazz […]
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Pat Bianchi has gone from the basement to gigs with jazz legends
Pat Bianchi’s fate was sealed on Christmas Eve 1983, when his parents took the 7-year-old to celebrate the holiday with his grandparents. “I went into the basement and there was a Farfisa organ on a dolly with a big bow on it,” Bianchi says. “I couldn’t believe it. Then, Christmas Day, I went to my […]
