Guitarist Grant Green has kept listeners hip and nostalgic through his Masters of Groove music group projects and traditional jazz works. And although his new album on “The Burt Bacharach […]
By Adrianne Murchison, Staff Editor *** Dionne Farris performs this Friday, September 20th at The Velvet Note *** There’s something about Dionne. In a day and age whenmost artists appeal to certain […]
Last night, I went on a date. Yes, that’s right. I went on a real, honest-to-goodness, Saturday night, margaritas and nachos first date. It began with the standard oral presentation […]
Adrianne Murchison, Staff Editor The Velvet Note Acoustic Living Room The musicians of AMP Trio have a global reach similar to that of The Velvet Note: Friends around the world […]
Adrianne Murchison, Staff Editor The Velvet Note Acoustic Living Room You know that line at the end of the film, Casablanca?Humphrey Bogart says to Claude Rains, “Louie, I think this is […]
Adrianne Murchison, Staff Editor The Velvet Note Acoustic Living Room Trumpeter Melvin Jones will lead a celebrated musical send-off for Marlon Patton during Jones’s return to The Velvet Note on […]
The Kenny Garrett Quintet performs this weekend at The Velvet Note, June 29-30, 2019, at 7:30pm and 9:30pm showtimes. Vernell Brown on piano, Corcoran Holt on bass, Samuel Laviso on […]
Just One of Those Things is a weekly blog and column about jazz, life and love, although not necessarily in that order. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE STAFF […]
Saturday, June 3rd is The Velvet Note’s Fifth Anniversary. You can attend our celebration by making a reservation at https://thevelvetnote.com/fifth-anniversary. I CAN HEAR YOU In March of 2014, I picked […]
Saturday, June 3rd is The Velvet Note’s Fifth Anniversary. You can attend our celebration by making a reservation at https://thevelvetnote.com/fifth-anniversary. STROKE OF GENIUS In 2014, Henry Davenporte suffered a stroke. […]
