Doc's Jazz Music Reviews

Pick up a copy of Roadshow by Sonny Rollins - you will not be sorry!

I already reported on the Sonny Rollins concert but that was not the only show we took in last night. Over at the Mainstage outdoor stage Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings were putting on a show - that ran at the same time as the Rollins one around the corner.

We caught about a half hour of Sharon but what we took in was good. My wife Lin commented about how powerful a voice she has. It was a fun show - not really jazz but more in the funk category. If you have heard Brian Culbertson's "Bring on the Funk", you know what I mean.

I want to give a shout out to our daughter Tiffany. We are having too much fun on our vacation but I may do a podcast on the Jazz Fest in the next few days once we get out of Toronto.

I mentioned how the staff at the Centre stopped me from taking photographs. The whole experience was almost funny because once I was stopped it looked like a lightening storm - people were taking photos all over the place. Oh well, we did get a few and once I get a chance to Photoshop them, they will be posted. In the meantime here are a few I found that should give you a taste of what we saw last night plus a few vintage.

Talk to you later, Jim