Chuck Perrin

One of the perks of running an all ages jazz club is being privy to the growth and development of creative musicians – the journeymen, as well as the young up-and-coming lions. It takes years of hard work to achieve any type of success, and playing jazz music is no exception. The musicians of today… [ read more ]

The pot is always stirring, but I wonder if any of you feel like I do, that things are beginning to spin out of hand. What is fueling all the aggression and intense competitiveness that is seeping through the cracks in our so-called culture? I’m talking about more than the random shootings, the senseless mean-spirited… [ read more ]

Today happens to be the birthday of one of my favorite musicians, Indiana born and bred jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. He developed his own unique style – a way of thumbing notes out of his guitar, making use of full-handed harmonic octaves and block chords to create a fat thick sound that became his signature… [ read more ]