Wayne Beck is on a mission. It is 9 a.m. on a chilly March Saturday morning and I have been charged with transporting him and his collection of “Akron Sound” Museum artifacts from his Highland Square apartment to the Big Love Festival at Summit Artspace in Akron. We unload the contents of my minivan onto the loading dock, and Wayne protects his collection as though it were … [Read more...]
Copali creates masterful instrumental jazz fusion
The thing that first captured my attention about Copali was how in sync its members are with one another. Their performances have a creative, improvisational feel, but their cohesiveness and spot-on delivery left me with the assumption that the band must work very hard to perfect the spontaneous vibe that permeates their shows. Imagine my delight when I recently sat in on a … [Read more...]
