10:15 PM Kyle Roussel can shift on a dime between second-line marches and Beethoven sonatas, which is exactly what he did in Kilbourn Hall with his trio. Then, as a quartet with a guest singer, the band launched into soul/R&B, always with a touch of New Orleans bluesy licks. I’m…
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“There’s no boundaries to music,” Camila Meza said in her early set in Kilbourn Hall last night. The Chilean singer-songwriter/guitarist said she was attracted to the New York jazz scene and, from there, all the beats, harmonies, and languages of Latin-American music and jazz tumbled together to create Meza, the…
11:03 PM Blues, gospel, bop, Isaiah Thompson does it all with aplomb and showmanship. There’s a lot to say about the show, which I’ll leave to a more comprehensive review to publish tomorrow. But I wanted to report that the earlier hype I heard was spot on. 9:10 PM Tessa…
I set a trap for myself, and fell in. I made an early prediction about the best show of the festival when we were only halfway through it. And another show on Day 6 rose to the occasion, which will be added to my personal ‘best of RIJF 2026.’ That…
10:32 PM: Jamie Baum had more than a septet with her in her show at the Theater at Innovation Square. She had 10 musicians—an decet—including herself. That’s a lot of timbres and textures to work with, in terms of compositions and arrangements. On the flute and alto flute, she was…