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Jim Snidero is about to hit the road, and he’s doing it the old-fashioned way—loading up the van and driving through the Midwest, playing night after night, city after city. And when he rolls into BOP STOP for a Friday, March 7 performance, he’ll bring the kind of musicians who turn heads: Peter Washington on bass and Jason Tiemann on drums.
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Don Was is a busy guy. He’s the president of Blue Note Records, the iconic jazz label. He has an office in the Capitol Records Tower, the 13-story building in Hollywood that was built to resemble a stack of records. He’s been a figure on the LA music biz scene for decades. He’s 72 years old. So what’s he doing playing a club date in Cleveland on a Thursday night in February?
Let’s just say he’s leaving LA for a short-term rendezvous with two of his lifelong loves: his hometown of Detroit and playing music. The bassist, producer and executive is bringing his new band, the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, to the Music Box Supper Club on February 11.
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I get a lot of records from publicists looking for a review, 788 last year. That’s way more than I can get to, but I try to check in on most of them. Last year I noticed that a lot of them had Troy Roberts on tenor saxophone, and even on records I didn’t care for–maybe especially those–I was drawn to his muscular sound. I missed his appearance last year with Pat Bianchi (a gig I previewed here), but I–and Cleveland—will get a second bite of the apple Sunday, Feb. 16 when the saxophonist returns to BOP STOP.
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Review: “Kiss Me Quick” from Holly Cole’s “Dark Moon” All About Jazz, 4 February, 2025
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