Mark Johnstone isn’t just one of Maui’s finest professional musicians. If you’ve ever had the chance to hear him play the piano, guitar, harmonica or sing, you already know that he’s a virtuoso. He’s got the soul, depth, tilted Fedora and swagger. He also speaks with a slight East Coast accent, plays in the Grammy-nominated Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, windsurfs on the North … [Read more...] about Maui’s Jazz Cat Has Groove: Talking story with Mark Johnstone
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Your guide to the seventh annual Maui Jazz and Blues Festival
This year’s Maui Jazz & Blues Festival promises an array of exciting events all around Maui from Thursday, Sept. 7 to Saturday, Sept. 9. Kenneth K. Martinez Burgmaier, the owner of HawaiiOnTV.com Networks and Jazz Alley TV, founded Maui Jazz & Blues Festival seven years ago. To say he's passionate about the upcoming festival is an understatement. "I’m extremely … [Read more...] about Your guide to the seventh annual Maui Jazz and Blues Festival
Maui’s 6th Annual Jazz and Blues Festival: Talking Story with Legendary Jazz Fusion Guitarist Larry Coryell
‘Jazz Will Live And Live And Live’ Guitarist Larry Coryell is coming to the Maui Jazz & Blues Festival, and we got to talk with him Jazz has a mind of its own. The same song means something different to everyone who hears it. When I ask people about jazz, they often react with passionate love or clear disdain. But I feel like you haven’t really experienced jazz it … [Read more...] about Maui’s 6th Annual Jazz and Blues Festival: Talking Story with Legendary Jazz Fusion Guitarist Larry Coryell
Island Hopping: Big Island Jazz and Blues Festival at the Mauna Kea Hotel
It’s fitting that the fifth annual Big Island Jazz & Blues Festival goes down at the elegant Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. This understated and stylish resort provides an excellent backdrop for music and musicians. Their luau grounds are nestled under the branches of huge trees, the trunks of which provide the natural main stage background. The beach spans for miles off … [Read more...] about Island Hopping: Big Island Jazz and Blues Festival at the Mauna Kea Hotel
Charlie Musselwhite King of Blues Harp at Castle Theatre
Charlie Musselwhite is the king of the harp. Not the kind angels carry, but the shiny, feisty, handheld harmonica. Growing up in Memphis when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis were hot, Musselwhite earned his blues nickname "Memphis Charlie" while pouring concrete, digging ditches and running moonshine in a 1950 Lincoln. He headed for Chicago as a young man to find … [Read more...] about Charlie Musselwhite King of Blues Harp at Castle Theatre