Ken Franckling
Ken’s Contributions
04/17/12 News
Florida Musicians Gather for One of Their Own
More than 50 performers support Julie Royal, wife of pianist Michael Royal
03/17/12 Albums
Horace is Here
Greg Abate
Saxophonist Greg Abate, best known for his alto work but also a fine player on the other horns, including baritone, has been a hard-bop disciple for more than three decades. So it was only natural that he’d focus a complete project on paying tribute to one...
02/20/12 Concerts
Punta Gorda Wine & Jazz Festival, 2/18-19/12
Ken Franckling reports on this seventh annual event on the Southwest Florida coast
02/14/12 Concerts
Ira Sullivan in Southwest Florida, 2/13/12
Ken Franckling reports on performance by the multi-instrumentalist’s group at a Charlotte County Jazz Society concert
01/29/12 Concerts
Greg Nielsen and his Quartet in Florida, 1/27/12
Trombonist and his quartet bring versatility and experience to Venice, Fla.
01/18/12 Albums
Bons Amigos
Claudio Roditi
Ken Franckling reviews the latest from the Brazilian trumpeter
01/14/12 Concerts
Ed Metz Trio in Florida, 1/9/12
Ken Franckling reports on performance by the drummer’s group at a Charlotte County Jazz Society concert
12/15/11 Concerts
Bill Allred’s Classic Jazz Band in Florida, 12/12/11
Ken Franckling reports on performance by the trombonist and his group at Charlotte County Jazz Society concert
11/16/11 Concerts
Allan Vaché Quintet: Live at Cultural Center Theater in Port Charlotte, Fla.
Ken Franckling reports on performance by clarinetist and his group at event presented by the Charlotte County Jazz Society
09/06/11 Concerts
2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Ken Franckling reports on annual festival held in Lenox, Ma.
08/09/11 Photos
2011 Newport Jazz Festival
Ken Franckling shares photos from the noted jazz festival presented by George Wein Productions
05/16/11 News
Essentially Ellington Weekend in NYC
Ken Franckling on the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival
05/12/11 Franckling's JazzNotes
Jazz in Key West: A Musical Version of Build It and They Will Come
Honeymooner Ken Franckling digs the jazz scene in Key West
05/02/11 Albums
Bach's Secret Files and More Crossover Fantasies
Burgstaller Martignon 4
This quartet is on to something quite marvelous: a hybrid interplay between jazz and classical music - even opera - that should please fans of both genres, and expose the separatists to the virtues of each form. The band is co-led by former Canadian Brass...
05/02/11 Albums
Flowers and Other Stories
Assaf Kehati
One of the great thing about today’s globalized jazz scene is that musicians from other countries and other cultures are stretching by weaving in the rhythms, tonal colors and sensibilities of their homelands. Jazz is all the richer for it. This second recording...
03/11/11 Franckling's JazzNotes
Short Takes: Nordic Connect & Lisa Lindsley
Ken Franckling reviews two recent jazz albums
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ReportAbout Ken Franckling
Ken Franckling is a veteran arts writer and freelance photographer specializing in music photography. Since the early 1980s, he has covered the jazz scene throughout the Northeast with occasional journeys to other regions in pursuit of essential musical moments.
Ken's serious interest in jazz was formed while involved with the campus radio station at St. Bonaventure University in upstate New York's Snow Belt from 1969 to 1971. It began flourishing in the early 1980s after the Newport Jazz Festival returned to its Rhode Island roots and he began covering that return as a news story while a staff reporter/news editor for United Press International.
Ken covered jazz and wrote a regular column, The Jazz Condition, for UPI for more than 20 years. He is a contributor to the Jazz Journalists Association's quarterly Jazz Notes newsletter and a contributing writer / photographer for JazzTimes, Jazziz, Hot House, AllAboutJazz.com and other publications.