Eric Hofbauer News Today

This year’s big-ticket event is a three-night concert by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra under the direction of the redoutable Ted Nash (May 2-4).

At the ready on alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, the venerated Boston-based improviser and composer Charlie Kohlhase ascends the proverbial podium to lead his Explorers Club on the new Mandorla Music release A Second Life.

As an educator, Jack teaches percussion extensively to students of all ages and abilities. He is also involved in academia as a professor of the history of jazz at Emerson College in Boston.