If you attend one of the Ed Palermo Big Band’s shows – this was my fourth – you musically expect the unexpected. Mash-ups and medleys of seemingly unrelated tunes concocted together into a bubbling ...

Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield – two pioneers of modern-day blues and rock have been long gone. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (with Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar) performed at the ...

Sometimes musicians with serious chops take their music a little too seriously. Others, however, manage to combine talent and humor in a way that proves infectious. The Ed Palermo Big Band is one of ...