It is rare that a jazz album comes with laugh out loud moments but bassoonist Daniel Smith's Smokin' Hot Bassoon Blues is full of them. Unfortunately these do not appear to be intentional humorous ...

Jazz Suite is the second album by bassoonist Daniel Smith to be reviewed in these precincts (Smokin' Hot Bassoon Blues was the first). This one is far more agreeable, for at least two reasons: first, ...

Nothing embodies the way classical music is evolving — in positive ways — better than the Boulder Bassoon Quartet. A professional bassoon quartet? Yes, they’re rare. But it’s just the sort of clever ...

Kaitlin Baker, of Townsend, will present a bassoon recital on June 9, at 3 p.m. at the Lawrence Library, 15 Main St., Pepperell. Admission is free. She will be joined by John Clark on piano and Joy ...

Noon Concerts at Trinity Santa Barbara is marking 50 years of bassoon playing with two upcoming concerts, one in Santa Barbara and one in Beverly Hills. 50 Years of Bassoon Music for Bassoon & Strings ...

The local electric bassoon ensemble — perhaps the world's only electric bassoon ensemble — began as a joke. Matt Gutwein mused about his teenage hobby of playing bassoon, the double-reed woodwind ...

If there's a case to be made for featuring the bassoon in a jazz ensemble, bassoonist Daniel Smith (now out with his fifth jazz album) is probably the one to make it. And while the album, Smokin' Hot ...