David Yonke

Dec 9, 2024 | toledofreepress.com | David Yonke

BOWLING GREEN – When Carl Stone steps into the spotlight, dressed all in black with black-rimmed glasses and a black fedora, he appears to be a quiet, unassuming, cool jazz cat. You wouldn’t think of him as a disrupter, but beneath his stoic exterior, that’s exactly what he is. Stone is a 71-year-old artist and composer who, since the 1970s, has been using digital samples and computers to create songs that defy words and musical definitions. In concert Dec.

Dec 3, 2024 | toledofreepress.com | David Yonke

Story and photos by Dave YonkeTOLEDO – Even though she’s been a professional singer for 62 years, Jean Holden still gets butterflies before a concert. “I’m always nervous. It’s good to be a little nervous. It keeps you on your toes,” Holden said in a recent interview. “It’s good to not be cocky, to not be too self-assured.”Once she picks up the mic and begins to sing, however, the butterflies disappear, and it becomes clear why Holden is widely known as Toledo’s First Lady of Song.

Oct 27, 2024 | toledofreepress.com | David Yonke

TOLEDO – A concert featuring the music of the late, legendary big band leader Stan Kenton has been an annual fan favorite for many years for the Toledo Jazz Orchestra. This year, the jazz band will honor Kenton on Nov. 2 with a concert at the Valentine Theatre titled, Fascinating Rhythm – the Music of Stan Kenton. “He was a very progressive jazz artist for his time,” said Scott Potter, who plays trumpet with the TJO.

Oct 16, 2024 | toledofreepress.com | David Yonke

TOLEDO – The Toledo Summit in Downtown Toledo is going to get pretty creepy. As the season of ghosts and spooks hits full stride, the venue will host Halloween-themed Candlelight Concerts on Oct. 19 and 27. The Listeso String Quartet, comprised of two local violinists, a violist and a cellist, is scheduled to perform seasonal favorites that conjure up sinister images, such as Beetlejuice, Michael Myers, the Exorcist, Ghostbusters, Norman Bates and the “altogether ooky” Addams Family.

Oct 7, 2024 | toledofreepress.com | David Yonke

Will Lucas, owner of Lucille’s Jazz Lounge, Earth coffeehouse, and TolHouse private membership club, all at 1447 N. Summit St. in Toledo, was interviewed by David Yonke for the Toledo Free Press. Read Yonke’s recent companion article to this interview “Jazzing it Up,” for even more coverage of the vibrant venue. How did Lucille’s Jazz Lounge get its start? Was it your idea, suggested by someone, or a group collaboration?