Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Interview with #MickeyRoker #RIP #Jazz

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#AnitaEccleston

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Church of Sound: ....

This innovative live music project host some of the finest contemporary jazz musicians at St. James the Great Church in East London.
Yussef Kamaal performing jazz at a Sound of Church event at East London's St. James the Great Church (Salem Wazeki)


In a move that would both shock and delight my mother, for the last year I’ve been going to church roughly once a month.  However, I’m no born again Christian.  The only light I’ve seen is the warm glow of a spotlight illuminating some of the most exciting talent the UK’s vibrant jazz scene has to offer.  This is no ordinary church I’ve been attending; this is the Church of Sound.

Church of Sound is a live music project like no other.  Taking over the beautiful St. James the Great Church in Clapton, East London, the team hosts some of the finest contemporary jazz musicians to create unforgettable, unique musical experiences.

The format is innovative too.  In most cases the acts play two sets; in the first set they play from the songbooks of alternative jazz greats, from the great funk drummer Idris Muhammad right through to the psychedelic Minnie Riperton and the Rotary Connection.  After a brief interval, the acts return to play a second set comprised of their own material.  The beauty of this format is that the first set eases the audience in with the familiar, building a sense of trust that allows less well-known acts to stretch out and perform, confident in the knowledge that the crowd is willing to go with them.  It also ensures the emphasis is placed on the act’s own compositions, thus avoiding the risk of wallowing in nostalgia. 

read more at: http://www.independent.co.uk/artsentertainment/music/features/xxx-a7762971.html


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Hugh Masekela at Carnival City

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Alvin King

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Newcastle Jazz and Blues Festival

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Pedal Up - Rahsaan Roland Kirk


Published on May 10, 2017
Multiinstrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk plays Pedal Up on the 1975 Down Beat Readers Awards show with McCoy Tyner on piano, Stanley Clarke on bass and Lenny White on Drums.

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Monday, May 29, 2017

Nicholas Payton with Vilde Aaslid

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Bard's Celebration of Jazz

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a four-part documentary on #CountBasie

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THE BEATLES’ SGT. PEPPERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

There’s no small risk involved in tampering with a classic, and the Beatles in particular. The Love spectacular by Cirque de Soleil aside, any attempt to enhance the Fabs’ original intents takes history down a rabbit hole where the producers’ vision threatens to supersede the Beatles’ intents with their own vision of how history should be represented

 So on the enhanced Sgt. Peppers 50th Anniversary Edition, naturally then, those concerns are magnified when it comes to a near perfect masterpiece like the immortal Sgt. Pepper. Rated by most as the best rock album of all time, it would be hard to improve upon, at least so far as content is concerned. Still, given the limited sound capabilities that existed in 1967, that does allow for the fact that some essential upgrade in the sonics could be affected, especially if the individual assigned the task is Giles Martin, son of George and perhaps the closest participant to the original recording sessions other than Paul and Ringo themselves.

 So let’s cut to the chase. Is there a discernible difference in terms of aural enhancement? The immediate answer is yes. The sound is clearer, less muddy and far punchier than before. The little nuances offer evidence enough, from the clarity of the strings and vocal fades to the rich sheen that surrounds the instruments overall. Granted, a passive listen might not bring these differences to the fore, but with a concentrated hearing, it’s quite clear.

 read more: https://glidemagazine.com/185232/beatles-sgt-peppers-50th-anniversary-edition-enhances-best-best-album-review/

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Saturday, May 27, 2017

vibist Terry Gibbs

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June 7th, 7-9 pm for an Evening of Celebration and Song.

Hosted by Ron Claiborne of ABC News, the Gala will take place at Mary Cary Flagler Hall at The DiMenna Center, 450 West 37th St, in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, June 7th from 7-9pm. The proceeds benefits the education efforts of The Jazz Power Initiative, transforming lives through jazz arts education.

 read more at: http://jazzpower.org/2017/05/an-evening-of-celebration-and-song/?utm_source=Spring+Gala+Eblast+%22Three+is+the+magic+number%22&utm_campaign=New+website+is+live+NOW....&utm_medium=email

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NJ JazzList



News: Jazz in So. Orange
Evenings in the shoping district of South Orange are special. Musicians, including some great jazz, can be heard on the streets and free venues every Friday and Saturday night. The event committee has coordinated a great series that will run through the summer. Join in the fun at South Orange Village Center for live entertainment and great shopping & dining! Concerts are from 7pm to 10pm and are weather permitting.
Photo credit:Richard Burbridge for The New Yorker

 Spotlight: Cécile McLorin Salvant
She is a twenty-seven-year-old singer named Cécile McLorin Salvant. This New Yorker Magazine article introduces her to those who might not know the name. Salvant, virtually unknown a few years ago, has built an avid following, winning a Grammy and several awards. Many are now singing this singer's praises. Wynton Marsalis has twice hired her to tour with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

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Friday, May 26, 2017

the late Roger Moore on Frank Sinatra's saloon .....

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Catch Willie Jones III in DC or NYC!

Attention Jazz Travelers - Can't wait for 2018 Florida tour? Catch Willie Jones III in DC or NYC!



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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Ray Mantilla's new album

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CD REVIEW: Tom Haines & the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra - Live



Tom Haines & the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra - Live
(Tom Haines Music THMCD001. Review by Peter Bacon)

Composer Tom Haines who lives and works in Warwickshire, raised the money for this recording via a crowdfunding appeal and enlisted the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra, started in 2014 by trumpeter Sean Gibbs, to perform five of his works before an audience at Stratford Jazz’s 30th birthday celebrations in December last year.

I was there on the night (my review on thejazzbreakfast) and was hugely impressed both by the strength and originality of Haines’ writing and by the way it was interpreted and brought to vivid life by the youthful BJO.

What sounds fine live doesn’t always pass muster when subjected to the more exacting scrutiny possible when a recording is made and turned into a CD. So I am delighted to find that in this case not only does the recording confirm my delight on the night, it actually sounds much better than the live balance could manage in what was a difficult room - circular - for amplification.

Tom Haines has, to my ears, a really fresh approach to big band writing. I get the impression he is a composer first and foremost (as opposed to a player who also composes) and he brings a broad set of influences to his writing - minimalism and contemporary as well as jazz - plus a really detailed ear and eye to the arrangements.

 read more at: http://www.londonjazznews.com/2017/05/cd-review-tom-haines-birmingham-jazz.html

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

bassist Oscar Pettiford's nonet

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Then Sat 27/5 Jazz Showcase concert

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Con Symphony & the Con Artists Big Band

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Drummer's drummer: #FrankieDunlop

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Hey, Don Moye: You are 71 today.

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USA: Ravish Momin & Tarana News

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FRANCE/USA: Cuong Vu

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How musical improvisation works

As project director of Bonn's Jazzfest, Anke Steinbeck had the opportunity to talk with jazz musicians about improvisation and the magic of jazz. Thomas Quasthoff and Niels Klein paid homage to the musical form.

 Musicologist and Jazzfest project director Anke Steinbeck talked with eight different musicians about the spontaneity of jazz improvisation. Star baritone and jazz singer Thomas Quasthoff, Cologne-based saxophonist Niels Klein and newcomer saxophonist Marius Neset of Norway were three of those to share their thoughts on the genre. All of them said they loved the power of creating impromptu music.

 German vibraphonist and composer Christopher Dell also shared his expertise about the "technology of improvisation," calling his work "contemporary music infused with a great deal of improvisation."
Anke Steinbeck is author of the book "Fantasieren nach Beethoven - Praxis und Geschichte kreativer Musik" ("Imagining like Beethoven - The Practice and History of Creative Music"), which was published by Verlag Dohr.

 read more: http://www.dw.com/en/how-musical-improvisation-works/a-38932164

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Monday, May 22, 2017

USA: Art Pepper The Art Pepper Quartet

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Bud Shank, Born 5/27/1926

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A Beginner's Guide to Jazz Music

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Christian Chevallier's ensembles ....

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Jamaican alto saxophonist Joe Harriott

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Wilton Gaynair, a fab Jamaican tenor saxophonist

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Fresh African music & culture - #MonikaNjava

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Sunday, May 21, 2017

Dee Dee Bridgewater On Piano Jazz

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Exclusive #video of ‘Red’ Callender & the Roy Milton

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Pam Grier, Paul Theroux, Lola Albright, Tina Brooks ...

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Impressions of jazz with'En Route'

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The Vortex Jazz Club

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Geoff Wright of Derby Jazz

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Saturday, May 20, 2017

#CamileThurman - INSIDE THE MOMENT

I am supper thrilled to announce that  Inside the Moment: Live at Rockwood Music Hall recorded on Chesky Records is here! This is my third album as a leader and first release with Chesky Records. It features Jazz standards composed by Billy Strayhorn, Wes Montgomery, Wayne Shorter as well as two favorites of mine covered by the great Sarah Vaughan --Sassy's Blues and Cherokee.  The band features some of the finest musicans of today's Jazz world --Ben Allision (bass), Mark Whitfield (guitar) and Billy Drummond (drums). Inside the Moment is an inagural release of the new Virtual Audio Series from Chesky Records. The album was recorded in front of a live audience at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City, using a single binaural microphone enabling the listener to hear the music as if they are in the audience (hi-res quality). 

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Swing From Paris

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videos of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

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my review of Nicki Parrott's ...

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5 must-see musical cities

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40th Atlanta Jazz Festival

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recalling Dave Pell and my 2009 interview

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Delfeayo Marsalis' New Orleans Jazz Jam

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BMI's Jazz Composers Workshop

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RIP jazz great Dave Pell.

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Friday, May 19, 2017

Hugh Masekela at Carnival City

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singer-guitarist Richard Barone

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Belgian jazz between 1950 and 1970

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Kenny Dorham clips .....

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Jazz as ever-changing social consciousness

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"K.D. Is Here, New York City 1962 & 1966,"

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Rare jazz club in West Bridgewater ....

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Atlanta wine shop ....

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Jazz SLC closes out season with ...

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pianist Pete Jolly's last recordings

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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Jerry Coker's sole album in 1955

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Barbados Jazz Excursion Oct 6-8, 2017

Ready to Escape and Give Life a Break? Book Yourself to the Barbados Jazz Excursion Oct 6-8, 2017
Renowned Jazz artist and Barbados native, Elan Trotman, showcases and shares the culture of his homeland at his annual Barbados Jazz Excursion, slated to take place on the Caribbean island for the fourth time in October over Columbus Day Weekend (October 6-9, 2017). The saxman performs and hosts the music festival and golf tournament that benefits his nonprofit Never Lose Your Drive Foundation and the Head Start Music Program in Barbados. Slated to perform this year are R&B and contemporary jazz mainstays Will Downing, Norman Brown, Marion Meadows, Brian Simpson, Jeanette Harris and Julian Vaughn as well as the Queen of Soca, Alison Hinds.

 “I’m so honored to say that I’m from Barbados – an island with some of the most beautiful people, amazing beaches and rich culture,” stated Trotman. “What better way to tell the world about this hidden gem, than to take them there to experience a weekend in island paradise. In addition to our all-star line-up of artists, we’ve put together some amazing attractions for travelers to enjoy during their stay on the island.”

 Hand crafted itineraries for the October Jazz Excursion come complete with accommodations at Barbados’ world-famous Beach Resorts, Crane Resort, Ocean Two or Bridgetown Hilton, and include daily breakfast, airport transfers, VIP concert seating to all performances and pre-show meet & greets with attending artists. Unique excursions are boasted throughout with island adventures including island safari tours, sunset cruises, Atlantis submarine expeditions, Harrison’s Cave and more. The Sunday golf tournament at Apes Hill Club will not only benefit local charities, but also be a round of golf to remember for a lifetime. 
Whether relaxing at one of the island’s most famous beaches or heading out on a new adventure, travelers seeking a one-of-a-kind experience need look no further than Elan’s Jazz Excursion - taking guests on a VIP tour of the beat of Barbados. For additional information on the island of Barbados, please visit www.VisitBarbados.org.

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Lauren Mitchell

Lauren Mitchell & Annie Mack in Concert In Fort Pierce Florida, presented by Bluebird Productions

Lauren Mitchell, the Florida based soul singer, who has been compared to Etta James by Josh Sklair (Etta's former music director), will be performing alongside the dynamic Annie Mack, who hails from Rochester, Minnesota on Friday, May 19th at the Sunrise Theater Black Box Cabaret. The show will start at 8:00pm.

 Lauren's new album, “Desire”, produced by Grammy Winner Tony Braunagel (Bonnie Raitt, Taj Majal, Robert Cray), was just released to the public on March 31, and is climbing the charts. In the last few weeks “Desire” came in at #1 on The Roots Music Report Soul/Blues Chart, has spent two months on the Living Blues Chart, and has remained in the top 40 overall on the Blues RMR Chart. "Desire" has been said to be "The way blues should be sung today" (Wasser-Prawda, Germany), and Lauren's vocals have been hailed as "enough to cause thunder and lightning from the skies" (Bentley's Bandstand).  Lauren was also the Suncoast Blues Society's 2014 IBC winner and performed at the Women in Blues Showcase in Memphis the same year

  ... which is where fate would connect these two female vocalists ... 

 When the two met in January 2014, Annie Mack had just released her debut album "Baptized in the Blues" which received a Blues Blast nomination among other accolades. "Baptized in the Blues" is described by Annie as "her life story" and "something [she] had to write before going on to anything else".  A mix of blues, soul, and gospel, "Baptized in the Blues" tells that story beautifully. Most recently, Annie has released a new EP "Tell it Like it Is",  in the UK to great fanfare ... the corresponding album is in it's final stages and will be released overseas and in the US this coming Fall.  
   

With her high energy backing band, and her full-throttle all-or-nothing live performance, Lauren Mitchell will rock the house with her original concoctions of blues and soul. Joined by Annie Mack with her compelling songwriting, the electricity and charisma will be through the roof! This is definitely a show you will not want to miss!

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Emma Pask has enjoyed ....

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soul-jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks

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Annie Booth Sextet


Annie Booth is a Denver-based jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator. Growing up in a musical family in Westminster, CO, she began the piano at a young age and started playing jazz in high school through the renowned non-profit organization, the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts. She went on to study music at the collegiate level, earning a BM in Jazz Studies from the Thompson Jazz Studies Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2011.

Annie Booth has established herself as an active force on the Denver jazz scene both as a bandleader of the Annie Booth Trio and as a busy sidewoman. She performs in legendary trumpeter Greg Gisbert's Quartet, notably on a recent tour of Mexico in summer 2016 through the "New York Jazz All-Stars" concert series. Annie is a recipient of an ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award, was twice
awarded "Best In Denver" from Westword Magazine the jazz genre in 2015 and 2016 and was featured as part of Jazz 89.3 KUVO's 2015 "30-Under-30" series. 
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The Denver pianist-composer released her debut album,
Wanderlust, in 2014 on the Dazzle Recordings label - an album that features an artistic program of nine original compositions in both trio and quartet settings, including the musicianship of Matt Smiley (bass), Alejandro Castano (drums), and Josh Quinlan (saxophones). Of Booth's compositional style, Tim Breckon at the Examiner says,
"There is a story hidden in the wordless tons of Booth's
compositions, with moments of triumph, loss, and sweet repose...Her choices are bold and innovative." Booth's sophomore release, an exciting trio album of Christmas favorites arranged in a captivating manor, is called Festive! (2016) 

In addition to performing in top jazz venues and providing jazz music for weddings in Colorado, Annie is an active educator in Colorado – teaching through CCJA and with a private piano studio of her own. She serves as a board member for the Denver Jazz Center.

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Jazz great Arturo Sandoval

Jazz great Arturo Sandoval to play The Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg FL June 23, 2017
Arturo Sandoval and his band will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, June 23, 2017 at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater.

 A 10-time Grammy winner, Sandoval was a protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie. He received an Emmy Award in 2006. In 2013, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

 Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval began studying classical trumpet at the age of 12, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has since evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer.

 Sandoval was a founding member of the Grammy-winning group Irakere, whose explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the entertainment world. In 1981, he left Irakere to form his own band, which garnered enthusiastic praise from critics and audiences all over the world, and continues to do so.

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Jazzmeia Horn - A Social Call


Published on Apr 10, 2017
DYNAMIC JAZZ VOCALIST JAZZMEIA HORN STEPS OUT WITH DEBUT ALBUM A SOCIAL CALL, FIRST RELEASE ON HISTORIC PRESTIGE LABEL

The Texas-born singer fulfills and surpasses expectations after winning top honor at Thelonious Monk competition.

With an assured maturity and vocal confidence far beyond her years, the young singer Jazzmeia Horn arrives with her debut recording A Social Call, an album that reveals a talent ready to take its place alongside the best headlining jazz vocalists of today. Scheduled for release on May 12, 2017 via Prestige, a division of Concord Music Group, its ten tracks—performed with an all-star acoustic jazz lineup—bristle with a bracing sense of clarity: clarity in Horn’s voice (itself a strong and remarkably supple instrument); clarity in the heady range of vocal legends who have shaped her (from Sarah Vaughan to Rachelle Ferrell); and clarity in the vital message of social uplift and the glowing optimism she conveys through her music.

Horn’s marriage of music and message suffuses the variety of selections on A Social Call: fresh takes of evergreen standards (“East of the Sun (West of the Moon)”, “I Remember You”), hard bop anthems (“Afro-Blue,” “Moanin’”), songs of spiritual intent (“Wade in the Water,” “Lift Every Voice and Song”), a couple of melodies associated with another singer of personal influence, Betty Carter (“Tight,” “Social Call”) and R&B nuggets popularized by the likes of Mary J. Blige and the Stylistics (“I’m Goin’ Down,” “People Make the World Go Round”). Some tunes are woven into medleys with Horn first sermonizing on issues of common concern, giving A Social Call the feel of an intimate, live performance.

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Alexa Weber Morales

We sure hope to see you at our next show, Claudio!

 I'm thrilled to announce that the first Lambert, Hendricks and Ross tribute show at SFJAZZ with Bryan Dyer, Juliet Green and myself singing along with Jeff Chambers/bass, Murray Low/piano and Jeff Lewis/drumset and Galen Green/tenor sax has been sold out for some time now! But, there are tickets still available for the 9:30 pm show! at the Joe Henderson Lab this Thursday, May 18th!

 I do not take sold out shows lightly! Pacific Mambo Orchestra just had two sold-out dates at Yoshi's. It's hard to do that in your home town, so thanks to everyone who came out!

 read more at: http://mailchi.mp/3a16ff36b2ae/april-2017-news-pmo-in-sacramento-yoshis-429-new-release-drops-this-week-my-lhr-tribute-plays-sfjazz-next-month-2726714?e=bc2d627bbd

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A starry night of Jazz - Awoko

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soul-jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks

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How blues singer Robert Cray ....

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Music review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, City Halls, Glasgow

Music review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, City Halls, Glasgow
SCO conductor Robin Ticciati

Keith Bruce, Arts Editor
IT has become a commonplace now that principal conductor Robin Ticciati extends the repertoire of the SCO into realms previously the sphere of the symphony orchestra, but this programme was all that from start to finish. And what a finish. The performance of Beethoven's Seventh that brought the concert and the SCO's City Hall season to a close was revelatory, to employ another over-worked term.

 The conductor's vision of the piece was compellingly fresh, with bold use of silence in the run up to the main theme, and an original vision of both the dynamics and the rhythms of the work that made it breath anew. If the sound of Alec Frank-Gemmill's horn section was particularly fine, that implies no lower standard across the band, all the way to the pin-sharp precision of Matthew Hardy's tympani.


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The Life and Music of #DaveBrubeck


Published on Sep 4, 2015
The Life and Music of Dave Brubeck - Rose Theater
April 12, 2014

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis explores Brubeck's extraordinary legacy with fresh arrangements that illuminate the breadth and scope of his work. Brubeck is credited with bringing jazz to the mainstream in the 1950s and 60s and releasing the first jazz album to sell over a million copies.

2:14 Unsquare Dance
7:42 Three to Get Ready
12:47 The Duke
18:43 Cassandra
25:40 Strange Meadowlark
32:01 Who Will Take Care of Me?
36:45 It's a Raggy Waltz
43:16 Tokyo Traffic
51:07 Take Five
57:18 Lost Waltz
1:04:50 Upstage Rhumba
1:12:31 In Your Own Sweet Way
1:18:06 Fast Life
1:25:33 Bluette
1:31:50 Blue Rondo a la Turk

Executive Producer: Len Riggio
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Review of Stadium Arcadium [Anniversary] Album by Red Hot Chili Peppers

In 2006 the Red Hot Chili Peppers released a 28-song double album - out of which they took a relatively large number of singles' - assisted by super-producer Rick Rubin. The former co-founder of Def Jam had also been at the helm of every album that Kiedis, Flea and company had put out collectively since 1991.  Expectations for the huge set, which spans over two hours in length, must have been high in the minds of fans, even those unfamiliar with the smash-hit albums Calfornication and Blood Sugar Sex Magik or any of the rock group's other gems, most of which were songs with Rubin at the helm.

 Stadium Arcadium followed the success of a compilation called 'Greatest Hits', 2002's 'By the Way' album and their lead singer's autobiography, written with Larry 'Ratso' Sloman and entitled Scar Tissue, not to mention the release of a live DVD and two CDs of more performances. Clearly, either because of the outfit's commercial dominance or despite it, the band was not yet giving up a fight against the threat of becoming irrelevant.

 read more at: http://www.contactmusic.com/red-hot-chili-peppers/music/red-hot-chili-peppers-stadium-arcadium-anniversry-album-review

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