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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAESTRO GERALD WILSON – 96!!
posted by music journalist Robert J. Carmack
WORLD STAGE HONORS BILLY HIGGINS WITH HEAVENLY LEGACY CONCERT
posted by music journalist Robert J. Carmack photos credits: Robert Carmack and Sol Washington You know, one of the benefits of living in Los Angeles or Southern California period, is the weather. This particular Sunday was no different than the 54 Summers past I have lived in California.But this one was very special though….
THE WORLD STAGE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 6PM The World Stage returns to the Ford Theatres to recognize local jazz legend and L.A. native Billy Higgins. His profound contribution to the Los Angeles jazz community lives on in the work of the musicians he instructed and inspired. Performances by former students…
LOS ANGELES HOSTED 19TH ANNUAL CENTRAL AVENUE JAZZ FEST
posted by Robert J. Carmack All photos by Robert J. CarmacK Los Angeles Just completed hosting their 19th annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival on the very historic Central Avenue between Vernon Ave. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd . The city was a gracious host to some of the most colorful and diverse audiences in…
HOUSTON AFICIONADO BUILDS A HOUSE OF JAZZ
Posted by Carl Glatzel Houston-based Art Director and Jazz Blogger. The Collector: A Houston Saxophonist’s House of Jazz An unassuming mid-century bungalow in southwest Houston holds a jazz horde to be reckoned with. Local musician, photographer and jazz aficionado, Lindy Pollard, has turned his small but tasteful home into a living jazz museum. Some 5,000 titles…
HIPSTER RETRO-JAZZ SERIES:HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARMELL JONES
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy Carmell Jones July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996 Trumpeter/Composer and one of my favorites of Horace Silver’s Trumpet players. As a very young…
HIPSTER RETRO JAZZ SERIES – FREE FOR ALL: BLAKEY’S HARDEST HARD BOP
Free For All: Blakey’s Hardest Hard Bop – By Carl Glatzel This isn’t just jazz, it’s war. On February 10, 1964 Art Blakey enlisted the aid of a special ops unit for this trailblazing mission. This edition of the Jazz Messengers was the quintessential hard bop lineup and the perfect team for the job. The frontline was a…
HIPSTER RETRO-JAZZ SERIES:TRUE BLUE -TINA BROOKS
Posted by Justin Scoville Tina Brooks was no-nonsense, muscular tenor saxophone player of the Hard Bop era. He could effortlessly alternate between tenderness and raw ferocity, often within a few bars of the same solo. Admired by his peers but largely ignored by the public during his life, Brooks’s limited body of work is now…
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