Originally posted on Jason Palmer's Weblog:
I recieved this story in my email box many times from friends of mine and I thought I’d share this piece of debated history with those who didn’t know about the details surrounding Lee Morgan’s death. The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan By Larry Reni Thomas Lee Morgan,…
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Exploring the Music of Woody Shaw Dec 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989
Exploring the Music of Woody Shaw Dec 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989.
HORACE SILVER:LET’S GET TO THE REAL NITTY GRITTY 1928-2014
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy On June 18, we lost one of the few remaining Jazz giants, pianist Horace Silver. As a serious fan of this man’s music, I have to take you all the way back to my early teen…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MILES!! 1926 – 1991
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy
SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A LEGEND: HERB JEFFRIES 1913 – 2014
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy RIP HERB JEFFRIES Sept. 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014. Herb Jeffries is last surviving member of Duke Ellington’s early 1940s Band. The Bronze Buckaroo as he was known during his days as a singing actor of early black cinema. Read the LA Times in-depth…
PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ! TWO ESSENTIAL MUSICIAN’S MUSICIANS
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy Legendary Jazz artists Vibraharpist Roy Ayers and Piano/Organist Doug Carn “Keeping it Old School ” at the Ritz Cultural Center in Jacksonville, Florida.
BLACK ARTHUR ! JAZZ ICON ARTHUR BLYTHE NEEDS YOUR HELP
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy Growing up during the early 1960s people of my generation was soaking up a lot of “STUFF” politically, socially,economically and musically… some of the big guns that were speaking to the progressive Black youth were the artists of the so-called Avant Garde movement like John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman,…
BLUES & JAZZ REVUE THE CLUB ALABAM FINAL PERFORMANCE MOTHERS DAY
The Los Angeles county suburb, Inglewood will be “rocking and jumping at the hinges” come this Sunday at 4:pm at the small theater known as The Performers Corner. The gregarious cast of the Club Alabam will end its short limited run on Mother’s Day, May 11 . Some seats may be still available, You can…
JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH: UNSUNG PIANIST PHINEAS NEWBORN JR.
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy December 14, 1931 in Whiteville, TN – May 26 1989 – Memphis TN. Of all the Unsung pianists in Jazz, IMHO, Phineas is the most disrespected by the so-called jazz experts. All I know is when I first heard his playing on record, I had never heard anyone…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE DUKE: APRIL 29 1899 – May 24 1974
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. A major figure in the history of jazz music, his career spanned more than half a century, during which time he composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and contemporary songbook. He created one of the…
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