Blase featuring Dave Burrell: Piano, Philly Joe Jones: Drums, Jeanne Lee: Voice, Archie Shepp: Tenor Saxophone, Julio Finn: Harp, Chicago Beau: Harp, Lester Bowie: Trumpet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpE9SN81H6E
Category: Jazz Hall of Fame
Revolutionary Poet Laureate Playwright Imamu Amiri Baraka Dies at 79
Imamu Amiri Baraka His death at Beth Israel Medical Center,Thursday, January 9 was confirmed by his son Ras Baraka, a member of the Newark Municipal Council. He did not specify a cause, but said that Mr. Baraka had been hospitalized since Dec. 21. Mr. Baraka was famous as one of the major forces in the…
REMEMBERING JAZZ PIANO ROYALTY TRAGICALLY LOST IN 2013
Cedar Anthony Walton, Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was a hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey‘s band before establishing a long career as a bandleader and composer. Several of his compositions have become jazz standards, including “Mosaic”, “Bolivia”, “Mode for Joe” and “Ugetsu”, also known as “Fantasy in…
TIME TRAVELING DIZZY (REECE) ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday, Dizzy Reece …Just revisiting a great Unsung trumpeter; You want a passionate player to interpret your favorite standards or just conjure up the tenacity of those fiery jam sessions of the 40s, Check Dizzy Reece! After spending the 1950s playing in Paris, Jamaican bebop trumpeter Dizzy Reece landed in New York City in 1960. He has…
Remembering The Gentle Giant: RIP YUSEF LATEEF
posted by Robert J. Carmack Grammy Award-winning, Tennessee-born jazz musician/composer Yusef Lateef died recently at his home in Shutesbury, Mass.The saxophonist was raised in Detroit and was 93 when he died of age-related complications Monday, December 23. According to his family, he passed peacefully at home. I first experienced Yusef Lateef’s music as a…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNY DORHAM: A JAZZ PROPHET
posted by Robert J. Carmack _”In my opinion, pound for pound, he was among the “best of the best” trumpeters from all eras. In 1965, I was sitting in my jazz band class ,where I held down the alto sax chair..every Friday was free-time where the student musicians all breakup into small groups, go into…
Remembering Alice Coltrane: She Stood In Her Own Shadow
posted by Robert J. Carmack For more than five decades, the Coltrane name remains at the forefront of modern music. It is lauded throughout the United States as well as internationally where it has received great acclaim. The musical offerings cover an eclectic variety of artistic expressions recorded on ABC Impulse, Warner Bros., and Impulse-Universal. Alice Coltrane, (McLeod) August…
PRESIDENT OBAMA JOHN COLTRANE LEGACY CONNECTION
posted by Robert J. Carmack – music historian/blogger I found this quote while researching Ravi Coltrane, and had no idea, our U.S. president is a John Coltrane fan. Famed photographer Jim Marshall took the 1960 picture of Trane. That picture hangs in the white house with inscription and signature. President Barack Obama up close…
What a Difference a Day Makes:Happy Birthday Dinah Washington
posted by Robert J. Carmack Ruth Lee Jones, aka Dinah Washington, was born on August 29, 1924. She was a singer and pianist, who has been cited as “the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950s”. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNY DREW BARON OF HARD BOP JAZZ
posted by Robert J. Carmack Kenneth Sidney “Kenny” Drew August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993 Drew was born in New York City in 1928 and received piano lessons from the age of five. Drew’s first recording, in 1950, was with Howard McGhee, and over the next two years he worked in bands led by Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Charlie…
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