posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy Jazz impresario Todd Barkan is returning to the scene of the Jazz Crime, San Francisco with two dates to remember. July 7 & 8. The great pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams referred to Keystone Korner as “the Birdland of the Seventies.” Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and Stan Getz all agreed that…
Category: Jazz Hall of Fame
COMING JULY 2017 TODD BARKAN KEYSTONE KORNER 45TH ANNIVERSARY
JOIN TODD BARKAN & FRIENDS at KEYSTONE KORNER 45th ANNIVERSARY A Celebration of the North Beach Jazz venue in San Francisco (Established July 7 1972) Three Exciting Dates of Electrifying Music for You July 7th 2017 – KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER 7pm- Santa Cruz,CA. July 8th 2017 – BACH DANCING & DYNAMITE SOCIETY – 2pm HALF…
REMEMBERING FREDERICK DEWAYNE HUBBARD: “HUBB”
written by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy As this writer was trying to decide on subjects and artists to write about during Jazz appreciation month, “Hubb”, BKA Freddie Hubbard, came into my mind It’s not easy to write about an eclectic figure like Frederick Dewayne Hubbard. So I’m just going to go against all traditional musings about Hubbard, as…
UNSUNG JAZZ SAXOPHONIST ARTHUR BLYTHE REACHES FINAL CODA..1940-2017 RIP
By Robert J. Carmack photo from Duane Deterville collection COMING SOON …BLACK ARTHUR BLYTHE: A Jazz Perspective…April is JAZZ Appreciation Month
JAZZ WARRIOR FINAL NOTE: HORACE PARLAN REST IN ETERNAL PEACE ~ 1931 -2017
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JAZZ MASTER BASSIST BOB CRANSHAW DEAD AT 83
posted by #@blues2jazzguy Robert J. Carmack The Great Bassist from Indiana, who more times than not was the steady bass player for Sonny Rollins. Cranshaw had been battling a series of challenging ailments. but it’s believed that he succumbed to his battle with Cancer. Cranshaw, IMHO, was one of the top five bassists in…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YUSEF LATEEF: WE MISS YOU ~ REST IN PEACE
Happy Birthday YUSEF LATEEF ! October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013. SaveSave SaveSave
HAPPY 99th BIRTHDAY- THELONIUS SPHERE MONK 1917 ~ 2016
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JAZZ PIANIST LENORE RAPHAEL: ISN’T SHE GRAND !
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy There are many piano players in the world, boiling down that premise to just Jazz piano players is not a solution either. One could just look inside a union directory, or go on a jazz site and start counting under the letter P. However, when you call out “women jazz piano…
COLTRANE @ NINE-ZERO: CELEBRATING JOHN COLTRANE 1926 -1967
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy Subtitle; A Hipster’s perspective on Trane at 90. Its been a long 49 years ago that John William Coltrane was announced transitioned. This writer remembers that summer day as if it was only yesterday. I was just starting to settle into…