ICONIC JAZZ DRUMMER BILLY HIGGINS CELEBRATED BY THE WORLD STAGE COMMUNITY


https://viewstub.com/-Billy-Higgins-Birthday-Celebration On Tuesday November 29th at 7pm friends, jazzophiles can celebrate and honor Billy Higgins via the new Jazz Series, Performers Alley hosted by Robert “Hipster” Carmack. Live Streamed, the show is planned for the in-person audience and ONLINE audiences. Music talent for the evening{ previously recorded at a private showing} is Marvin Smitty Smith…

NEW JAZZ STREAM SHOW DEBUTING


IMMEDIATE RELEASE Los Angeles _ October 19, 2022 . .recently announced during the Jazz, Blues and Beyond Summit held in Los Angeles.  The new entertaining “Performers Alley” is a live streaming series.  The hip and eclectic show is presented twice a month via the internet.  Tickets can be purchased through VIEW STUB, the exclusive digital ticketing service….

BARITONE SUNSETS:DALE FIELDER QUARTET


By Robert J. Carmack  – Hipster Sanctuary.Com  There are sunsets, and there are “Southern California Sunsets”. But one thing for sure, there is nothing better than sitting at the LA County Art Museum at “SUNSET” listening to Jazz on Fridays.. even better listening to the Dale Fielder Quartet in Full, Regal Blowing session-mode. That was…

CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH: 2022


Bopping Around the Inland Empire with Robert J. Carmack This writer just wanted to explore new venues for music and the arts in general. this past Juneteenth 2022,I visited several locations to observe and report on what I saw and heard. On Saturday, June 18, I began my day in Pomona California. Starting with the…

WHO ARE THE POCKET JAZZ CONTRIBUTORS: LEADERSHIP/FACILITATORS


POCKET JAZZ MANAGEMENT ~ Robert J. Carmack-Band Leader,Producer, Writer, Actor, Director, Publicity, Percussion, Photo Artists: Chuck Koton, Robert J. Carmack, Valerie Huffman-Herring, Craig Johnson Artists (Painters, Assemblage,Graphics) SAM PACE, MICHAEL BRADLEY, SANDRA MARCHAND Musicians: Robert J. Carmack -percussion/sax/spoken word,Bobby West-Piano, Keyboards,music directo ~Andrew Acosta, all Percussion & Toys, Don Littleton Traps/ Percussion, Pablo Cologero -flutes,saxes…

SAXOPHONIST TEODROSS AVERY QUARTET EXPLORES MONK & COLTRANE


                            In a recently held concert on the campus of my Alma Mater, California State University Dominguez Hills, Dr. Teodross Avery addressed a SRO audience on the rare compositions of Jazz icons John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  Avery , a professor of music…