posted by hipster staff #@blues2jazzguy June 7, 2014 5:pm Legendary Brazilian percussionist/drummer Airto Moreira fuses the worlds of Afro-Brazilian and Samba and Bossa Nova with jazz, Fusion, and African, Latin, and hip-hop influences. Airto, multiple winner of Down Beat’s reader and critic’s poll, is known for his celebrated work with Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul,…
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BLACK MUSIC MONTH:50 YEARS BOLD SOUL SISTER ARETHA FRANKLIN
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blue2jazzguy Congratulations!! Aretha Franklin receives an honorary degree from Harvard University May 29 2014. There are Divas and there are DIVAS, Aretha Franklin isn’t just the Queen of Soul, she’s THE Voice of All Ages. Gospel, Soul, Pop, and dare I say it, Opera?? Yes, Opera as the late…
HUB CITY PRIDE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHES “HOMEGROWN SERIES”
Posted by Robert J. Carmack Photos by Cornell Francois #@blues2jazzguy The Hub City Pride organization recently held an “Old School Dance & Show at the new Ascension Ballroom in Compton,California. The “Home Grown Series is all about Compton’s Own helping one another and…
THE PERFORMERS CORNER NEW L.A. BOUTIQUE PERFORMANCE GALLERY
posted by staff #@jazz2bluesguy Larry James Robinson, Tu’Nook and Carla Dupree-Clark sat down and planned their partnership around a common theme, produce quality plays. All three were already successful in their own right as life individuals, family, friends and career. Something else was missing, The need for consistent, quality shows that didn’t spill a…
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 Arts Movement Poets Choir and Arkestra Rock Oakland’s Malcolm X Jazz Festival
posted by Robert J. Carmack a re-post from Black Bird Press News This past weekend I missed what I used to make every year when I lived in East Bay-Oakland area. The Malcom X Jazz Festival in San Antonio Park, Oakland California. this event is always produced by the Eastbay Arts Alliance Celebrating…
BLACK MUSIC MONTH: JAZZ JUMPIN’ IN JUNE AT THE PERFORMERS CORNER
In Association with E-Man Williams & T.P.C. presents BLACK MUSIC LEGACIES IN JAZZ A Tribute to the Music of Three Legendary Artists John Coltrane Lee Morgan Doug Carn Join us for an evening of exciting Jazz and Poetry …
JAZZ GUITARIST JACQUES LESURE COOLS OFF OUTDOOR L.A. AUDIENCE
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy photos by R J Carmack With the temperatures topping 90-100 degrees most Angelenos were seeking some relief from the heat, and that came in the form of Jazz guitarist, Jacques Lesure and his Quartet. The former Detroit native, now L.A. based musician, Cooled off the audience with a…
VOCAL DUO THE RAYNORS LOS ANGELES CD RELEASE PARTY SET JUNE 19
Host: WANDA RAY WILLIS & ELDON RAYNOR JR. The Raynors | Beautiful Songs For Today When: Thursday, June 19 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Where: THE MARINA CITY CLUB 4333 Admiralty Way Marina Del Rey,CA. 90292 Information regarding CD 201-286-5904 Will you attend? Yes/No? “Message from the Hosts” Sister &…
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,…
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