Feel the Music and Dancing of Dorothy! Feel the Emotions of Her Life…….Her Final New Beginning!! Walking in Dorothy Dandridges’s Shoes Her Final New Beginning! WANDA RAY WILLIS as DOROTHY DANDRIDGE 2016 NAACP Solo Musical Nominee in Limited Engagements SUNDAY Performances only APRIL 23..4PM until…
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NORTH ON SOUTH CENTRAL AVE. THE MUSICAL SWUNG HARD TO A TRIUMPHANT NIGHT!
posted by Kamaad Tauhid @blues2jazzguy North on South Central Avenue, the jazz and dance musical took their audience in a time machine and harkened it back to 1940s/50s Los Angeles . Back to the days of a thriving economy spurred on by lot of wartime jobs and plenty of vice to loosen up some of that…
WINDY BARNES FEATURED IN AWARD WINNING MUSICAL PLAY..NORTH ON SOUTH CENTRAL
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy If you just happened to be in attendance at many of the early 80s Stevie Wonder concerts and just by chance wondered “Who was that searing angelic voice coming across the microphone over the music?” Well..chances are,that was Ms. Windy Barnes. “Windy” came whirling into Los Angeles as…
JAZZ ICON BENNIE MAUPIN & CELLOIST-VOCALIST SHANA TUCKER INVADES WORLD STAGE
Posted by Robert J. Carmack Photos by Chuck Koton With me not being able to attend this electrifying show, Lucky for me one of my contributing photographers was there , Mr. Chuck Koton. Chuck Koton is a well-respected shutter-bug of our genre, that always seem to be on the scene. when the downbeat is…
WORLD STAGE presents BENNIE MAUPIN with SHANA TUCKER CELLO/VOCALS
COMING OCT. 14th & 15th Admission: $25 The World Stage 4321 Degnan Blvd. LA 90008
JAZZ DIVA SANDRA BOOKER RETURNS TO L.A. COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
Sandra Booker @ LACMA_Singer/songwriter Sandra Booker returns to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for her eighth appearance at part of the Jazz at LACMA series. Back by popular demand, she is a museum favorite and guaranteed to swing the night away with a collection of jazz and R&B standards…
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…
YOUNG JAZZ PIANIST OPENS 59th MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL GALA
posted by Robert J. Carmack via Contributor Wayne Hooper Opening Night in Monterey CA ..59th annual Monterey Jazz Festival! Gala Dinner Honoring Quincy Jones w/guest MC and teenage friend in Seattle in the 1940’s,Clint Eastwood! Live music by child prodigy Jazz…
NEW YORK PEOPLE TO WATCH: WHITNEY MARCHELLE
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy WHITNEY MARCHELLE- Singer/piano & guitar/songwriter-BMi, Light Jazz, R&B and Straight- Ahead Venues: Grammy and Olympic Events Nationally. Several International Jazz Festivals, Quincy Jones, New York Blue Note, with Clark Terry at New York Blue Note Club, Art Deco Festival in Miami Florida . Performed at Dusit Dubai Hotel…
DALE FIELDER QUARTET RESILIENCE! HINDSIGHT 20 YEARS
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy Los Angeles_ Dale Fielder, the LA based musician,composer,bandleader is just one of those rare entities that chooses to grow and get better with time. After more than 20 years as the leader of Dale Fielder Quartet, He keeps re-inventing himself with his great original compositions or…
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