Coming August 2019 a nationwide Yardbird Parker 21 Toot salute on Charlie Parker’s 99th birthday in Los Angeles and the World. Robert J. Carmack of newly created Pocket Jazz productions are planning a 2020 celebration of “Bird at 100” project .. a 3 day event involving artists, jazz musicians, poets and actors and dancers. details…
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RETRO HIPSTER -SONNY FORTUNE: THANK GOD FOR THAT DAY JOB
posted by CHUCK KOTON, Photo Journalist Contributor “ I was in the learning stage and I was going to jam sessions with guys who became the cats. ” With an auspicious name like Sonny Fortune, could there be any doubt that this man would find success and fulfillment down whatever path he chose to follow in life. Fortune-ately for jazz lovers, he…
POCKET JAZZ PRESENTS: CHARLIE YARDBIRD PARKER “21 TOOT SALUTE!”
Coming August 2019 a nationwide Yardbird Parker 21 Toot salute on Charlie Parker’s 99th birthday in Los Angeles and the World. Robert J. Carmack of newly created Pocket Jazz productions are planning a 2020 celebration of “Bird at 100” project .. a 3 day event involving artists, jazz musicians, poets and actors and dancers. details…
BLACK MUSIC MONTH:50 YEARS BOLD SOUL SISTER ARETHA FRANKLIN
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blue2jazzguy photo by associated press 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,…
Obit: Cecil Taylor — Hawkins Bay Dispatch
Jazz pianist with a radical improvisation style described as one of the most ‘incorrigibly sublime’ figures in the recent history of music 08 April 2018 |John Fordham | The Guardian “The maverick African-American jazz pianist and poet Cecil Taylor, who has died aged 89, gave an impression of constant motion and restless speed. He fused…
TYFAHRA SINGS NANCY WILSON : AN INTIMATE EVENING OF TRIBUTE TO THE FANCY MS. NANCY!
A brilliant Ms. M. Productions presented an intimate evening (Feb.17) with Oakland based vocalist and school principal Ms. Tyfahra Singleton. (shown in picture above are l-r, Tyrone Singleton, Tyfahra, pianist Bradley Young and bandleader/drummer Jerrell Ballard.) Tyfahra came into the “quite full” Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center,with her “breath of fresh air” approach to the Nancy Wilson song book. Highlighted Nancy favorites…
COMING SOON TEODROSS AVERY: TEO’S PEEPS n’ PIXS WORLDWIDE WEB
CLICK & WATCH THIS VIDEO LINK: This what happens on an Airlines That Handles its Biz ~ https://www.facebook.com/teodross.avery/videos/vb.1102723387/10214505938537881/?type=3 Post your favorite Teodross Avery Photos from Concerts ,Clubs or Festivals around the World..Tell us about your experience at a Teodross Show or Educational Music Seminar. Share your videos with…
COMING MARCH 3rd 2018 INTERVIEW WITH THE HIGH PRIESTESS: NINA! an Original Play
JANA WILSON Portrays Nina Simone the High Priestess of Soul! TICKETS ON SALE NOW LIMITED SEATS! Click Link!! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interview-with-the-high-priestess-nina-an-original-musical-play-tickets-40769094459?aff=ehomesaved Robert J. Carmack~ Writer-Director_Producer and Actor
CHARLIE HADEN KEPT IT SWINGIN’ 1937 – 2014 RIP
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy Charles Edward Haden was a Jazz bassist. He’s best known for his long association with saxophonist , Ornette Coleman, pianist Keith Jarrett, and his Liberation Music Orchestra. This group was co-led with pianist Carla Bley. born-August 6 1937 ** died-July 11 1937. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JdKhfPu98 ? ? ? ? ?…
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