story posted by Robert J. Carmack In the almost 40 years plus of playing music, producing and writing about music especially Jazz, I have seen many triumphant returns. In the last 40 years , there have been only three major triumphant returns to greatness in Jazz, early 1970s, Jug Gene Ammons, the mid 70s return…
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AZAR LAWRENCE QUINTET RETURNS with VOCALIST JEFF ROBINSON to LONG BEACH
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy There are, on any given night in Los Angeles a jazz group playing somewhere in the city. Not being the Jazz city it was known for in 50,60s and even The 70s, L.A. has learned to “settle” for whats popular or what feels cushy and commercial. Well…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAESTRO GERALD WILSON – 96!!
posted by music journalist Robert J. Carmack
Sonny Criss – Talented But Tragic
Originally posted on Geezer Music Club:
We haven’t featured a jazz musician for a while and today’s spotlight falls on one of the best, alto saxophonist Sonny Criss. A contemporary of Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker — in fact, he played alongside him in the early years — Criss was an early bloomer musically, but his career…
LOS ANGELES HOSTED 19TH ANNUAL CENTRAL AVENUE JAZZ FEST
posted by Robert J. Carmack All photos by Robert J. CarmacK Los Angeles Just completed hosting their 19th annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival on the very historic Central Avenue between Vernon Ave. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd . The city was a gracious host to some of the most colorful and diverse audiences in…
HOUSTON AFICIONADO BUILDS A HOUSE OF JAZZ
Posted by Carl Glatzel Houston-based Art Director and Jazz Blogger. The Collector: A Houston Saxophonist’s House of Jazz An unassuming mid-century bungalow in southwest Houston holds a jazz horde to be reckoned with. Local musician, photographer and jazz aficionado, Lindy Pollard, has turned his small but tasteful home into a living jazz museum. Some 5,000 titles…
HIPSTER RETRO-JAZZ SERIES: GRANT GREEN IDLE MOMENTS
Grant Green review by Justin Scoville (1935-1979) was an overlooked guitarist who melded blues, bebop, latin, and funk influences into a unique, linear guitar style. Largely overshadowed by the more conventional jazz guitarists of his time, Green’s harmonic approach was an outgrowth of Charlie Christian and set the stage for many modern jazz guitarists (such as…
HIPSTER RETRO-JAZZ SERIES:HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARMELL JONES
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy Carmell Jones July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996 Trumpeter/Composer and one of my favorites of Horace Silver’s Trumpet players. As a very young…
HIPSTER RETRO-JAZZ SERIES:TRUE BLUE -TINA BROOKS
Posted by Justin Scoville Tina Brooks was no-nonsense, muscular tenor saxophone player of the Hard Bop era. He could effortlessly alternate between tenderness and raw ferocity, often within a few bars of the same solo. Admired by his peers but largely ignored by the public during his life, Brooks’s limited body of work is now…
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