posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy Subtitle; A Hipster’s perspective on Trane at 90. Its been a long 49 years ago that John William Coltrane was announced transitioned. This writer remembers that summer day as if it was only yesterday. I was just starting to settle into…
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KEVIN GOINS ~MUSIC MAN OF THE AGES: RUDY VAN GELDER MEMORIAM
by Kevin Goins – Music/Media Consultant/Contributor RUDY VAN GELDER – IN MEMORIAM….. Damn, Grim Reaper…bad enough we’ve seen many folks go to the Great Beyond before we hit mid-year, no thanks to you. And this week, you just had to go for the flippin’ trifecta. Toots, Steven Hill, and now this…
MILES DAVIS 1926~1991:DEWEY@90
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy Miles Dewey Davis jazz musician,composer, and fashion setting artist turned 90 years old today. if he was still alive today ,what…
RAKIN’ AND SCRAPIN’ AT CATALINA’S : PHAROAH SANDERS with HAROLD MABERN
posted by @blues2jazzguy Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz. Harmonically rich and heavy with overtones, Sanders’ sound can be as raw and abrasive as it is possible for a saxophonist to produce. Yet, Sanders is highly regarded to the point of reverence by a great many jazz fans….
APRIL IS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH, ITS EVERYDAY AT HIPSTER’S COLLECTOR CORNER
posted by Kamaad Tauhid #blues2jazzguy FIND HIPSTER’S COLLECTOR’S CORNER on FACE BOOK The Best Classic Jazz …Dig It!! WE POST & TALK JAZZ 247 !! …
MILES & TRANE: TWO TITANS TURNING 90
posted by ROBERT J. CARMACK #blues2jazzguy Its 2016, that means Messers ,Miles Dewey Davis and John William Coltrane,both born in 1926 is turning 90 years old . I’m excited and curious about what’s going to happen event-wise. What is radio,print and internet going to do?…
JAZZ SAXOPHONIST MEL MARTIN EXPLORES MUSIC OF JOE HENDERSON
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy San Francisco bay area saxophonist, Mel Martin will be a part of the S.F. Hot Plate jazz series at the SF Jazz Center. Every third Thursday of the month in the Joe Henderson Lab, the Bay Area’s most gifted musicians pay homage to the top100 jazz albums of…
SPIRIT OF CAL TJADER:SOUL SAUCE LATIN JAZZ BAND
“SUPPORT LIVE JAZZ..MUSIC NEVER SLEEPS” HIPSTER SANCTUARY posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy Many years have passed since Cal Tjader made his transition, but his loyal fan base and new fans of this genre can not get enough of that sound. One group in Los Angeles is doing their part in keeping the…
STEPHANIE SPRUILL AT CLIVE DAVIS THEATER: 4 YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION
*by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy #itsajazzday “Stephanie Spruill is a great performer and she reminds me of Eartha Kitt and Sarah Vaughan.”Barry Gordy-Founder Motown ************************************************************************************** “Stephanie Spruill is phenomenal.I met her in the mid – 70s when she was starting out in L.A .at some sessions she was singing on for my cousins Larry and…
REMEMBERING KENNY DORHAM -1924 -1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub_EhYCruSs posted by Robert J.Carmack Kenny Dorham’s soft, energetic, be-bop style and confident, smooth lyrical playing has influenced countless musicians. One of the great trumpet pioneers of the bebop era, Kenny had the misfortune to play beneath the shadows cast by Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown and Miles Davis. He worked with most of the…
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