EDITORIAL by Eric WATTREE #wattreechronicles #blues2jazzguy SAVE OUR LEGACY . As most people in Los Angeles know, the powers that be are in the process of gentrifying Leimert Park much like they’re doing in Harlem, New York. But what many in the community fail to realize is when they pave over communities, they pave over…
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A Brush With Immortality: Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, and Jackie McLean
BENEATH THE SPIN Posted by Eric L. Wattree via #blues2jazzguy I went to Shelly’s Manhole with some older brothers to see Thelonious Monk one night, and I noticed that Monk kept looking over at me as he was playing. It…
WELCOME AWARD WINNING WRITER ERIC WATTREE TO HIPSTER SANCTUARY
posted by blues2jazzguy #hipster Eric L. Wattree is a writer, poet, and musician, born in Los Angeles. He’s a columnist for The Los Angeles Sentinel, Black Star News, The Atlanta Post, and a member of the Sigma Delta Chi Society of Professional Journalists (http://www.spj.org/). He’s also the author of “A Message From the Hood.”…
ECHOES OF AN ERA: THE FABULOUS QUINCY JONES
posted by Eric L. Wattree via R.J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy Quincy Jones is one of the last truly GREAT composers and arrangers to come out of jazz, or any other form of music, in quite some time. NOBODY is greater, and no one ever has been. He stands among Ellington, Basie, Mancini, and Gershwin in complete…
RIFFIN’ WITH THE HIPSTER AT THE WORLD STAGE: BOBBY WEST TRIO / QUINTET
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy
CLARK ” MUMBLES” TERRY REACHES THE BIRD’S EYE at 94
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy The American Jazz community is jarred once again by the passing of trumpet master,Clark Terry (94). He was considered a major influence on trumpet coming out of the swing and Bebop eras, while bringing style and hip humor to generations of musicians, including Miles Davis and Quincy Jones. The seventh…
DALE FIELDER QUARTET ROBERT J. CARMACK PERFORMS JAZZ & POETRY CONCERT
MOON GLOW PRODUCTIONS presents The SATURDAY JAM eclectic jazz Improvisations and riveting original poetry THE DALE FIELDER QUARTET with Special Guest Poet ROBERT J. CARMACK @ KINGSTON CAFE 333 FAIR OAKS Blvd. off DEL MAR Ave. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91105 SAT. APRIL 18 2015…
CLARK “MUMBLES” TERRY: THANK YOU ! A PERSONAL THANKS FOR BRINGING THE FUN TO JAZZ
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy
ZANE MUSA: REMEMBERING A GIANT FEB 16 SOFITEL HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA
ANNOUNCEMENT ! #jazz2bluesguy #wildsax #musasaxophone To all those who appreciate the music that comes from the soul of the artist, the following information speaks to the loss of a great saxophonist, Zane Musa. For those who did not get the opportunity to know of him or his music,…
RIFFIN’ WITH THE HIPSTER: KICKIN ‘ OFF BLACK HISORY MONTH @ THE WORLD STAGE
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy THE DON LITTLETON TRIO IT never “Rains” in Southern California is not true, its just a matter of what type rain..as I laugh out loud. I went into Leimert Village on Saturday, Feb. 7 to catch a special show at the small, but mighty World Stage…
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