New Year’s Eve Gig: Raw Sugar Quintet with Dale Fielder


Posted by Robert J. Carmack   Happy New Year 2014!!!  Veteran jazz  saxophonist  Dale Fielder, shown on stage with “Doc,” Trumpeter Dr. Richard Allen Williams. Featuring  RAW SUGAR QUINTET for a private New Year’s Eve gig at the Double Tree-Hilton Hotel in Culver City,California. Bassist, Jeff Littleton with Giovanni D. Nickens on drums. Rounding  out the quintet , though…

Jazz Performer Les McCann To Be Honored By Living Legends Foundation


posted by Robert J. Carmack Los Angeles,Calf._Soul Jazz singer and pianist  Les McCann is on tap to be honored by the Living Legends Foundation,Inc. The event is scheduled for Thursday, August 22 at 6:PM . McCann is being acknowledged for his large body of work that spans five decades. the festivities are being held at…

GEORGE DUKE MEMORIAL SERVICES TO STREAM LIVE ON CENTRIC TV.COM


posted by Robert J. Carmack It was announced by CentricTV.Com,  memorial services for the late George Duke will  stream LIVE from the website on Monday, August 19, 5:PM Eastern / 2:PM Pacific His manager Darryl Porter confirmed the details of Duke’s death last week stating, he had suffered heart complications after being treated for chronic…

MEMBERS ONLY:R&B Soul Singer Bobby Blue Bland Laid To Rest


Lion Of The Blues: Celebrated And Laid To Rest  posted by Robert J. Carmack MEMPHIS – Funeral services for soul-blues singer Bobby “Blue” Bland were held Thursday, June 27, at First Baptist Church in Memphis ,Tenn. Family, friends, colleagues and dignitaries from near and far gathered at First Baptist Church in Memphis to deliver Bland’s praises, listen to…

They Call Me Bobby: Sinatra of the Blues Succumbs at 83


Los Angeles,CA._ Blues great Robert Calvin Bland, better known a Bobby “Blue” Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern Blues and Raw Soul while recording  big hits such as, “Turn on Your Love Light” and “Further On Up the Road,” and  “Stormy Monday” died June 23, he was 83.  Rod Bland said his father died about…

MARVIN JUNIOR THE DELLS LEAD SINGER’S FINAL CURTAIN


CHICAGO, IL  – Marvin Junior, lead singer of  Soul group The Dells, was cremated Wednesday (06-05-13) after a sudden death at his home last week.  Junior, 77, died on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, with family members bedside at his home in Harvey, Illinois  from complications associated with kidney failure. Born January 31, 1936, in Harrell, Arkansas. Both…

Guitarist Jacques Lesure Drummer Tootie Heath Pay Tribute to Blue Note Legends


“SOUL BROTHAS’ DOWNTOWN TONIGHT”  TUESDAY JUNE  11 – 9:00 PM Celebrating Lee Morgan, Hank  Mobley and Grant Green with the iconic ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH on drums. Los Angeles based guitarist Jacques Lesure is partnering with one of the most prolific jazz drummers of all time. This is all happening in a eclectic venue, The Blue Whale. Located in Japan…