As a baby boomer, I grew up 1950s-60s, being only 8 years behind Aretha. I was digging on all that good music from those people my parents liked, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Brook Benton, Dinah Washington, BB King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lloyd Price. Then the Motown thing hit L.A. starting with a group from Detroit… Read More ARETHA FRANKLIN QUEEN OF SOUL ~ THE END OF AN ERA ~1942 – 2018
Posted by Kristina McBride ~Int’l Jazz Editor at Large I recently ventured to NYC to go see the legendary Pharaoh Sanders in Brooklyn. I hadn’t been to New York in around 13 years, so I wanted to take my time and see the city and experience it all over again, taking… Read More LADY KRISTINA AT LARGE IN NEW YORK: JAZZ AND GENTRIFICATION
posted #@blues2jazzguy Robert J.Carmack If its one thing I can say about Todd Barkan, he’s one of the hardest working jazz presenters ,producer and all around good guy. Over the last few months I’ve spoken with various musicians that have either worked with, or for Todd. They all say to the man “He’s one of a kind, like family, and has his head… Read More KEYSTONE KLIPPINS’~ WHEN JAZZ HISTORY, GOOD FRIENDS AND GREAT MUSICIANS COME TOGETHER
On-Going Series: Keystone Klippins’ – 45 Years!!! Robert J. Carmack jazz journalist #@blues2jazzguy KEYSTONE KLIPPINS’ quick-snapshot look at the jazz journey taken by the man who presents it and the Men and Women who make it. Todd Barkan, The Man who started this journey years ago , is bringing it all back full circle. Starting the weekend of July 7th… Read More KEYSTONE KLIPPINS’ ~ CELEBRATING 45 YEARS AT THE KORNER
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy Go and witness the incredible playing of Eric Reed “Live At LACMA” Los Angeles County Museum of Art Jazz Series Friday May 6th@6pm Wilshire Blvd & Ogden Ave(Near Fairfax) http://www.lacma.org Award-winning pianist… Read More JAZZ PIANIST ERIC REED TO APPEAR AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
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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… Read More HOUSTON AFICIONADO BUILDS A HOUSE OF JAZZ
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blue2jazzguy 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, Opera as the late… Read More BLACK MUSIC MONTH:50 YEARS BOLD SOUL SISTER ARETHA FRANKLIN
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy photos by R J Carmack With the temperatures topping 90-100 degrees most Angelenos were seeking some relief from the heat, and that came in the form of Jazz guitarist, Jacques Lesure and his Quartet. The former Detroit native, now L.A. based musician, Cooled off the audience with a… Read More JAZZ GUITARIST JACQUES LESURE COOLS OFF OUTDOOR L.A. AUDIENCE
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