posted by staff #@jazz2bluesguy Larry James Robinson, Tu’Nook and Carla Dupree-Clark sat down and planned their partnership around a common theme, produce quality plays. All three were already successful in their own right as life individuals, family, friends and career. Something else was missing, The need for consistent, quality shows that didn’t spill a…
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PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ! TWO ESSENTIAL MUSICIAN’S MUSICIANS
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy Legendary Jazz artists Vibraharpist Roy Ayers and Piano/Organist Doug Carn “Keeping it Old School ” at the Ritz Cultural Center in Jacksonville, Florida.
BLACK ARTHUR ! JAZZ ICON ARTHUR BLYTHE NEEDS YOUR HELP
posted by Robert J. Carmack @blues2jazzguy Growing up during the early 1960s people of my generation was soaking up a lot of “STUFF” politically, socially,economically and musically… some of the big guns that were speaking to the progressive Black youth were the artists of the so-called Avant Garde movement like John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALTER BISHOP JR.~ UNCLE BEBOP
Walter Bishop, Jr. ( pianist ) was born on April 10, 1927 in New York City and passed away on January 24, 1998 at the age of 70 in Manhattan. posted by Robert J. Carmack twitter: @blues2jazzguy A pianist during the bebop era, he played and recorded with many jazz greats,…
WORLD JAZZ MUSIC ICONIC DUO ~MICHAEL WHITE and LEISEI CHEN DUO
posted by Robert J. Carmack twitter:@blues2jazzguy Premiere: Inspirations for “Orbit” Video combining examples of Michael White’s past musical work with photographs by Leisei Chen and various artists that have inspired the new work Orbit, created by Leisei Chen. 32 minutes. Sponsored by 2013 DCA COLA Individual Artists Fellowship Award, premiered at Los Angeles Municipal…
JAZZ JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION’S SPECIAL APRIL
ABOUT JAZZ APRIL 2014 | ABOUT JJA The Jazz Journalists Association‘sJazzApril campaign supports both Jazz Appreciation Month and International Jazz Day (April 30) We use JazzApril to refer to both and to stress that all of “April is Jazz Month. http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=70 On this site, you’ll find ways that YOU, whoever you are, can participate.
Revolutionary Poet Laureate Playwright Imamu Amiri Baraka Dies at 79
Imamu Amiri Baraka His death at Beth Israel Medical Center,Thursday, January 9 was confirmed by his son Ras Baraka, a member of the Newark Municipal Council. He did not specify a cause, but said that Mr. Baraka had been hospitalized since Dec. 21. Mr. Baraka was famous as one of the major forces in the…
REMEMBERING JAZZ PIANO ROYALTY TRAGICALLY LOST IN 2013
Cedar Anthony Walton, Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was a hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey‘s band before establishing a long career as a bandleader and composer. Several of his compositions have become jazz standards, including “Mosaic”, “Bolivia”, “Mode for Joe” and “Ugetsu”, also known as “Fantasy in…
WHO…HIM?? THAT’S THE JAMMIN’ JAMES JANISE!!
The Wonderful World of Jazz is on http://www.kebnradio.com CLICK ON THE LINK DAILY at NOON (PST) posted by Robert J.Carmack We Play Great Music!! Oscar Brown Jr. Kicks off the show today followed by: 1) Michael Session – “Quagmire Manor At 5AM” (Michael Session ‘N Session) 2) Eugenie Jones – “I Want One” (Black Lace…
BENEATH THE SPIN: ERIC WATTREE ON THE DEBATE OF MODERN JAZZ
re-post by Robert J. Carmack of a blog originally posted by Eric Wattree Reflections on the Stanley Crouch, Mtume Debate on Modern Jazz I recently watched the debate between columnist Stanley Crouch and percussionist James Mtume on the evolution of modern jazz with great interest. Crouch, the steadfast jazz purist, essentially took the position that much…
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