Sonny Criss – Talented But Tragic


Originally posted on Geezer Music Club:
We haven’t featured a jazz musician for a while and today’s spotlight falls on one of the best, alto saxophonist Sonny Criss. A contemporary of Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker — in fact, he played alongside him in the early years — Criss was an early bloomer musically, but his career…

LOS ANGELES HOSTED 19TH ANNUAL CENTRAL AVENUE JAZZ FEST


posted by Robert J. Carmack   All photos by  Robert J. CarmacK Los Angeles Just completed hosting their 19th annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival on the very historic Central Avenue between Vernon Ave. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd  . The city was a gracious host to some of the most colorful  and diverse audiences in…

HIPSTER RETRO-JAZZ SERIES:HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARMELL JONES


posted by Robert J. Carmack         #@blues2jazzguy                                           Carmell Jones    July 19, 1936  – November 7, 1996 Trumpeter/Composer  and one of my favorites of Horace Silver’s Trumpet players. As a very young…

HIPSTER RETRO-JAZZ SERIES: POINT OF DEPARTURE * ANDREW HILL


  POINT of DEPARTURE -Andrew Hill  posted by  Justin Scoville     Andrew Hill (1931-2007) was a masterful jazz pianist and composer whose impact on jazz is only beginning to be understood and appreciated. Largely overshadowed during his early career by both the monumental contributions of Miles Davis’s “Second Quintet” and John Coltrane’s cosmic forays…

JAZZ TRUMPETER LEE MORGAN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE LEE


posted by   Robert J. Carmack      #@blues2jazzguy Lee Morgan  Musician,Composer and Bandleader b. July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. February 19, 1972 in New York City, New York Jazz trumpeter, mainly associated with hard bop, known for his work with Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, as…

GET A CLUE …WWW.HIPSTERSANCTUARY.COM


STILL NOT  FOLLOWING HIPSTER SANCTUARY.COM YET ?? The Hipster Sanctuary  E-Zine/Blog  is focused primarily on UNSUNG  artists of  Jazz, Blues and Soul Genres. We’ll profile, explore, interview and publicize information to, commemorate, or uplift the legacy of these artists who gave it their all during their time in the public’s eye.  “By Any Medium Necessary”  From time to…