posted by #@blues2jazzguy NOW SELLING AT YOUR FAVORITE BOOK STORE This collects the photographs of legendary musician Les McCann; he documented the jazz scene and its players—Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Count Basie, and many others—from the inside, across several decades. “His perfect marriage of church and swing captured the spirit of the times in the…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLES STEPNEY-YOUR MUSIC MADE THE DIFFERENCE RIP 1931 – 1976
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy Arranger/producer Charles Stepney is heard on gold and platinum hits by the Dells and Earth, Wind & Fire, as well as Chicago soul acts ranging from Rotary Connection to Terry Callier. While a staff arranger and producer at Chicago-based Chess Records, label artist Ramsey Lewis recorded one of his…
REASONS TO SUPPORT DEXTER GORDON PARK IN LEIMERT VILLAGE – LOS ANGELES
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…
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…
REMEMBERING A HIT MUSIC MACHINE: RIP SKIP SCARBOROUGH
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy Clarence Alexander Scarborough wrote,co-wrote, or produced hit records for Earth Wind & Fire, LTD, Anita Baker, Blue Magic, and so on. How did he do all this, where most people never heard of him, nor did they recognize his face. Ashford & Simpson wrote for people and you knew…
POP ICON SHEILA E’s E-SPOT LOUNGE PROVES MUCHO CALIENTE
posted by Robert J. Carmack #blues2jazzguy #E-SpotLounge “Where The Stars Go to Shine” Stephanie Spruill will be at (Sheila E’s) E. Spot Lounge Friday-March 13th, 2015- 8PM showtime 4349 Tujunga Ave, Studio City, Ca 91604 (formerly Vitello’s Upstairs) Call for Reservations / More information 818-769-0905
Dindi – Norman Conners with Jean Carne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jvSgHaeozI&NR=1 Dindi – Norman Conners with Jean Carne
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