posted by CHUCK KOTON, Photo Journalist Contributor “ I was in the learning stage and I was going to jam sessions with guys who became the cats. ” With an auspicious name like Sonny Fortune, could there be any doubt that this man would find success and fulfillment down whatever path he chose to follow in life. Fortune-ately for jazz lovers, he…
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DALE FIELDER QUARTET 20 YEAR CELEBRATION JAZZ SPOKEN HERE!
posted by #@blues2jazzguy hipstersanctuary.com staffwriter JAZZ SPOKEN HERE is a combination of JAZZ and POETRY being performed by Jazz man Dale Fielder and his Quartet. also performing as special guest poet is longtime jazz promoter and journalist,Robert J. Carmack. DALE FIELDER QUARTET is celebrating its 20th year as a group playing together, and…
DALE FIELDER QUARTET CELEBRATES 20 YEARS DURING JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH
posted by #@blues2jazzguy Dale Fielder Quartet and Robert J. Carmack set for Jazz Appreciation Month Celebration “The stories DFQ tell through their instruments are like classic volumes in your personal library.” Robert J. Carmack Publisher/Editor Hipster Sanctuary THE DALE FIELDER QUARTET & SPECIAL GUEST POET ROBERT J. CARMACK @ KINGSTON CAFE 333 FAIR OAKS Ave….
HIPSTER RETRO – JAZZ SERIES:AZAR LAWRENCE CONQUER DIZZY’S NEW YORK
review posted by Chuck Koton via #@blues2jazzguy “ The music this band plays recalls the ‘fire music’ Lawrence inhaled during his many years in McCoy Tyner’s band.” Chuck Koton There ain’t no denyin’ that jazz is best heard “live.” Ideally, the band is playing in a club equipped with quality sound and lighting systems, staffed…
JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH in APRIL: JAZZ SPOKEN HERE ROBERT J. CARMACK & DALE FIELDER
#blues2jazzguy #jazzoetry #spokenwordguy Jazz Appreciation month is only weeks away , when a cavalcade of events are unleashed across the globe and especially in the USA . Venues spring up everywhere with festivals, concerts, symposiums, exhibits and just good old-fashioned Jam sessions. However, fortunately for many of us, the fans of classic jazz and…
HIPSTER JAZZ HALL OF FAME SALUTES HOT LIPS PAIGE
Oran Thaddeus “Hot Lips” Page, jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader, was born in Dallas, Texas, on January 27, 1908. He was the son of Greene and Maggie (Beal) Page. Page’s mother, a schoolteacher and musician, taught him the basics of music when he was a child. By the age of twelve he could play the…
BONE SOIR, CONRAD HERWIG EXPANDING THE LEGACY OF GREATNESS
posted by Robert J. Carmack -#blues2jazzguy In an era where the only thing that counts is Butts in the seat and the cling-clang of a CASH REGISTER while musicians struggle to play a solo over the YAMMERIN’ OF PSUEDO-HIPSTERS TALKING ABOUT ANY AND ALL THINGS EXCEPT THE MUSIC?? So what happens is, most musicians just…
CLIFFORD ADAMS: FORMER BANDMATE OF KOOL & THE GANG SUCCUMBS TO CANCER
CLIFFORD ADAMS (62) has died from liver cancer. The Trenton, New Jersey-native was perhaps most widely appreciated as a longstanding member of Kool & The Gang Band (playing the now classic solo on their 1983 crossover hit, “Joanna”). Adams was also a seasoned jazz player who began his recording career with organist Charles Earland and…
KENNY DORHAM: RE-VIEWING HIM THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES
repost from the JAZZ DADDY Blog by Justin Scoville November 11, 2014 | The Jazz Daddy | Leave a comment To loosely paraphrase Jazz critic Gary Giddins, Kenny Dorham (1924-1972) has become synonymous with anything starting with “under”–underrated, understated, under-appreciated, etc. Dorham was a phenomenal bop trumpet player who was game enough to record with…
AZAR LAWRENCE QUINTET RETURNS with VOCALIST JEFF ROBINSON to LONG BEACH
posted by Robert J. Carmack #@blues2jazzguy There are, on any given night in Los Angeles a jazz group playing somewhere in the city. Not being the Jazz city it was known for in 50,60s and even The 70s, L.A. has learned to “settle” for whats popular or what feels cushy and commercial. Well…
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