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Honeyhoney band posted by fairychild @ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:30:47 -0000
What do you all think of Honeyhoney band? I just bought their album, First Rodeo, and I am pretty impressed with them. I have been playing it in my car all week. Check them out, I think you’ll like them too…
http://www.imeem.com/honeyhoneymusic/music/b25RDu-K/honeyhoney_little_toy_gun/
Gigi
UMG
David Sanborn replied by fairychild @ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:28:48 -0000
I love David Sanburn thanks for the heads up!
Any Jeff Beck Fans here? replied by fairychild @ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:25:32 -0000
I haven’t heard of him, but I will have to check him out.
Honeyhoney anyone? posted by fairychild @ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:23:40 -0000
What do you think of band Honeyhoney?? I just bought their debut album, First Rodeo, and it’s actually really good. Just wanted to see what you all think of them. Do you think they we be successful in the music world?
http://www.myspace.com/honeyhoneyband
Gigi
UMG
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis in Concert!! replied by fairychild @ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:17:07 -0000
Oh yesss! I have seen them perform together in the past and it was incredible! thanks for the heads up!
THE DOZENS: WEATHER REPORT replied by Silverlakebodhisattva @ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:54:13 -0000
OK, one correction coming out of the box: “Milky Way”, on that first album: it’s not sythesizers. It’s, IIRC, Wayne Shorter, playing soprano into the top of a grand piano, while Zawinul holds down the damper pedals and keys, plus some studio echo. On into the live side of “Sing the Body Electric”, which is an edit down from the “Live in Tokyo” double, import, Zawinul’s stage set-up still didn’t yet include any synthesizer per se; it consisted of a Rhodes piano, a Farfisa organ, (and a real piano if a good one was there) an Echoplex tape echo, a ring modulator, and some stomp boxes.
THE DOZENS: TWELVE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING replied by mrebks @ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:39:06 -0000
Mr. Kurtz, he dead on.
THE DOZENS: WEATHER REPORT replied by tedgioia @ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:14:46 -0000
The full text of the article can be found here
Comments are invited.
PLEASE HELP ! ! ! ! ! ! ! replied by ProfessorBlues @ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:32:27 -0000
What sort of contributors?
JAZZ CROONER TONY DIAMOND CONCERT IN PARIS posted by vicworld @ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:08:21 -0000
I WAS IN PARIS ON THE HALLOWEEN NIGHT 2008 WHEN I WENT TO THE CONCERT OF THE CROONER TONY DIAMOND AND HE WAS TRULY AWESOME? IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINTRA BY FRENCH SINATRA FAN CLUB AND TONY DIAMOND WAS THE MAIN EVENT. HE WAS TRULY FANTASTIC AND THE AUDIENCE WERE SO PLEASED TO HEAR TONY REVIEWING ALL FRANK’S GREAT STANDARDS ONCE AGAIN. TONY DIAMOND HE IS TRULY GREAT! AND HE DESERVE TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOW AND I WISH HIM THE BEST CAUSE HE IS NOT A FAKER LIKE SOME SO CALLED CROONER LIKE MICHAEL BUBLE. GOOD LUCK TONY.
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN BETTER THEN BUBLE posted by vicworld @ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:01:52 -0000
THIS WORLD IS GOING NUTS??? WHY A GUY LIKE MICHAEL FEINSTEIN HAS LESS HITS THAN A FAKER LIKE MICHAEL BUBLE?? TO ME IT IS TRULY UNFAIR CAUSE FEINSTEIN GOT STYLE AND A VERY CROONY VOICE PLUS HE PLAY WONDERFULLY PIANO. ALTHOUGH HE MIGHT HAVE LESS STRONG LOBBY BEHIND HIM CAUSE MICHAEL BUBLE GOT THE BACK UP OF THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY AS WELL??? IT HELPS A LOT TO GET FAME AND HITS…....... THAT IS NOT FAIR FOR TRUE ARTISTS.
PLAYLIST: WBCX 89.1 FM Sounds of Jazz Nov 29,2008 posted by jazzbo @ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:29:22 -0000
Playlist for Sounds of Jazz on WBCX 89.1 FM for Nov 29,2008
Broadcasting from Brenau University in Gainesville (NE Atlanta) Ga
Part of our “Straight Ahead Saturday Night” line-up…
Featuring “Sounds of Jazz” with Mark Dove from 6PM to 12PM
“Sounds of Jazz” features straight ahead jazz primarily from the 1950’s to the present. The shows mission is to spread the awareness of some of the country’s greatest music and to feature local area artists in the Atlanta and the Southeast area live in the studio in interview segments to spread the word about the artists.
Playlist for Nov 29, 2008
Hour 1
DEXTER GORDON – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” – Jingle Bell Jazz – (Sony)
DUKES OF DIXIELAND – “Merry Christmas Baby” – Christmas in New Orleans – (Leisure Jazz)
DAVID LEONHART JAZZ GROUP – “White Christmas” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – (indep)
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO – “Linus and Lucy” – A Charlie Brown Christmas – (Fantasy)
DUKE PEARSON – “Sleigh Ride” – Jingle Bell Jam – (Rhino)
STEVE TYRELL – “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – This Time of the Year – (Sony)
ARTHUR BLYTHE – “The Christmas Song” – Jingle Bell Jazz – (Sony)
SKIP WILKINS QUINTET – “December (As I Would Have It) – The Paint Peeler – (Dreambox)
JOE GRANSDEN – “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – (Brass Menagerie)
Hour 2
DIANNE REEVES – “Little Drummer Boy” – Christmas Time Is Here – (Blue Note)
KATHLEEN BERTRAND – “O Come All Ye Faithful” – Reasons for the Seasons – (indep)
JOHN BROWN QUINTET – “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” – Merry Christmas Baby – (indep)
LYNNE ARRIALE TRIO – “Home” – Come Together – (Motema Music)
WYNTON MARSALIS – “Snoopy and Woodstock” – Joe Cool’s Blues – (Sony)
WYNTON MARSALIS – “Jingle Bells” – Crescent City Christmas Card – (Sony)
JOE GRANSDEN – “Up On the Housetop” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – (Brass Menagerie)
Hour 3
WYNTON MARSALIS – “Twas the Night Before Christmas” – Crescent City Christmas Card – (Sony)
JOE GRANSDEN – “Baby It’s Cold Outside” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – (Brass Menagerie)
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO – “Greensleeves” – A Charlie Brown Christmas – (Fantasy)
RAY BROWN TRIO – “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” – Christmas Songs With the Ray Brown Trio – (Telarc)
FRANK SINATRA – “The Christmas Waltz” – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra – (Capitol)
KURT ELLING – “Cool Yule” – Yule Be Boppin – (Blue Note)
TONIC – “Jolly Old St Nicholas” – It Ain’t Over Till the Fat Man Swings – (indep)
DUKE ELLINGTON – “Sugar Rum Cherry” – Jingle Bell Swing – (Sony)
JULIA LEE AND HER BOY FRIENDS – “Christmas Spirit” – Hipsters Holiday – (Rhino)
DAVID LEONHART JAZZ GROUP – “Frosty the Snowman” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – (indep)
ELLIS MARSALIS – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” – New Orleans Christmas – (indep)
TONIC – “Up On the Housetop” – It Ain’t Over Till the Fat Man Swings – (indep)
Hour 4
LIONEL HAMPTON – “White Christmas” – Jingle Bell Jazz – (Sony)
JIMMY SMITH – “Jingle Bells” – Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas – (Verve)
MODERN JAZZ QUARTET – “England’s Carol #1” – Jingle Bell Jam – (Rhino)
BABS GONZALES – “Be Bop Santa Claus” – Hipster’s Holiday – (Rhino)
WYNTON MARSALIS – “We Three Kings of Orient Are” – Crescent City Christmas Card – (Sony)
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO – “O Tannenbaum” – A Charlie Brown Christmas – (Fantasy)
BILL EVANS – “Peace Piece” – Complete Riverside Recordings – (Riverside)
BOB SHAW – “Christmas Time Is Here” – A Celebration of Christmas – (Varga Sound)
RACQUEL ROBERTS – “The Christmas Waltz” – The Secret of Christmas – (indep)
MEL TORME – “The Christmas Song” – Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas – (Verve)
Hour 5
BENNY GREEN – “Zat You Santa Claus” – Yule Be Boppin – (Blue Note)
CHARLES BROWN – “Santa’s Blues” – Cool Christmas Blues – (Bullseye Blues)
LOUIS JORDAN – “Santa Claus Santa Claus” – Jingle Bell Jam – (Rhino)
JOSHUA REDMAN – “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – Jazz Christmas Party – (WB)
JOE GRANSDEN – “Let It Snow” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – (Brass Menagerie)
SWINGLE SINGERS – “Christmas Medley” – Jingle Bell Jam – (Rhino)
DIANA KRALL – “Sleigh Ride” – Christmas Songs – (Verve)
ELIANE ELIAS – “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” – Yule Be Boppin – (Blue Note)
DIANNE REEVES – “Carol of the Bells” – Christmas Time Is Here – (Blue Note)
JIMMY SMITH – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” – Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas – (Verve)
BOBBY TIMMONS – “Deck the Halls” – Jingle Bell Jam – (Rhino)
KING CURTIS – “What Are You Doing New Years Eve” – Jingle Bell Jam – (Rhino)
CHET BAKER – “Winter Wonderland” – Jingle Bell Jam – (Rhino)
JOE GRANSDEN – “Blue Christmas” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – (Brass Menagerie)
Hour 6
TIM GREEN AND TRIO CAMBIA – “Do You Hear What I Hear” – Change of Seasons – (Origin)
TIM GREEN AND TRIO CAMBIA – “A Child Is Born” – Change of Seasons – (Origin)
TIM GREEN AND TRIO CAMBIA – “Everything’s Alright” – Change of Seasons – (Origin)
BOB SHAW – “Let It Snow” – A Celebration of Christmas – (Varga Sound)
WYNTON MARSALIS – “Carol of the Bells” – Crescent City Christmas Card – (Sony)
DAVID LEONHART JAZZ GROUP – “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – (indep)
OSCAR PETERSON – “A Child Is Born” – Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas – (Verve)
CHUCK MANDT – “Angels We Have Heard On High” – Contemporary Sounds of Gospel Favorites – (indep)
PATRICIA BARBER – “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – The Premonition Years – (Koch)
NATE NAJAR TRIO – “O Tannenbaum” – Christmas with Nate Najar – (indep)
BRIAN SETZER ORCH – “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus” – Boogie Woogie Christmas – (Surfdog)
Comments, requests, suggestions?
Mark Dove
Producer/host – “Sounds of Jazz”
WBCX 89.1 FM
Brenau University
500 Washington St SE
Gainesville, Ga. 30501
http://www.myspace.com/soundsofjazz
Request and comment line: 770-538-4744 http://www.brenau.edu/about/wbcx/
PLAYLIST: WBCX 89.1 FM Cafe Jazz Nov 24,2008 posted by jazzbo @ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:19:39 -0000
Playlist for Café Jazz on WBCX 89.1 FM for Nov 24,2008
Broadcasting from Brenau University in Gainesville (NE Atlanta) Ga
Part of our ” Melodic Monday Night” line-up…
Featuring “Café Jazz” with Mark Dove from 6PM to 8PM
Playlist for Nov 24, 2008
Hour 1
OSCAR BROWN JR – “Signifyin Monkey” – Sin and Soul – (Sony)
JIM MALLOY – “All My Tomorrows” – Jazz Vocalist – (indep)
KARRIN ALLYSON – “Jordu” – Footprints – (Concord)
LAURA COYLE – “I Can’t Get Started” – self titled – (indep)
JEFF BAKER – “How Deep Is The Ocean” – Baker Sings Chet – (Origin)
FELICIA CARTER – “Lover Come Back To Me” – Step Lightly – (Alberta Music)
RITA EDMOND – “Out of Nowhere” – Sketches of a Dream – (indep)
CHARLEY HARRISON – “Pure Imagination” – Keeping My Composure – (indep)
GINGER AND SCOTT – “The Best Thing For You” – Dreamsville – (indep)
OPIE BELLAS – “I Always Knew” – Faces – (Bella Blue)
MANHATTAN TRANSFER – “Boy From New York City” – Best Of
Hour 2
TIERNEY SUTTON – “Happy Days Are Here Again” – On the Other Side – (Telarc)
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY – “The I’m Too White To Sing the Blues Blues” – Blues In the Night – (Telarc)
AL JARREAU AND GEORGE BENSON W/JILL SCOTT – “God Bless the Child” – Givin it Up – (Concord)
JOHNNY MATHIS – “Almost Like Being In Love” – The Standards Album – (Sony)
RITA EDMOND – “Just In Time” – Sketches of a Dream – (indep)
RICK BLESSING – “Jazzman” – I’m Just the Guy For You – (indep)
JEFF BAKER – “My Ideal” – Baker Sings Chet – (Origin)
DOROTHY DORING – “Giant Steps” – Southern Exposure – (indep)
STEVE TYRELL – “This Guy’s In Love With You” – This Guy’s In Love – (Sony)
FREDDY COLE – “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” – Merry Go Round – (Telarc)
GWEN HUGHES – “Sweet Thing” – Instead of Light – (Fairfield)
JANINE GILBERT CARTER – “Don’t Go to Strangers” – A Song For You – Live – (Jazz Karma)
FRANK SINATRA – “Come Fly With Me” – Come Fly With Me – (Capitol)
Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
Mark Dove
Producer/host – “Café Jazz”
WBCX 89.1 FM
Brenau University
500 Washington St SE
Gainesville, Ga. 30501
Request and comment line: 770-538-4744 http://www.brenau.edu/about/wbcx/
THE DOZENS: TWELVE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING replied by tedgioia @ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:58:46 -0000
The full text of the article can be found here
Comments are invited.
Drummer Mike Melito releases new CD w/ Grant Stewart and John Swana posted by cymbalgroove @ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:02:45 -0000
Drummer Mike Melito just released a brand new CD called IN THE TRADITION. The CD features Saxophonist Grant Stewart, John Swana on trumpet, Paul Hofmann piano, Neal Miner bass and Bob Sneider guitar. The CD is available through CDBaby.com This is a no nonsense hardbop date with tunes by Sonny Clark, Hank Mobley, Tadd Dameron, Barry Harris plus some originals and standards.
PLAYLIST: WBCX 89.1 FM Sounds of Jazz Nov 22,2008 posted by jazzbo @ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:52:30 -0000
Playlist for Sounds of Jazz on WBCX 89.1 FM for Nov 22,2008
Broadcasting from Brenau University in Gainesville (NE Atlanta) Ga
Part of our “Straight Ahead Saturday Night” line-up…
Featuring “Sounds of Jazz” with Mark Dove from 6PM to 12PM
“Sounds of Jazz” features straight ahead jazz primarily from the 1950’s to the present. The shows mission is to spread the awareness of some of the country’s greatest music and to feature local area artists in the Atlanta and the Southeast area live in the studio in interview segments to spread the word about the artists.
Playlist for Nov 22, 2008
Hour 1
TAL FARLOW QUARTET – “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” – Concord 30th Anniversary Box Set – (Concord)
CHARLES FAMBROUGH – “Fool’s Play” – Live at Zanzibar Blue – (Random Chance)
BILL EVANS TRIO – “Green Dolphin Street” – Complete Riverside Recordings – (Riverside)
ART FARMER/BENNY GOLSON JAZZTET – “Blues March” – Meet the Jazztet – (MCA)
DOTTI ANITA TAYLOR – “Herkimer” – A Morning Glory – (indep)
CY TOUFF/SANDY MOSSE – “Allen’s Alley” – Tickle Toe – (Delmark)
DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – “St Louis Blues” – 25th Anniversary Reunion – (A&M)
WARREN VACHE – “Softly As In A Morning Sunrise” – Concord 30th – (Concord)
KEN AND HARRY WATTERS – “Days of Wine and Roses” – Brothers II – (Summit)
Hour 2
DON HALES W/TONY MONACO – “Motivation” – Unified String Theory – (Summit)
STAN GETZ – “Desafinado” – Jazz Samba – (Verve)
LENORE RAPHAEL – “Yesterdays” – Invitation – (Swingin Fox)
OFER ASSAF – “Kingfisher 51” – Tangible Reality – (Summit)
GENE BURKERT – “Relative Material” – The Jazz Palette – (Seabreeze Jazz)
MARK COLBY W/PHIL WOODS – “Squires Parlor” – Reflections – (Origin)
DEXTER GORDON – “Clear the Dex” – Dexter Calling – (Blue Note)
ASTRAL PROJECT – “Delicately” – The Legend of Cowboy Bill – (indep)
KIM PREVOST AND BILL SOLLEY – “Giant Steps” – Just in Time – (indep)
Hour 3
PATTI AUSTIN – “Porgy And Bess Medley” – Avant Gershwin – (Rendezvous)
ROBIN MCKELLE – “Day By Day” – Modern Antique – (Cheap Lullaby)
TIERNEY SUTTON – “Remember Me (Recordame” – Unsung Heroes – (Telarc)
CHRIS HUMPHREY – “(The Date Is) Friday the 13th” – Nothing But Blue Sky – (Cadence Jazz)
NEW YORK VOICES – “Jackie” – A Day Like This – (MCG)
CRIS BARBER – “Blackbird” – This Moment To Be Free – (37)
SARA GAZAREK – “You Are My Sunshine” – Yours – (Native Language)
LAURA COYLE – “Close Your Eyes” – self titled – (indep)
Hour 4
SERGE FORTE TRIO – “Funky Oscar” – Oscar A Tribute – (indep)
WAYNE WALLACE LATIN JAZZ QUINTET – “Infinity” – Infinity – (Patois)
TAYLOR FIDYK BIG BAND – “My Cherie Amour” – Live at Blues Alley – (Origin)
JACOB VARMUS – “Ecstatic Little Porpoises” – All The Things We Still Can Be – (Crows Kin)
THE HERE AND NOW – “Morningside” – Break of Day – (OA2)
HERB HARRIS – “A Two Per to Fill” – Some Many Second Chances – (HHM)
LARRY GELB – “The Honeymooners Now” – America Is Free – (Imaginmusic)
PETER MARTIN – “Au Privave” – WWOZ on CD – (indep)
Hour 5
DAN HECK – “Stand Pat” – Compostionality – (Origin)
GENE LUDWIG – “Groovy Samba” – Hands On – (Blues Leaf)
DAN CAVANAUGH JAZZ EMPORIUM BIG BAND – “Pulse” – Pulse – (OA2)
GEORGE COTSIRILOS TRIO – “Side Pocket” – On the Rebop – (Origin)
LINDA DACHTYL – “Straight No Chaser” – For Hep Cats – (Chicken Coup)
IRVIN MAYFIELD/ELLIS MARSALIS – “Come Rain or Come Shine” – Love Songs Ballads and Standards – (Basin Street)
FRED HERSCH TRIO – “Misterioso” – Night and the Music – (Palmetto)
JESSE DAVIS – “Rush Hour” – Concord 30th Anniversary Box Set – (Concord)
SHOOK RUSSO TRIO – “Butician” – Introducing the FAB Trio – (Summit)
Hour 6
ANAT COHEN – “No Moon At All” – Noir – (Anzik)
TIM GREEN AND TRIO CAMBIA – “Time For the Seasons” – Change of Seasons – (Origin)
WARDELL GRAY – “Bright Boy” – West Coast Jazz Box Set – (Contemporary)
JOHN COLTRANE – “Acknowledgement” – A Love Supreme – (Impulse)
TED KOOSHIAN – “Gado Gado” – Clockwork – (indep)
GEOF BRADFIELD – “Con Alma” – Urban Nomad – (Origin)
YUSEF LATEEF – “Straighten Up and Fly Right” – The Golden Flute – (Impulse)
DAVID SILLS – “Moon and Sand” – Green – (Origin)
BILL PROUTEN – “An Aire For Claire” – Low Down No Good – (indep)
SUN RA AND HIS ASTRO INFINITY ARKESTRA – “Round Midnight” – Sound Sun Pleasure – (Evidence)
Comments, requests, suggestions?
Mark Dove
Producer/host – “Sounds of Jazz”
WBCX 89.1 FM
Brenau University
500 Washington St SE
Gainesville, Ga. 30501
http://www.myspace.com/soundsofjazz
Request and comment line: 770-538-4744 http://www.brenau.edu/about/wbcx/
PLAYLIST: WBCX 89.1 FM Cafe Jazz Nov 17,2008 posted by jazzbo @ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:41:30 -0000
Playlist for Café Jazz on WBCX 89.1 FM for Nov 17,2008
Broadcasting from Brenau University in Gainesville (NE Atlanta) Ga
Part of our ” Melodic Monday Night” line-up…
Featuring “Café Jazz” with Mark Dove from 6PM to 8PM
Playlist for Nov 17, 2008
Hour 1
RENE MARIE – “Tennessee Waltz” – How Can I Keep From Singing – (Maxjazz)
DEBORAH BROWN – “Double Trouble Blues” – Double Trouble Blues – (indep)
MADELEINE PEYROUX – “Careless Love” – Careless Love – (Rounder)
ANNIE SELLICK – “Tenderly” – No Greater Thrill – (Chalice Music)
KRISTIN KORB – “Nobody Wants To Sing the Blues” – Why Can’t You Behave – (Double K)
ILONA KNOPFLER – “Moondance” – Some Kind of Wonderful – (Mack Avenue)
GINGER BERGLUND – “Autumn Leaves” – Haven’t We Met – (indep)
CHERYL BENTYNE – “Honeysuckle Rose” – Let Me Off Uptown – (Telarc)
REGINA BELLE – “If I Should Lose You” – Lazy Afternoon – (Peak)
MELODY GARDOT – “Goodnight” – Worrisome Heart – (Verve)
Hour 2
SARA GAZAREK – “Carey” – Return to You – (Native Language)
TIERNEY SUTTON – “I Want To Be Happy” – On the Other Side – (Telarc)
NNENNA FREELON – “Better Than Anything” – Concord 30th Anniversary Box Set – (Concord)
MOSE ALLISON – “It Didn’t Turn Out That Way” – Your Mind is On Vacation – (Rhino)
KARRIN ALLYSON – “It’s Too Late” – Wild About You – (Concord)
ELLI FORDYCE – “Don’t Blame Me” – Something Still Cool – (indep)
CURTIS STIGERS – “Night Owl” – Real Emotional – (Concord)
ELLA FITZGERALD – “Some Other Spring” – Love Letters From Ella – (Concord)
IRENE ATMAN – “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life” – self titled – (indep)
MICHAEL BUBLE – “How Sweet It Is” – Jazz Vocalists Hear and Now – (Concord)
JIM SHEARER/CHARLIE WOOD – “Can’t Take You Nowhere” – The Memphis Hang – (Summit)
PAUL SEAFORTH – “Something Real” – Something Real – (indep)
ANNIE SELLICK – “Twisted” – Stardust On My Sleeve – (indep)
Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
Mark Dove
Producer/host – “Café Jazz”
WBCX 89.1 FM
Brenau University
500 Washington St SE
Gainesville, Ga. 30501
Request and comment line: 770-538-4744 http://www.brenau.edu/about/wbcx/
Jazz Singer April Hall Releases "Fun Out of Life"; Performance at Scullers Slated January 7 posted by jazzwoman @ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:23:49 -0000
JAZZ SINGER APRIL HALL TO APPEAR AT SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM
New CD Just Released: Fun Out Of Life
“The effulgent Hall has a rich commanding voice and
the stage presence of an old soul of jazz” -Boston Globe
“Hall’s vocals soar . . . her range of vocal ability goes from
soft and understated to powerful and heartfelt.” – JazzReview.com
Bee Boy Records has just released jazz singer April Hall’s Fun Out Of Life. In sync with the new disc, Hall is booked for a special engagement on Wednesday, January 7 at 8:00 p.m. at Scullers Jazz Club in the DoubleTree Guest Suites-Boston [400 Soldiers Field Road, Allston]. Tickets at $20.00 can be purchased on line at www.ticketweb.com or by calling: 617-562-4111. For full information, call: 617-562-4111. Scullers is wheelchair accessible.
Hall’s crackerjack band at Scullers will feature Tim Ray on piano, Kenny Hadley on drums, Mark Poniatowski on bass, Jon Damian on guitar, Tom Hall on tenor and baritone sax and Amadee Castenell on tenor sax and flute. April Hall is set to take Scullers and Boston by storm!
Singer April Hall is a Florida native who grew up on a cattle ranch! She has roots steeped in southern tradition, music and culture. Her deep heritage in gospel and blues combine with urban soulfulness, jazz and sophistication to create music that’s pure, gutsy, and unmistakably authentic.
Her new CD, Fun Out of Life features jazz standards such as “I’ve Got The World On A String,” which is sung as a ballad, “You Must Believe In Spring,” and “This Can’t Be Love.” Fun Out of Life is a followup to her 2000 release Something Like That, which received rave reviews for her bluesy, gutsy, folksy style.
Buy CD or Download? replied by sonz1 @ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:15 -0000
I’m big on downloads, but nothing compares to wandering into a Used CD store and browsing through their collection.
I am putting together my business plan can someone help with some information replied by sonz1 @ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:06:38 -0000
what kind of business is it? I would check the sba website. There’s good information about starting a small business.
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The Future Stars of European Jazz
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Stuart Nicholson must be the most indefatigable traveler among current jazz critics. He recently covered events in Dublin and Oslo for the jazz.com blog, and promises to send us reports from several other countries during the next four months. (Coming soon: a first hand account of jazz in Estonia.) Below Nicholson reports on his visit to the Jazzahead! gathering in Bremen, Germany, where he got a glimpse of some of the likely leaders of the next generation of European jazz stars T.G.
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It’s not as straight-forward as you’d think getting from London to Bremen. It’s cheaper to fly to Hamburg and go the rest of the way by train. And while Hamburg may have many claims to fame, such as playing host to President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s when he attempted to evoke memories of John F. Kennedy’s famous June ‘63 Berlin speech by declaring “Ich bein ein Hamburger” to startled civic dignitaries, Bremen has mostly kept in the shadow of its sister city.
It seems a bit unfair. After all, it dates back to at least 150 AD and is a Hanseatic city (the Hanseatic League was a powerful trading organisation in northern Europe in the Middle Ages). Today it’s the home of Becks beer, a huge Mercedes plant and a pretty good football (or soccer) team that’s well placed near the top of the German Bundesliga. There’s a lot of civic pride in this lovely, orderly city with its impressive sights such as the St. Petri cathedral, the Gothic town hall that dates back to 1400 and its picturesque market square.
But the Jazzahead! convention has well and truly put the city on the cultural map of Europe. Held in the huge Congress Centrum Bremen, built at a time when flying concrete buttresses and artsy aluminum-and-plate-glass architecture was in fashion, this three-day event attracts visitors, fans, musicians, media and music professionals from over 40 different countries for concerts, conferences, panel discussions, educational symposiums, lectures and trade exhibitions.
In the space of just three years Jazzahead! is well on its way to becoming one of the premier events in European jazz – indeed, it probably already is. The concert program began in the late morning and continued late into the night at the nearby Kulturzentrum Schlachthof. This former slaughterhouse has been converted into a well equipped performance center with good sight-lines and excellent sound. The concerts start at 10.30pm and wind-up in the wee, small hours of the morning.
The Schlachthof programme featured three one-hour concerts each night (a total of nine performances in all) of European jazz selected by a Jazzahead panel of experts. During the day, concerts at the Congress Centrum featured upcoming German jazz musicians, and in the evening a couple of international headliners such as Wallace Roney, Trilock Gurtu and Marilyn Mazur were added to the program.
Considering Germany’s enormous size, relative to the rest of Europe, its economic clout and its awesome musical heritage, it’s fair to say its jazz musicians have been somewhat under represented on the European scene. In fact, probably their most famous musical export in contemporary times has been James Last, who although once a jazz bass player, has long moved out of that line of business.
If pushed to name a couple German jazz musicians, most would probably begin and end with Albert Mangelsdorff, whilst others might add Klaus Doldinger, Heinz Sauer or Manfred Schoof at a push. But in the last three years, a generation of young musicians have emerged who have begun turning heads on the European scene. Some have made their breakthrough through the initiative of record producer Siggi Loch’s Young German Jazz series on his ACT label, such as pianist Michael Wollny’s trio [em]. This ensemble was a hit of the first Jazzahead meeting and promptly went on to considerable acclaim at festivals across Europe.
This year the ACT Young German Jazz series included Berlin trumpeter Matthias Schriefl and his band Shreefpunk. Full of awkward melodies, edgy rhythms and darting references to classical music, Shriefl projects enormous potential which is occasionally dissipated by pushing in several directions at once.
Yet Schriefl’s agitated, fragmented approach is typical of many bands from Berlin not signed to ACT, such as Hyperactive Kid and Johnny La Marama, whose music seems to reflect the changing face of the city itself – old buildings are being pulled down, new ones being erected faster than you can blink, underpasses and overpasses are being constructed here there and everywhere, old roads are suddenly diverted or closed while new ones devour houses, apartments, shops and offices in their path. Change is everywhere and this feeling of disconnect was apparent in their music – rich with quotes and parodies, odd rhythmic shifts and allusions to Weill, they made their crazy collages of sound work through a combination of deft musicianship and attitude.
While lot of young German musicians are drawn to the Berlin scene, pianist Laia Genc went the other way and settled in Cologne. She has already accumulated enough awards and prizes to fill a room in her apartment, and this highly regarded young talent is now setting about to deliver on her enormous promise. Fellow Cologne resident and pianist Anke Helfrich saw her career sidelined for six years due to illness, but announced her return with her album Better Times Ahead. This release hit the upper reaches of the German jazz charts, and it’s easy to see why. Her trio set was calm, understated and totally beguiling.
In contrast, Jazz Kamikaze was anything but. The Danes, Swedes and Norwegians who make up the band have devised an adversarial mix of rock and jazz designed to invoke shortness of breath and dizzy spells among jazz purists. Yet they were serious fun; saxist Marlus Neset is a young musician who created enough elbow room in a band of strong personalities to show he has considerable potential. He could go far.
One of the most interesting sets of the whole weekend was provided by saxist Matthieu Donarier’s trio from Paris, a city that’s often dubbed the crossroads of Europe. With Manu Codjia on guitar and Joe Quitzke on percussion, they wove mid-Eastern flavours and asymmetric rhythms into an intimate yet intense set that built and built in lyrical and rhythmic intensity, gradually bringing the late night trade at the Schlachthof bar to a standstill.
But for those who wanted a glimpse of who the future stars of European jazz might be, then three classically trained virtuoso pianists put their hands up as likely contenders to enjoy the kind of success being enjoyed across Europe by the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, (or e.s.t., as they are often known). The UK’s Gwilym Simcock impressed the international audience with his stunning technique, and by breathing new life into the standards repertoire, while the Carsten Daerr Trio seemed to have worked out their own personal jazz language.
Filling his short set with concise yet absorbing originals, each seemingly constructed to leave you wanting more, Daerr proved to be a cunning alchemist who in another life could probably make gold out of base metal. He was joined by long-time associates Oliver Potratz on bass and Eric Schaefer in drums, and the trio demonstrated that they have developed a shared musical idiom that was intense yet rich with meaning.
But it was Jef Neve from Belgium who took Jazzahead! by storm. With bassist Piet Verbist on bass and Teun Verbruggen on drums they presented a rhythmically charged set that delighted a capacity audience at the Schlachthof. Classical and jazz influences were seamless mixed into an original style that climaxed with the powerful “Nothing but a Casablanca Turtle Sideshow Dinner” from his album Nobody is Illegal. It earned the loudest ovation of the whole event as everyone sensed the arrival of a major talent.
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May 04, 2008
Brooklyn Remembers Max Roach
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Tim Wilkins contributes this first hand account of a tribute to the late Max Roach, part of a series of Brooklyn based events in honor of the legendary drummer. T.G.
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Pianist Randy Weston (photo by Randy Waterman)
“If people don't like what you're doing, you're probably doing the right thing,” Max Roach once told trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater. “Max Roach challenged himself every night to do something that he hadn't done before,” Cecil recalled. “And obviously. he challenged the rest of us, to get up to his level.”
Cecil and other jazz greats, including pianist Randy Weston, bassists Leonard Gaskin and Sam Gill, and percussionist Montego Joe shared memories of Max with those who gathered at Brooklyn's Medgar Evers College last weekend to reflect on the drummer's legacy.
Many of these musicians grew up with Max in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvestant neighborhood. As teenagers in the 1940s, they made trips to Harlem to catch the new sounds being played by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk at Minton's and Monroe's Uptown House. At sixteen, Max once drew himself a mustache with an eyebrow pencil to get past the doorman.
Gaskin played at Minton's, and Max soon followed. Before long, both were playing on 52nd Street - Roach with Bird, and Gaskin with Dizzy, creating the music that would come to be called bebop. But it all started in Brooklyn, with the solid musical grounding the budding boppers received in the borough's public schools and at churches like the Concord Baptist Church, where Roach, who passed away in August, was a lifelong member.
Now, movement is underfoot to bring Brooklyn's jazz history back to life. The Roach memorial was the high point of the month-long Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, which held more than forty concerts in largely African-American neighborhoods to raise awareness about the borough's living heritage in jazz. 'We want to pass on all of the knowledge, the history, pride, and honor to a younger generation, who really doesn't know about this,' said Susie Anderson of the Andy Kirk Research Foundation, the weekend's organizers, who hope to open a jazz archive in Brooklyn. The weekend included free concerts by Weston, Bridgewater and other associates of Roach, including Fab 5 Freddy, Odean Pope, Lewis Nash and the M'Boom ensemble, which includes Ray Mantilla, Steve Berrios and Joe Chambers.
From L to R: Gil Noble, Herb Lavelle, Randy Weston,
Otto Neal, Leonard Gaskin, Sam Gill, Donald Sangster,
Montego Joe, and T.S. Monk. (photo by Randy Waterman)
The gathered musicians also shared thoughts on the fate of jazz and the challenges of bringing it to the attention of a younger generation. “Today, we don't have music in the public schools, especially in the poorer areas where blacks live,” said Gill, who started in jazz then spent nearly fifty years as bassist for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. “So my theory is that's why rap started, because they weren't getting any music in there.”
Drummer Herb Lavelle agreed the generation gap has grown into a problem. “With jazz not being played on the radio for 25 years, young people never knew what it was,” he said. “So they're doing their own thing now, and they don't understand what we did, and we don't understand what they're doing.”
T.S. Monk, drummer and son of the bop pianist, added that Max always encouraged cooperation between the generations. “Hip-hop ain't that far from bebop, or rebop,” Monk said. “This younger generation of musicians is looking to us for validation... so it becomes our responsibility to get back, stand back and dig exactly what they're doing.”
“Are you watching the kids, these hiphop kids?” Roach once asked T.S. as they were working to create the Thelonious Monk Institute, now a leading force in jazz education. “He said, 'You have to pay close attention to them, because they're actually very similar to us.’”
“He always looking, and he was always trying to find the next thing,” Bridgewater said of Max. On hip-hop, the two agreed to disagree. Max “was really enthused about the rhythmic aspects about what they were doing,” Cecil recalled. “But I said, 'Well, but they're not really dealing with music, because they haven't had the theory, the melody, harmony, and so forth.'"
On the other hand, Bridgewater said today's jazz students today are often too academic in their approach. “There's a spirituality to the music that you just don't get from theory. Charlie Parker did not play the 'bebop scale.' Charlie Parker played music. Dizzy Gillespie played music. Unless you can lift the notes of the page and make them personal, it means nothing.”
Weston agreed about this importance of spirituality, and tradition, in jazz. As a teen, he and Roach would hang out at Brooklyn's social clubs to play cards with older musicians and listen to their stories. “When Thelonious Monk played the piano, we hear a magic -- there's something that's mysterious in those beautiful structures,” said Weston. “But some of us have become so sophisticated that the blues don't mean anything to us... and that's the foundation of all we do.”
The weekend closed with a concert of bebop classics by Weston, Gill, Rachim Sahou and others.
Roach's legacy, and his advice to future generations, can perhaps be best summed up in his own words. '“The instrument is in your mind,” he said. “You can take cardboard boxes and make them sound like dynamite. If you want to deal with the drums, you have to realize that the instrument is the human being.”
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Enjoyed the music, and was impressed by the portrait of Billy Taylor (above). I had the great honor of meeting Dr. Taylor last September, backstage after Sonny Rollins' concert at Carnegie Hall. What a fine gentleman he is.
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