Montgomery Community Events Sept. 27-ct. 4 2007
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- Montgomery Community Events Sept. 27-ct. 4 2007
- ut and about
- Music Not Politics Moves Chucho Valdes
- Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs
- This year’s MJA Festival is all about the music
Montgomery Community Events Sept. 27-ct. 4 2007
Washington Post – Sep 27, 2007
JAZZ MUSIC for all ages live performance of jazz and big-band music by Night and Day Dance Band; artwork by local artists on display. Wheaton Library 11701 Georgia Ave.
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St. Petersburg Times – Sep 27, 2007
Pre-registration is required. Call (727)453-6800. Latin music: The Brazilian band Som Do Jazz will perform Bossa Nova Samba and Jazz music at 7 p. at The Dunedin Public Library 223 Douglas Ave. Tickets $5 at the library. Refreshments will be served after the concert.
Music Not Politics Moves Chucho Valdes
San Francisco Chronicle – Sep 27, 2007
The man from Quivican a rural town south of Havana began playing the piano by ear at 3 and is now considered one of the jazz world’s greats. He has recorded or contributed to 55 albums and counting — five of which won Grammys. “Jazz is recreating without repeating. We play the same music but we never never sound the same” Valdes told The Associated Press while headlining the recent Varadero Jam Session the latest incarnation of the annual Cuban jazz festivals he founded in 1992. In an interview hours before taking stage Valdes folded his towering frame into a plush chair and pulled off his trademark beret. Soft-spoken he paused to consider each answer carefully while still finding time to wink behind his trademark spectacles at women passing by. “Now I’m a mature musician” said Valdes who is a few weeks shy of his 66th birthday but looks 20 years younger.
Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs
PopMatters – Sep 27, 2007
)Whether the essays in Marooned will move you as pieces of writing seems very much tied to your appreciation of the music in question in a way that the writing in Stranded does not. I for one can’t really be bothered to listen to metal albums (and there are a fair number of those written about here) but Ian Christe’s closing piece on Iron Maiden’s Killers is one of the wittiest and most thoughtful essays in Marooned and the perfect one to wrap up the book. I also don’t have any particular affection for jazz music but Derek Taylor’s essay on Sonny Rollins’ A Night at the Village Vanguard made me want to run out and buy the record. (I do wish the essay on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew by Greg Tate had been a bit longer. ) The essays in Stranded however reasonably depict the interconnectedness of all the music discussed such that even the pieces on artists I don’t especially know or love (Huey “Piano” Smith the Kinks Linda Ronstandt) do a fine job of communicating where those folks fit into the larger scheme of pop music. This is why the broad appeal of Stranded cannot reasonably be achieved by Marooned.
This year’s MJA Festival is all about the music
Charleston Post Courier – Sep 27, 2007
MJA’s finale always stages interesting music events too. It’s set this year for ct. 7 from 4 until 9:30 p. Violinist Daniel Davis will open up to be followed by jazz from ITISS Music Group Latin band Grupo Caribe and steel drum band Tropical Steel Vibes. Reggae mash-up”The reggae we present is about peace and love love and respect” said Chandler 30-year producer and host of Roots Music Karamu an African-rooted music program on radio that airs from 10 p.