Theatre & Arts Classical music
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- Theatre & Arts Classical music
- JD Souther: New kid in Town
- Arts center debuts
- Cafe style at music night
Theatre & Arts Classical music
Belfast Telegraph – Sep 28, 2007
Celebrating the recent release of its inaugural album the trio was formed in 2006 after an impromptu encounter in Belfast. Mixing elements of jazz with new music the trio aims to explore the yin and yang extremities of music ? fixed written composition with free improvisation that will make your head spin. Box ffice: & 9024 6609. *Saxophonist Jean Toussaint will be performing tonight at 8pm in the No Alibis bookstore on Botanic Avenue in Belfast. Hailing from the Virgin Islands Toussaint joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1982 after a stint at Berklee College of Music in Boston and has since gone on to perform with a number of leading jazz luminaries. He has gained a reputation for performing melodic and energetic jazz music with a big lush sound.
JD Souther: New kid in Town
Belfast Telegraph – Sep 28, 2007
However he is a man of many other talents including being a multi-instrumentalist a poet and an actor ? I wonder how many of his music fans know that he was also John Dunaway on television’s Thirtysomething or that he played a major role in the film My Girl 2? With a big band singer for a father and an opera singer for a grandmother Souther’s life was steeped in music from an early age. His first musical influence outside of family was the post bop jazz music of the late 1950s by artists like Miles Davis John Coltrane and especially Dave Brubeck. "I also loved Ray Charles and Sam Cooke but I knew I was never going to sound like them" admits Souther. "So it was a relief when I heard people like Buddy Holly Roy rbison Big Bopper Conway Twitty and Waylon Jennings who actually sounded like me and who were making a living singing even with that hard Texan accent. These guys all lived relatively close to me and because their songs were being played on the local radio were an unmissable influence". Having played various instruments including saxophone (he had wanted to be a jazz saxophonist) the talented musician ended up playing drums in a jazz band and didn’t start writing until much later.
Arts center debuts
St. Petersburg Times – Sep 28, 2007
Local artists including artists with disabilities from the VSA Arts of Florida organization will showcase their works. A representative for Mayor Pam Iorio is scheduled to present the arts center with a proclamation during the exhibition. Bay area quartet Denise Moore and Then Some will entertain guests with live jazz music. Free food and a bar (donations accepted) will also be available. Guests are asked to donate $3 at the door with all proceeds going directly to the improvement of the arts center.
Cafe style at music night
highbeam.com – Sep 28, 2007
find Express & Echo (Exeter UK) articles. A live music Acoustic Cafe evening will be held at Topsham’s Matthews Hall on Saturday ctober 6 for a variety of con.