A Professor with ‘Cuban Roots’ in Jazz
The News Review:
- A Professor with ‘Cuban Roots’ in Jazz
- Tribute concert to celebrate Chet Baker Foundation
- Our year in arts
- Marion Meadows Warming to the Task
- Work on national jazz park in NO humming along
- A litttle night music in Langley
- Kenya: Project Fame Winner Finally Off the Blocks
A Professor with ‘Cuban Roots’ in Jazz
NPR – Dec 22, 2007
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Tribute concert to celebrate Chet Baker Foundation
Tulsa World (subscription) – Dec 22, 2007
leadp { font-size:14px; color:#626466; }One of Oklahoma?s greatest contributors tothe world of jazz music will be honored with atribute concert Sunday. The third-annual Chet Baker Tribute Concertwill be held from 3 to 7 p. at Harwelden 2210 S.
Our year in arts
NEWS.com.au – Dec 22, 2007
The Dreaming Festival held at Woodford mid-year focuses on indigenous culture and has established its place as a must-go event. A standout was a play The Life of Eddie Mabo by his daughter Gail Mabo. The Queensland Music Festival had a different flavour this year with new artistic director Paul Grabowsky including more experimental jazz world music crossovers and rock. Pig City a celebration of Brisbane’s rock music history with the re-formed The Saints was a key event. Cabaret acts Meow Meow songwriting legend Robert Forster and jazz greats Katie Noonan and Vince Jones wowed audiences at the Powerhouse and the locals and out-of-towners loved The Greatest Show on Earth in Longreach. On the down side Red Cap at La Boite tried too hard to live up to its left-wing credentials. And some avant-garde cross-cultural collaborations didn’t pull in the punters.
Marion Meadows Warming to the Task
Washington Post – Dec 22, 2007
Like his buddy George Benson Hughes enjoys lacing his solos with Montgomery-inspired octave runs that generate bright tones and increasingly swift momentum so much so that at one point he sounded as if he were back in Detroit playing a small combo gig after hours. Brock on the other hand is young gifted and charismatic. Besides drawing on straight-ahead jazz chromaticism Latin rhythm vamps and gospel chords he performed two songs that revealed his affection for the music (and showmanship) of Al Green among other soul greats. Bass guitarist Chip Shearin and drummer Jabari also generously showcased made for a potent combination during a funk throw-down finale. The engagement runs through tomorrow.
Work on national jazz park in NO humming along
Times Picayune – Dec 22, 2007
Mint in the French Quarter and to a jazz walk of fame along the levee in Algiers a short ferry ride away. Moving in soon According to the park service’s plans Perseverance Hall will open full-time when the adjacent courtyard is rebuilt and landscaped the road leading to the historic building is resurfaced and the nearby Rabassa House an example of a New Orleans Creole cottage is stabilized. The Jazz National Historical Park then will begin moving its visitors office from the French Market to the Armstrong Park complex. At that point Quirk and other park employees should have to spend less time explaining what the park is all about. Visitors will be able to experience it. Perseverance Hall is part of what Quirk calls a “jazz complex” within the 32-acre Armstrong Park. Other parts of the complex include the Reimann House a caretaker’s house a courtyard and an elevated breezeway connecting Perseverance Hall to the Reimann House… The money will pay for a 20000-square-foot permanent “world-class jazz museum” with interactive exhibits performance media and on-line classrooms. The state museum will be responsible for overseeing the museum’s internationally known New Orleans jazz collection which includes what museum officials have called “the world’s largest collection of instruments owned and played by important figures in jazz: trumpets cornets trombones clarinets and saxophones. ” The cooperative venture ensures the return of the Mint’s jazz collection which had to be put in storage after Hurricane Katrina heavily damaged the building: a cache of instruments owned and played by prominent musicians including Louis Armstrong; about 10000 photographs depicting the local music scene; nearly 10000 recordings in formats from piano rolls to digital; hundreds of rolls of film; posters and paintings; and sheet music from late 19th century ragtime to popular songs of the 1940s and ’50s. Both sides of the river In Algiers the Park Service intends to spend $23000 to help finance the repair and restoration of the Robert E. Nims Jazz Walk of Fame which includes interactive light poles honoring local jazz masters and a paved promenade on top of the Mississippi River levee from the Algiers Ferry west to Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World. The walk-of-fame assistance is part of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park’s “interpretive educational outreach programs” said Quirk who added that the money will make it possible to listen to a “musical ranger-narrated tour of the jazz walk” on a telephone iPod or other portable media player. “We’re assessing what needs to be repaired now” Quirk said.
A litttle night music in Langley
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Dec 22, 2007
Alicia regaled us with a recital of opera jazz musicals and a few Christmas tunes. At one point fellow SWHS classmate Stuart Hambley joined in on trombone with a smoky version of Summertime from the musical… Last night I had tears in my eyes when Alicia Gianni sang O Holy Night. Thank you Perry and Alicia. Music is still the best part of Christmas. Posted by document. writeln(showE2(“sue”"suefrause. com”"Sue Frause”))Sue Frause at December 22 2007 6:41 a.
Kenya: Project Fame Winner Finally Off the Blocks
AllAfrica.com – Dec 22, 2007
"The third-year music student has also visited the United States where she recorded music with renowned Kenyan group Jabali Afrika. Linda who is signed at Altimate Records which is run by her manager Walter Monga’re says that after her Christmas album she will release the second in March. "I call my music acid jazz but with a heavy leaning on the African style and feel which is where my strength lies something I discovered during Project Fame" she adds. She credits her manager and studio for being patient and supportive to get her to where she is today and says proudly that she is not a struggling artiste like many of her peers. "There is no studio in Kenya that will put you on a salary even before you record your first album but Altimate Records does just that and I have to say I am lucky and would love to see many upcoming artistes get the same treatment" she says. Mong’are a renowned comedian says he is happy with Linda’s growth and talent adding that she has acquired companies willing to be associated with her debut album. "The success of the Ne Muciare release has been confirmed further by the corporate endorsement.