Jazz music fills the air at Lakeside
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- Jazz music fills the air at Lakeside
- David ‘Fathead’ Newman dies at 75; jazz saxophonist
- Curtis Brothers provide ‘Insight’ to political climate — and jazz
- Music sends a message to America
- Music calendar
Jazz music fills the air at Lakeside
Pawling News Chronicle NY
Music was provided by the Jazz Ensemble the Jazz Combo Group Lowry Hamner the Delta Flyers as well as by Matt Taylor as a soloist and with Andrew Ruckel. Hamner once again showed how he is an outstanding member of the community by donating his musical abilities to this cause. The room was beautifully decorated by Ed and Mary Mahaffey of the Annex Florist while refreshments were donated by parents Shannon McKinney of McKinney and Doyle and Betsy Ern of BaklaJava. The Mahaffeys also sold carnations at the event with the help of their granddaughters Summer and Skylar. The proceeds were also donated to the band for its trip south.
David ‘Fathead’ Newman dies at 75; jazz saxophonist
Los Angeles Times CA
24 1933 but grew up in Dallas where he studied first the piano and then the saxophone. He earned the nickname “Fathead” from his high school band teacher because he stubbornly refused to learn to read music preferring instead to take it in by ear. He went off to Jarvis Christian College on a music and theology scholarship but quit school after three years and began playing professionally mostly jazz and blues with a number of musicians including Buster Smith Lloyd Glenn Lowell Fulson and T-Bone Walker. “I was brought up a bebop musician but it wasn’t so acceptable especially in Dallas” Newman told the Dallas Morning News some years ago. “You couldn’t make a living doing that so I had to play rhythm and blues. I adapted to it easily being from an area where blues was prevalent. He was playing in Smith’s band in the early 1950s when he met Charles who was then a piano-playing sideman for Fulson.
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Curtis Brothers provide ‘Insight’ to political climate — and jazz
Baltimore Examiner MD
And as we know the new president is left with a big burden and we are curious to see what he does. What can the audience expect as far as your musical repertoire for the show?We will be performing songs from our latest release "A Genesis" and showcasing new original compositions featuring Afro-Caribbean music and Jazz. Insight creates music that raises awareness of political and societal issues. How significant is it for you and the group to be on the jazz music scene during this historic inauguration with the state of the current political and economic climate? Honestly a lot of jazz musicians that we know are skeptical about the president for different reasons. The machine is a lot bigger and more corrupt then ever. We doubt it can be controlled by one man but hope is always there.
Music sends a message to America
Los Angeles Times CA
Music was everywhere this week in Washington including the Jonas Brothers playing for young audiences as well as blues sessions at hole-in-the-wall bars — such as the Black Cat. Maroon 5 wowed a crowd at Norman Lear’s Declare Yourself bash and Anita Baker and Joss Stone crooned for the crowd at the BET Honors. But among some Washington visitors the musicians who bring the most history to their music are those who play jazz the first authentic American music whose roots are planted firmly in the African American experience. n hand to provide that music Monday at a Kennedy Center concert — organized by Wynton Marsalis — was Dave Brubeck Béla Fleck and others. Fleck who cut short a trip to Scotland to perform in D. summed up the spirit of the week.
Music calendar
Hunterdon Review NJ
Crowell’s hits include: “It’s Such a Small World” “I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried” and “She’s Crazy for Leavin’. ” Also performing will be Leon Redbone reviver of early 20th-century ragtime jazz and blues at 8 p. Tickets are $25 and admission includes desserts and coffee.