Brian Blade: Songs From His Heart
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- Brian Blade: Songs From His Heart
- Dave Victorino Latin Jazz Group performing Thursday evenings at …
- Noah Kellman and Nick Frenay win two of five Brubeck fellowships
- Gypsy music finds a home in 2 hearts
- Weekend To-Dos for April 22
- Howard Reich: Chicago’s jazz guitar
Brian Blade: Songs From His Heart
All About Jazz
“I started to feel like in order to be honest with myself I have to reveal more of who I am” he says. “This is a part of that process. ”Going from supporting jazz music and musicians from his seat behind the trap set to stepping out front and singing is something that is not very common. It’s a big step and a sizable deviation. But Blade doesn’t view it that way and in doing so seems to have a solid comfort level about performing the music live. “I really respect solo artists and the ability of one person to walk out and deliver something powerful like Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell or.
Dave Victorino Latin Jazz Group performing Thursday evenings at …
Emediawire (press release)
The group continues their appearance at Pacific Palms on Thursdays for jazz and latin music fans listening and dancing. Los Angeles CA (PRWEB) April 21 2009 — Dave Victorino's cool jazz and swing can be heard at the Pacific Palms Resort located in the City of Industry. Dave the well know tenor saxophone and flute musician on the Los Angeles Latin and Jazz music scene will be performing again this summer at the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach in August and the Lake Arrowhead and Crestline Music Festivals later in the summer. The group also features Arnio Rios on drums and vocals and Steve Correll on keyboard both well known Los Angeles based musicians. The Dave Victorino Group well known for their Latin Jazz and Swing sounds are available for bookings for music festivals galas parties special events and lounge music in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. Dave's latest album Alleys Less Traveled can be heard and purchased on.
Noah Kellman and Nick Frenay win two of five Brubeck fellowships
The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com
Now they’ve passed the audition process to win two of the five annual Dave Brubeck Institute Fellowships. Susan Gullo of Manlius Pebble Hill School could hardly contain her pride as she called with some music news. MPHS students Noah Kellman and Nick Frenay added yet one more illustrious line to their. The two seniors at Manlius Pebble Hill School were selected to receive.
Gypsy music finds a home in 2 hearts
Chicago Tribune
It is a meshing of folk music instrumentation—often using accordion violin and guitar—that can be traced throughout Eastern Europe Turkey and India. The playing style is often highly ornamental despite themes of nomadic yearning and hardship. Zvonimir Tot who teaches jazz at the. He says the subtle manipulations in tempo and phrasing inherent to gypsy music are “generally impossible to notate. ” “I think the comparison with jazz is fair” said Tot who is Serbian. “You can notate a jazz line but if you never heard anyone do it it’s impossible to play with any degree of authenticity.
Weekend To-Dos for April 22
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Fridays and Saturdays. Blues and jazz music. Arts and Culture“Portraits from the Inside ut” – 9 a.
Howard Reich: Chicago’s jazz guitar
Chicago Tribune
But there’s another instrument that’s increasingly becoming identified with jazz in Chicago—the sometimes tough sometimes tender sound of the guitar. During the past 20 years and particularly in the last few seasons the range of brilliant guitarists calling Chicago home has expanded dramatically. That point will be reiterated this weekend when four noted jazz guitarists share a stage at the. Yet even a marquee that will include Brazilian master Paulinho Garcia gypsy-inspired guitarist Alfonso Ponticelli and contemporary improviser Mike Allemana barely hints at the range of the city’s guitarists. Bobby Broom’s sleek virtuosity John Moulder’s scorched-earth solos Henry Johnson’s blues-tinged swing Fareed Haque’s global perspectives George Freeman’s soulful utterances and Jeff Parker’s muscular riffs attest to the vibrancy of the Chicago scene.
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