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1907 Cab (Cabell) Calloway III was born on Christmas Day in Rochester, NY to Cabell Calloway II, a lawyer, and Martha Eulalia Reed, a teacher and church organist.
1918 The family moves to Baltimore, Maryland, the original home of Cab Calloway's parents.
1922 Cab Calloway's mother arranges for him to begin vocal lessons with Ruth Macabee, a former concert singer and family friend. Macabee forbids Calloway to sing jazz.
1924 Cab Calloway enters Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore and studies voice with Llewelyn Wilson where he also excels in sports. Spends his spare time at local speakeasies and jazz clubs. His mentors are Chick Webb (drummer) and Johnny Jones (pianist).
1925 CabCalloway's older sister Blanche Calloway became a singing and band-leading star in Chicago. Louis Armstrong, Vick Dickenson, Cozy Cole, and Ben Webster all record with “Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys”. Cab plays drums in the Chick Webb style and sings with a four piece jazz combo at the clubs Gaiety, Baily’s and Goodlows in a style that includes both Dixieland and straight jazz. Joins “Johnny Jones and his Arabian Tent Orchestra” at the Arabian Tent Club playing the “Baltimore version” of New Orleans Dixieland jazz. Performs in revues and vaudeville shows at his high school and at the Regent Theatre.
1926 Cab Calloway plays basketball with the “Baltimore Athenians” a team of the Negro Professional Basketball League in his senior year of high school.
1927 Cab Graduates from Douglas High School in Baltimore. Joins his sister Blanche in a summer tour of the popular black musical revue “Plantation Days” as tenor in a quartet. Cab in Chicago with Blanche at the close of the show in the fall.
1928 Calloway's first Chicago nightclub gig is at the “Dreamland Café”, where he plays drums and sings. Cab lands a steady gig performing with Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines at the “Sunset Café”, the Chicago equivalent of the “Cotton Club” in Harlem and becomes the “house” singer. Shares the stage there with Louis Armstrong and the Carroll Dickerson band 5 nights week for 6 months. Cab Calloway takes over at of the “Sunset Café” with club owner Joe Glaser’s encouragement when Louis Armstrong departs for New York.
1929 Cab Calloway Becomes leader of the 11-piece Chicago band the “Alabamians” when Louis Armstrong and Carroll Dickerson leave the “Sunset Café” for “Connie’s Inn” in Harlem. Calloway quits Crane College to pursue his music career. Cab signs with MCA and begins a tour ending at Chick Webb’s “Savoy Ballroom” in Harlem. Calloway is chosen as the favorite bandleader and by the crowd. Cab accepts an offer by Charles Buchanan, the manager of the “Savoy”, to take over as leader of the house band the “Missourians.” Calloway the touring B’way show “Connie’s Hot Chocolate’s” at the Hudson Theatre with the help of his old partner Louis Armstrong who stars in the show. It is here that Cab popularizes Fat’s Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin”, and Cab first noticed by Irving Mills who is in the audience.
1930 Cab Calloway and the Missourians open at the “Cotton Club” to replace the “Duke Ellington Orchestra” while it is on tour. The Calloway debut at the “Cotton Club” is a huge success. The shows are broadcast twice a week on national radio (NBC) and locally on WMCA. Cab is featured as a guest artist on Walter Winchell’s “Lucky Strike” radio program and with Bing Crosby on his show at the “Paramount Theatre.” Cab Calloway breaks the major broadcast network color barrier and becomes a symbol of jazz throughout the country.
1931 Cab Calloway and his band begins its residency at the “Cotton Club”. The name of the band is changed to “Cab Calloway’s Cotton Club Orchestra”. Saxophonist Eddie Barefield joins the band. Cab writes his first big hit and theme song “Minnie the Moocher”. Cab and his band make their first recordings. Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra becomes the first African American Jazz Orchestra to tour the south.
1932 Famed trumpeter Doc Cheatham joins the Cab Calloway Cotton Club Orchestra. Cab is featured in his first film “The Big Broadcast of 1932” by Paramount Pictures, with Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers and others. Cab is featured in Betty Boop animation short “Minnie the Moocher” by Fleischer Studios. The Orchestra travels and performs throughout the country in ballrooms, theatres, concert halls and clubs as the headlined attraction, breaking box office records nationally.
1933 Calloway is featured in Betty Boop animation shorts “Snow White” and “The Old Man of the Mountain” by Fleischer Studios. Featured in film comedy with WC Fields, “International House” by Paramount Pictures. Stars in musical short “Cab Calloway’s Hi-De-Ho” by Paramount Pictures. Cab names a style of Lindy Hop Dancing "the Jitterbug"
1934 Popularizing the term Jitterbug, Cab stars in musical short “Cab Calloway’s Jitterbug Party” by Paramount Pictures.
1935 Cab Calloway is in film “Great Jazz Bands of the 30’s” by Paramount Pictures.
Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra begins its first tour of Europe. They perform in London, Manchester, Amsterdam, The Hague, Antwerp, Brussels and Paris.
1936 Cab Calloway is featured in the Hollywood film “The Singing Kid”, with Al Jolson by Warner Brothers. The most recorded bassist in history, Milt Hinton, joins Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra.
1937 Award winning tenor sax player Chu Berry joins Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra. Cab stars in musical short “Hi-De-Ho” by the Vitaphone Corp. Featured in film “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round” by Republic Pictures Corp.
1938 The first edition of “Cab Calloway’s Hepster Dictionary: The Language of Jive” is published. Hit drummer Cozy Cole joins Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra.
1939 Legendary trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, who later goes on to create a whole new form of jazz, joins Cab Calloway and his cotton Club Orchestra.
1940 “Cotton Club” closes. Cab takes his orchestra to the “Club Zanzibar” where they make some of their finest live recordings.
1941 Trumpeter Jonah Jones, saxophonist Hilton Jefferson, and Andy Brown, joins the band. Cab stars on national radio in his own show called “Quizzacale” an African American parody of the Kay Kaiser “College of Musical Knowledge” radio show. NBC airs it for nearly a year without a sponsor.
1942 Cab Calloway continues national tours to standing room only crowds ending in a two week run at the “Paramount Theatre” in NYC that breaks all attendance records. Calloway stars in the film “Stormy Weather” with Bill “Mr. Bojangles” Robinson, Lena Horne, Fats Waller, The Nicholas Brothers, Ada Brown and others, by 20th Century Fox. Saxophonist Illinois Jacquet joins the band.
1944 Cab is featured in the musical revue film “Sensation’s of 1945” by United Artists.
Calloway records numerous “Soundies”, (three minute music films) which are screened on Panorams all over the country.
1946 Historic "Texas Tenor" Ike Quebec joins the band.
1947 Cab stars in film “Hi-De-Ho” by All-American. Featured in film musical “Ebony Parade” with Count Basie and Dorothy Dandridge by Astor Pictures Corp.
Calloway records and performs with seven or eight pieces as “Cab Calloway and his Cab Jivers” or “Cab Calloway and his Cabaliers.” Cab later performs with a trio consisting of Jonah Jones on trumpet, Milt Hinton on bass, and Panama Francis on Drums. Cab Calloway tours Havana, Cuba.
1948 Cab disbands his salaried big band in April, it becomes a “contract” band.
1950 Calloway plays “Sportin’ Life” in a hit revival of the Gershwin Broadway musical “Porgy & Bess”. The show runs for 3½ years with one year in London and Paris.
1951 Cab Calloway Re-establishes the big band for a tour of South America, appearing in Montevideo, Uruguay during Carnival.
1953 Cab moves to London followed by a short stay in Paris with the “Porgy & Bess” production.
1954 Calloway tours South America, Mexico, Cuba, CA and the Caribbean.
1955 Cab tours Britain as a solo artist. Featured in film musical revue “Rhythm and Blues Review” with Lionel Hampton, Sarah Vaughn, Nat “King” Cole and others for Studio Films, Inc. Cab continues touring nationally and internationally.
1956 Cab is featured in film musical revue “Basin Street review” with Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Lionel Hampton, Nat “King” Cole and others for Studio Films, Inc.
1957 Calloway is featured in film musical revue “Jazz Ball” with Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, The Mills Brothers, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw and others. Cab featured in stage production “Cotton Club Revue of 1957” in NYC.
1958 Cab Calloway is featured in film “St. Louis Blues” with Nat “King” Cole, Pearl Baily, Eartha Kitt, Ruby Dee, Ella Fitzgerald and others for Paramount Pictures. Cab records two songs as vocalist on “Porgy & Bess” Columbia LP with orchestra conducted by Andre Previn. Cab tapes “Person to Person” CBS-TV show with Edward R. Murrow as host, at his home.
1965 Cab is featured in film “The Cincinnati Kid” with Steve McQueen and Edward G Robinson for MGM. Cab travels with the Harlem Globe Trotters and performs at half-time intermissions to audiences of 15,000 to 20,000 people.
1967 Cab Calloway stars in a hit revival of the Broadway musical “Hello Dolly” as “Horace Vendergelder” in an all black cast including Pearl Baily. Cab tours with the production for over 3 yrs. Ending in Milwaukee.
1973 Cab stars in Broadway production “The Pajama Game” with Barbara McNair.
1975 Cab leads the Woody Herman Orchestra on tour.
1976 Cab Calloway publishes his autobiography (with Bryant Rollins) “Of Minnie the Moocher and Me” with the Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NYC. C. Calloway Brooks is accepted by, and enters, New England Conservatory of Music.
1977 Cab’s first public performance with his grandson C. Calloway Brooks.
1978 C. Calloway Brooks is featured in the first-ever Jazz Concert at Italy’s Rome Opera House. Cab is featured in three episodes of “Sesame Street.” Cab stars in the national touring company “Bubbling Brown Sugar.” C. Calloway Brooks releases his first L.P. “Ikenne Rainbow”.
1980 Cab featured in film “The Blues Brothers” starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd with James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles for Universal Pictures. Cab tours with the national company of “Eubie.” C. Calloway Brooks graduates New England Conservatory of music on the Dean’s List. National Radio and Records reports that Brooks’ “Ikenne Rainbow” tops jazz charts in the northeast for 3 months.
1982 Cab in documentary film “The Cotton Club” which includes interviews, vintage film clips and an impromptu performance.
1983 Cab Calloway and his grandson C. Calloway Brooks appear together in concert at the Kennedy Center on behalf of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.
1984 Cab Calloway leads the Count Basie Orchestra, finishing it’s contractual obligations after Count Basie dies. Cab appears with his grandson C. Calloway Brooks in Brooks’ concert at New England Conservatory of Music’s Jordan Hall in Boston.
1987 Cab is featured in documentary film “Minnie the Moocher and Many, Many, More”, a nostalgic tour of the Harlem clubs of the 30’s and 40’s. He shares footage of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Bill Robinson and himself as leader of the Cotton Club Orchestra.
1989 Cab is featured in Janet Jackson’s music video “Alright.”
1992 C. Calloway Brooks last appearance in concert with his grandfather Cab Calloway, in Baltimore MD, at a benefit for the Associated Black Charities.
1993 The 1993 “National Medal of Arts” is awarded to Cab Calloway by President Clinton at a White House ceremony.
1994 Cab Calloway dies on November 18th in Hockessin, Delaware as a result of a stroke in June of that year. C. Calloway Brooks appears with other Orchestra alumni at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
1995 Cab is posthumously inducted into the “International Jazz Hall of Fame.” C. Calloway Brooks appears along with Wynton Marsalis at first “Remembering Cab” concert.
1996 Cab’s grandson, C. Calloway Brooks begins pre-launch preparations for the Cab Calloway Orchestra.
1998-Present Cab Calloway Orchestra directed by C. Calloway Brooks is launched, performs for 2 months at Birdland, releases CD and Video, begins touring nationally to great acclaim. C. Calloway Brooks begins work on his biography of Cab Calloway.
The Calloway Family Legacy Marches On!
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Host Marian McPartland calls Dearie an "incandescent singer and pianist" whose "delicate, swinging style makes every song a musical gem." The vocalist and pianist died this past year of natural causes. Piano Jazz remembers her life and music in an archival interview and performance.Stars Celebrate 30 Years Of Piano Jazz: Set III
The Piano Jazz 30th-anniversary concert concludes with more all-star performances from the likes of pianist Cedar Walton, singer/pianist Dena DeRose and bandleader/pianist Arturo O'Farrill. Vocalist Karrin Allyson joined host Marian McPartland in a performance of "Twilight World," while jazz giant Randy Weston celebrated musicians everywhere with his tune "The Healers."Stars Celebrate 30 Years Of Piano Jazz: Set II
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A Love Supreme, by John Coltrane and his powerful quartet, remains a towering and seemingly untouchable jazz classic. But the virtuosic genre-benders in the Turtle Island Quartet have done it justice, re-working the seminal album for strings and winning a Grammy for their trouble. They perform a live version on this week's JazzSet.One For All At The UCF Jazz Festival
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We're al fresco for New Orleans' Marlon Jordan Quartet, at the annual Summer of Jazz series in scenic Glenwood Springs, Colo. The group improvises with a Miles-and-Trane vibe while dogs, kids, baseball-tossers and Frisbee-throwers groove to the music.Jazz Vocalist Sheila Jordan Honored In Concert
On a stage adorned with roses, the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival honors Sheila Jordan for a lifetime of service. The innovative vocalist shares songs and stories from the Kennedy Center, with the young Russian-born singer Sophie Milman showcasing her talents on stage.BALTIMORE JAZZ BYTES!
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GARY "PRIMETIME" ELLERBE
Likes His Jazz Strong and Straight Ahead
THE NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR GARY “PRIMETIME” ELLERBE’S STOLEN MOMENTS
By Tamm E Hunt
Baltimore- It was Dizzy's (John Birks Gillespie) birthday (October 21,1990) when Baltimore's "Primetime"Gary Ellerbe first rode the air waves on 88.9, Morgan State University's public radio station WEAA. Wannabe Ellerbe was given a life changing opportunity after Alfie Williams, program director at the time along with general manager, Dr. Preston Blakeley came up with the brilliant idea of inviting local radio announcer wannabes to bring their own library of recordings and the station would provide the engineer, the audience and one hour of air time.
Ellerbe was a hard hit, his cutting edge one hour Jazz programming rocked Baltimore, creating a deluge of phone calls that prompted the management to take notice. They had discovered a charm who they would groom and empower in broadcasting and radio technology. Armed with new skills and polish, rookie announcer Ellerbe eagerly cut his broadcasting teeth on the MOrgan State University radio station and rapidly moved front and center as a volunteer, availing himself to fill in for veteran announcers Bill Harvey, Joe Lee and the late Jazz aficionada, Jackie Lanier.
Soon the night time became the right time to be with Ellerbe. His Saturday overnights were compelling and his popularity became so widespread that Williams and Blakely saw a value added opportunity to increase the listening audience and created a spot for the Baltimore native and launched a daily drive time treasure called "Jazz In The Afternoon". Ellerbe proved the administrators made the right decision and choice. Ellerbe charmed Charm City once more with Bebop, Swing, Latin mixed with fusion and vocals galore. His infectious vibe went viral and set a precedence that lured a diverse and loyal following. Jazz and Blues lovers were talking about Gary Ellerbe, and that meant your radio was not on if you didn't tune into the jam master whom Joe Lee dubbed “Primetime”.
For unrevealed reasons, Ellerbe abandoned the air waves and quit in 1994. At the end of a five year hiatus he returned to 88.9 only to begin a bitter sweet romance with WEAA and its new chain of command. Clashing with personalities whose visions of Smooth Jazz didn’t include Ellerbe’s eclectic style of programming, he was relegated to the graveyard shift.
The Jazz & Blues aficionado says “I always wanted a radio show that would serve as a meeting place for the generations.” With a twinkle in his eye and his boyish grin, Ellerbe beams as he declared ”An on air classroom where the young lions meet the masters.”
Keeping his public entertained with interviews featuring iconic jazz luminaries from across the country on any given day at any time during his magic carpet ride, Ellerbe would have in studio guest from the late saxophonist, Grover Washington to vocalists Vanessa Rubin and yours truly. Making it personal, Primetime gave the public open invitation to call and talk to him and his guest. Baltimore loved it!
October 2, 2004, unexpectedly Ellerbe received his walking papers. Shocking Ellerbe’s devotees, his afternoon Sets & Sessions was handed over to the velvet voiced Marcellus “Bassman” Shepard. A very disgruntled following protested and petitioned for the return of Primetime Gary Ellerbe. It would take nearly two years to bring him back home to his beloved microphone. Now, once again he rules the night time at WEAA with “Stolen Moments” from midnight until 6 AM Sunday through Wednesday and Thursdays 3 Am until 7 Am until another fate filled day comes along and Ellerbe gets his walking papers again! in 2008.
Stay tuned to find out what Baltimore's priemier Jazz Broadcaster is up to.
Resolution Jazz group leader/composer Darius Scott was born in Ithaca, New York, grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and has been living in Baltimore since 1983. Though he never studied music in traditional academic setting, he has drawn from the knowledge and encouragement offered by members of Baltimore's jazz community (both musicians and enthusiasts) and worked to learn the piano styles and to maintain the grooves so critical to a solid jazz rhythm section.
Although his folks both enjoyed music, especially jazz, Darius never learned to play the piano as a child. He always liked music, but in secondary school seemed more interested in athletics as an extra-curricular activity. This trend continued into college where he studied engineering and played division 1 soccer. But college was also where he found out it might actually be possible for him to learn an instrument. When an injury sidelined him from soccer for a season, he signed up for a "keyboard awareness" class and accidentally discovered the ragtime piano music of Scott Joplin. Having learned just enough from the class to be dangerous, Darius found that he could memorize a number of Joplin’s rags and find true enjoyment in playing them over and over until no one else around him could stand it. Joplin's music was so enjoyable and intricate that it was enough to keep him occupied for several years. It was during this period that he discovered he had an interest in learning more about the piano and jazz music.
After he had begun to listen to his parents old jazz records and to go to the Jazz Closet on Franklin Street in Baltimore, Darius let several years pass before making a move to study the piano, and when he finally did, he went straight to jazz. He took lessons for about 2 years and performed for the first time ever in an ensemble in 1990.
Since then he has been privileged enough to learn from and perform with many east coast jazz musicians, including Bob Butta, the late Ruby Glover, Gary Thomas, Ed Wiley Jr., Mike Carrick, Allen Houser, George V. Johnson, Fred Foss, Paul Carr, Antonio Parker, Chris Bacas, Phil Cunneff, Sam Turner, Rudy Morales, Alex Norris, Tom and Whit Williams, Dontae Winslow, Steve Novosel, James King, Michael Thomas, Michael Hawkins, Tom Baldwin, Paul Gill, Gary Bartz and Talib Kibwe, to name hardly a few. He has even performed with the veteran R&B group The Drifters.
In 1993 he founded the Resolution Jazz Group , which was born at the former Funk's Democratic Coffee Spot in Baltimore's Fell's Point. With his group and others, Darius has performed at various local and out of town venues such as The Kennedy Center, The Millenium Stage, Lisner Auditorium, Twins Jazz and Lounge, Blues Alley, The old One Step Down, HR-57 and the historic Bohemian Caverns in D.C., The King of France Tavern in Annapolis, The New Haven Lounge in Baltimore, Pearl's and Pier 23 in San Francisco, S.O.B.'s and the Bahai Center in New York City, The Balcony in Pittsburgh, and Dazzle in Denver.
Darius has made several appearances behind the piano in the HBO series "The Wire" and in late 1998 he played in several scenes with Brenda Russell in Barry Levinson's film "Liberty Heights".
Darius has worked regularly and recorded with several regional groups. These include a 2 year engagement with the legendary Allen Houser Quintet at Bertha's in Fell's Point, a privileged 3 years in the piano chair rotation with Baltimore's piping hot latin-jazz group Rumba Club, and 7 years as the regular pianist with a creative Baltimore jazz ensemble, the Al Maniscalco Quartet.
It is Darius' good fortune to have contunied as a regular sideman for several very busy and high quality groups in the Baltimore-Washington area. Notably he performs regularly with the Baltimore hard-bop quintet the Todd Butler Group, D.C.'s Popular Latin Jazz Group La Jazz lead by Timbalero Paul Hawkins, and swinging hard in D.C.'s Michael Thomas Quintet, and is also often in the house rhythm section at HR-57 or Westminster Church in D.C. Since Fall of 2003, the Resolution Trio has been performing on most Thursday and Friday nights at Sascha's 527 in Baltimore. Please check the schedule, stop in and support the group.
Strongly inspired by the 'comping and solo styles of Horace Silver, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Bobby Timmons, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Barry Harris, Thelonious Monk, and a host of local Baltimore and D.C. musicians, Darius continues working toward developing his own voice on the instrument and to always "improve the groove".
"Always improve the groove..."
-Darius
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JAZZ GIANT PIANIST/COMPOSER/PRODUCER LARRY WILLIS PLAYING & LIVING IN BALTIMORE CITY
LARRY WILLIS
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lawrence Elliott Willis (born December 20, 1942 in New York, NY) is an American jazz pianist and composer. He has performed in a wide range of styles, including jazz fusion rock music, Bebop and Avant-Garde After his first year studying music theory at the Manhattan School of Music he began performing regularly with Jackie McLean. After he graduated he made his first jazz recording, McLean's Right Now!, which featured two of Willis' compositions. His first recording of any type, however, was as a singer with the Music and Arts Chorale Ensemble, performing an opera by Aaron Copland under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. He decided to concentrate on jazz because of the difficulties African American musicians had in finding work in concert music. He is still recording and touring around the world. Throughout his illustrious career he has performed with a wide range of musicians, including a stint of seven years as keyboardist for Blood, Sweat & Tears (beginning in 1972). His latest recording with Paul Murphy, Exposé , demonstrates the high energy fusion principals of Bebop and Avant-Garde Jazz. Their brilliant blending of Bebop and Avant garde jazz is astounding, creating extraordinary compositions that have been described as a ‘fantastic masterpiece of modern jazz’ leaving extraordinary representational images of vast dream state emotions. Discography
[edit] As leader
A New Kind of Soul, 1970
Inner Crisis, 1973 (Groove Merchant)
My Funny Valentine, 1988
Just in Time, 1989
Solo Spirit, 1992
Tribute to Someone, 1993
Heavy Blue, 1994
How Do You Keep the Music Playing, 1994
Let's Play, 1994
Unforgettable, 1995
Serenade, 1995
If Trees Could Talk with Hamiet Bluiett, 1999
Every Rung Goes Higher, 2001
Sunshower with Kash Killion, Steve Novosel, Paul Murphy, Steve Berrios, 2001
Sanctuary with Joe Ford, Ray Codrington, Steve Novosel, Steve Berrios, Artie Sherman and the Rick Schmidt Strings, 2003
The Powers of Two 1+2 with Paul Murphy, 2004 und 2006
The Big Push, 2006
[edit] As sideman
With Lee Morgan
Infinity (1965)
With Carmen McRae
Carmen Sings Monk (1988)
The release date of Gail Marten's new CD, IN LOVE AGAIN, featuring pianist Larry Willis, bassist Herman Burney and percussionist Eric Kennedy will be announced this summer.
JAZZ VOCALIST/SONGWRITER
ASCAPlus Award 2007-2008 and 2008-2009
Born in Philadelphia, Gail Marten (Divac/Hurlbrink/Cooke) began her singing career in 1980 shortly after moving to Maryland. Performing throughout the mid-Atlantic region, Marten has captivated audiences at music festivals, concert venues, jazz clubs and private social events. In 1983, she met world famous saxophonist Benny Waters at an engagement at the Hilton Hotel, and they established an on-going musical association and friendship until his death in 1997 at the age of 96. Waters was a great source of inspiration and encouragement to Marten and they performed concerts together in the mid-Atlantic area.
During the 80's and 90's, Gail held long term engagements at many premier area hotels and bistros and has sung with many jazz notables including Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Waters, Reuben Brown, Dick Durham, Greg Hatza, Billy Colucci, Bob Diener and Charles Covington at venues that include Baltimore's Pier Six Concert Pavilion and Ethel's Place, New York's West End Club and Rita Dimitri's, Charlie's-Georgetown and The Hilton in Gatwick, England.
Marten met Clem Ehoff at the Renaissance Hotel in Baltimore where they worked together for the first time in the early ’90s. Soon after, they joined forces with bassist Alfonso Rondon and drummer Marty Knepp, and the quartet has been making beautiful music ever since, performing at premier jazz and concert venues including Blues Alley and Bohemian Caverns. Three CDs have been recorded, Beyond The Rainbow, Pure Joy and Is It Love with award-winning original music composed by Ehoff and Marten. Hundreds of social events have been brightened by their original music and vibrant arrangements of standards. Their unique musical style incorporates jazz and latin jazz. The music of this stellar group, which is based in the Baltimore/Washington area, is rich in color, rhythm and style. It runs the gamut from “on the edge Latino” to “caliente” and quietly percussive!
CURRENTLY:
April 2009
A new CD, IN LOVE AGAIN, featuring pianist Larry Willis, bassist Herman Burney and drummer Eric Kennedy is currently in production at Lion and Fox Recording Studios.
AWARDS:
Marten and Ehoff have recently won several international songwriting competitions for their original compositions and lyrics, Is It Love, Big Girl Blues, We Can Learn To Fly from their CD IS IT LOVE and Heaven On A Tropic Shore, Always There, One of Those Tomorrows and A Lovely Dream from their CD, PURE JOY. Their CDs have been nominated Best Jazz CD by JPF in 2004 (PURE JOY) and again in 2006 (IS IT LOVE). The title track, "Is It Love," was also nominated as Best Vocal Jazz Song.
OTHER AWARDS:
ASCAPlus, John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Billboard Songwriting Contest, Broadjam's Summer Music Challenge, Lyric Awards Global Contest, Song & Film, Finland’s Vantaa Jazz Heritage Assn., Film Music Network...
DISCOGRAPHY:
Foreign Affairs, Here I Go, Beyond the Rainbow, Pure Joy, Is It Love
The release date of Gail Marten's new CD, IN LOVE AGAIN, featuring pianist Larry Willis, bassist Herman Burney and percussionist Eric Kennedy will be announced this summer.
Events
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CATON CASTLE JAZZ
June 4, 2009 at 6pm to December 31, 2012 at 12pm – Caton Castle
The ORRIN EVANS QUINTET!!! $15 in advance! $20 at the door! Caton Castle features some of the best jazz musicians in the country. Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM $5.00 Cover Charge...Unless otherw...
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JAZZWAY 6004 Bookings
June 4, 2009 at 6pm to December 31, 2009 at 12am – Jazzway 6004
A NOTE TO ARTISTS ABOUT FUTURE BOOKINGS - April 28, 2009We are currently booked through March 2010. Because we are in a residential neighborhood, we present only one concert (sometime 2) per month,...
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The Baltimore Real Book
THE BALTIMORE REAL BOOK is published by the Baltimore Jazz Alliance and includes 54 original compositions in a variety of styles by 18 Baltimore jazz artists. Members can purchase copies directly from the BJA for $8 (20% discount). Or you can buy your copies of the from one of the establishments listed below:
* Peabody Bookstore, 5 E. Centre Street, Baltimore
* Ted’s Musician Shop, 11 E. Centre Street, Baltimore
* The Guitar Center (C Book only), 1524 E. Joppa Road, Towson, 6320 Ritchie Highway, Glen Burnie
* Baltimore Brass & More, 99 Mellor Avenue, Catonsville
* Bill’s Music, 743 Frederick Road, Catonsville
* Coffey Music, 31 E. Main Street, Westminster
* Dale Music, 8240 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
* Reisterstown Music Center, 519 Main Street, Reisterstown
* Stu’s Music, Rt. 140, Westminster
* Appalachian Bluegrass, 643 Frederick Road, Catonsville
* Rosso Music Center, 5600 Ritchie Hwy., Brooklyn Park
* Music Go Round (‘C ‘ Book only), 10112 York Road, Cockeysville
* Washington Music Center, 11151 Veirs Mill Road, Wheaton
* Dundalk Music Center, 15 Center Place, Dundalk
WEAA JAZZ 88.9 FM
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When you become a member you will receive our quarterly email newsletter which includes information on member only events, articles on your favorite artists and more. Thank you gifts are also available.
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WEAA 88.9 FM is an award winning jazz public radio station that has served the Baltimore Metropolitan area for over 30 years. Each week over 90,000 listeners are entertained, enlightened and informed by our locally produced music, news and public affairs content, which are complimented by syndicated programs from NPR and PRI including Tell Me More with Michel Martin, News & Notes and The Tavis Smiley Show.
WEAA welcomes the opportunity to work with your business through a variety of options including on-air announcements, event sponsorships and website advertising.
We are committed to helping your company meet your marketing objectives by designing an effective underwriting campaign that connects with your target audience and stays within budget.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela's Flamenco Metal
The music of Rodrigo y Gabriela combines delicate flamenco and metal-influenced lead guitar with stunningly percussive rhythmic strumming. Their covers of Metallica and Led Zepplin showcase their melding of hard rock and classical Spanish styles. But most of their music is original, and all of it instrumental.Benin's Godfather Of Funk: El Rego
The recording scene of 1960s and '70s Benin rivaled that of neighboring Ghana and Nigeria, but its musicians never quite drew the spotlight. Now, European compilers have rediscovered Benin's musical heroes, and El Rego is one of the funkiest.These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Fin
This is our gift to you: All of them. Alphabetically. By first name. Band names beginning in 'The' may be found with the T's. If a link isn't working or something holler and we'll fix it. Now go out and celebrate! You deserve it!These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Part Five
This is our gift to you: All of them. Alphabetically. By first name. Band names beginning in 'The' may be found with the T's. If a link isn't working or something holler and we'll fix it. Now go out and celebrate! You deserve it!These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Part Four
More, more, more songs!End Of The Decade: Concluding Thoughts
By Carrie Brownstein And it's naptime. (courtesy of The Patton Veterinary Hospital) It's hard to believe that we've reached the end. For the past two weeks, all of us — the NPR Music Team, a handful of outside contribut...The Past (And Future) Of Online Music
Back in 2001, I sat in a San Francisco federal courtroom and watched a judge order Napster to shut down. The record companies won their battle against the world's first peer-to-peer file sharing service. But, as everyone now knows, it was a Pyrrhic victory; to reference another Greek myth, Napster turned out to be a Hydra.The History Of Modern Chile, Mirrored In Dance
Augusto Pinochet integrated the musical genre cueca into his regime. For decades, Chileans associated the national music and dance with a dictatorship known for killing thousands of people. But today, young people in Santiago are recovering this music and making it their own.These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Part Three
By Frannie Kelley The writing's on the wall . . . (c r i s/flickr) OK! Here you will find more songs recorded last weekend, in accordance with a very strict set of rules, namely, that each song must include one of these ...These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Part One
We asked, you answered. We'll reveal the songs people recorded every day for the rest of the week.The 50 Most Important Recordings: A-C
All Songs Considered's list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade begins with composer John Adams and runs through Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.The 50 Most Important Recordings: C-J
All Songs Considered's list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade continues with Kelly Clarkson to Jay-Z.The 50 Most Important Recordings: O-S
All Songs Considered's list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade continues, from OutKast to Sigur Ros.The 50 Most Important Recordings: S-Z
All Songs Considered's list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade continues, from Britney Spears to Amy Winehouse.China's Newest Export: Punk Rock
America is used to exporting its culture. It's called soft power, this ability to dominate the tastes of people in other countries. So it's not such a big deal for an American band to tour in China. But a Chinese rock band taking the stage in New York? That's new.ALL ABOUT JAZZ CD REVIEW
Magnus Hjorth Trio: Old New Borrowed Blue
The legacy of pianist {{Bill Evans = 6592}} has become so predominant among emerging pianists that it is refreshing to hear someone who shuns the late pianist's lyrical introversion in favor of a more outgoing and playful approach. This is certainly the case with Swedish pianist Magnus Hjorth, whose second album in his own name, Old New Borrowed Blue, shows an encyclopedic knowledge of jazz history, ranging from ragtime to post-bop...Brother Thelonious Quintet: Brother Thelonious
Nobody can deny the distinctive signature of {{Thelonious Monk = 9507}}'s music. Written for simple piano, bass, and drums, it is a remarkable blending of melody, harmony, and rhythm. Now, expand his conception into a quintet setting and the challenge as Monk would say, to "lift the bandstand," presents itself to the musicians and arrangers...Marcus Tardelli: Unha e Carne (Interpretations of Guinga)
Even if {{Guinga = 7287}} never pronounced that Marcus Tardelli as "the greatest acoustic guitar player that Brazil has produced in history," the musical evidence on Unha e Carne (Fingernail and Flesh), would certainly put him on a pedestal right next to {{Egberto Gismonti = 7057}}, Sergio and Odair Assad. In fact, based on technique, expression, intonation and dynamics, there is a solid case for ranking Tardelli very close to guitarists such as Julian Bream and, perhaps, even to Andreas Segovia...100nka and Herb Robertson: Superdesert
How much shit can one take? Well that depends. If it is being served by the quirky Polish trio 100nka--featuring guitarist Tomek Leś, bassist Adam Stodolski and percussionist Przemek Borowiecki--there may not be quite enough. Their music is rather undefinable, jumping and sneaking as it does into odd nooks and crannies. Much of it comes from being inquisitive; some of it has to do with the men who influenced them, including {{John Coltrane = 5851}}, {{Ornette Coleman = 5818}}, {{Miles Davis = 6144}}, {{Drew Gress = 7228}}, {{Ellery Eskelin = 6577}}, {{William Parker = 10126}} and {{DJ Logic = 6308...King David and The Talk of the Town Band: Mr. Success Chicago
New York vocalist King David makes no excuses for his love of good old swing music, the sound of the big bands and the music from the 1930s to the 1960s, as he borrows from The Great American Songbook in reinterpreting and updating terrific old standards on Mr. Success Chicago, with has Talk of The Town backup band. David is sometimes seen as a throwback to the past; influenced by the music of such legends as {{Frank Sinatra = 4364}}, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Bobby Darin, David may seem out of place in today's world...Colin Cannon: In Summary
In Summary may seem like an odd title for Colin Cannon's debut recording and the beginning of a musical journey; but as the liner notes attest, this music is the result of his every positive and negative experience of the last five years. To make music any other way would be to leave part of himself out of the creative process, and what comes through is the personality of Cannon as guitarist and composer, which is perhaps his greatest achievement on this CD...Terry Plumeri: Water Garden
With the compelling, largely free-blowing 1971 session He Who Lives In Many Places (GMMC Records) finally issued on CD in 2006, Water Garden rights a similar wrong for Terry Plumeri, an overlooked bassist if ever there was one. Recorded five years later, Water Garden was an even more ambitious date that brought back guitarist {{John Abercrombie = 3242}} and percussionist Michael Smith, but also features enlists {{Ralph Towner = 10866}} and, in one of his earliest date, pianist {{Marc Copland = 5913...Graham Dechter: Right on Time
Memo to all those folks who insist that "real" jazz is dead, or at least on life support: do check out the leader/producing debut of 23-year-old guitarist Graham Dechter. His Right on Time supplies irrefutable evidence that the tradition is not only alive, but flourishing, because of young artists like Dechter who are both able and eager to carry the torch...Mark Guest: (Why We're) Happy Together
Guitarist Mark Guest's (Why We're) Happy Together seems built upon a simple premise: deliver solid, hip playing with a tight ensemble feel and see where it leads. If that is near to Guest's motive, he fully lived up to the creed. The album covers a fair amount of harmonic territory, but always lays down a genuine swing...Joelle Leandre / Maguelone Vidal / Raymond Boni: trace
Improvised music is created on the spur of the moment, the players looking for the common thread from which they can go in different directions as they spin their story. The logic of continuity is integral, even if they build it in pieces that may at first seem incongruent. Bassist/vocalist {{Joelle Leandre = 8642}}, saxophonist/vocalist Maguelone Vidal and guitarist {{Raymond Boni = 5165}} blend their instruments and imaginations, delving into the unusual and fathoming the unexpected. The end result is fascinating...Minamo: Kuroi Kawa - Black River
Minamo, the fiercely creative duo comprising violinist Carla Kihlstedt and pianist {{Satoko Fujii = 6868}}, has done it again. This time, the duo comes together on Kuroi Kawa - Black River, a magnificent two-CD presentation: the first, a studio set of eighteen short improvised studies of sublime ingenuity; the second, a live performance recorded at the 2008 Vancouver International Festival, featuring longer improvisations first heard on their self-titled 2008 debut, but now completely recast and newly interpreted. Minamo's musical creations echoes with slender beauty and silken elegance. It is almost as if Kihlstedt and Fujii channel {{Paul Bley = 5083}} and {{Anton Von Webern = 11100}} together, making a foaming decoction of pure Minamo...Yitzhak Yedid: Since My Soul Loved
Israeli, Australia-based composer and pianist Yitzhak Yedid dedicates his new composition Since My Soul Loved to the intertwined concept of love and happiness. "Regardless of all other events, as soon as we find love, we will find happiness," he is quoted in the liner notes. And Yedid is indeed an optimistic musician, who dedicates his art to crystallize a new musical language that encompasses different musical languages and neighboring cultures-- modern contemporary music, religious Jewish music, from Sephardic and Ashkenazi origins, and traditional Middle-Eastern scales, and obviously a jazz improvising attitude, taking upon himself to suggest an optimistic vision, a path of musical love to the torn and war-ridden area of the Middle-East...Stefano Bollani / Jesper Bodilsen / Morten Lund: Stone In The Water
There is a conversational thread that runs throughout the trio recording by Italian pianist Stefano Bollani and his Danish trio with bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Morten Lund. Since that colloquia is produced by ECM's Manfred Eicher, the tone is hushed, but the exchange is discerning and intelligent...Steve Smith and Vital Information: Vitalive!
Recorded on tour in 1988 and originally released in 1991, Vitalive! is, in the words of drummer {{Steve Smith = 4453}}, "the most 'jazz' version of Vital Information to date." It would be easy to argue with Smith, even though he's the group's leader, that VI has always been a jazz band, as evidenced by Come On In (Tone Center, 2004) and Vitalization (Hudson Music, 2007), the latter featuring Vinnie Valentin's more mainstream tone replacing longstanding fusion whiz {{Frank Gambale = 6931}}. But it's true that VI leaned, in its early days, more decidedly towards energetic, rock-informed fusion, rather than the cleaner approach evidenced on its recent discs...Mario Adnet and Philippe Baden Powell: Afro Samba Jazz, The Music of Baden Powell
Afrosambajazz: The Music of Baden Powell celebrates the most influential Brazilian guitarist of all time and his collaboration with songwriter Vinicius de Moraes. {{Baden Powell = 10391}}'s son Philippe, an acclaimed pianist in his own right, has joined forces with Brazilian guitarist Mario Adnet on this fine tribute to Baden--and the influence that legendary Brazilian songwriter and arranger {{Moacir Santos = 4061}} had on him. Inspired by the first Os Afro Sambas albums of 1966 and beyond, Philippe and Adnet interpret Baden's explorations of bossa, samba, choro, and Afro-Brazilian elements known as candomble and umbada. A few original songs are also recorded here for the first time...Peter Brotzmann: Lost and Found
It's important to point out that this is Peter Brotzmann entirely solo on various reeds because, with this particular advocate of the free, the solo context has always amounted to something entirely different to his group work. As an unaccompanied soloist, he has always been an antithesis of {{Evan Parker = 10117}}'s seamless flow on soprano sax in particular, as if Brotzmann's accommodation within the moment is of a radically different order...Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned
With three albums mining a seemingly narrow area--and proving just how broad that territory really--Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen changes gears with Restored, Returned. Abandoning the longstanding trio that, with Changing Places (ECM, 2003), The Ground (ECM, 2005), and Being There (ECM, 2007), brought him greater international acclaim, Restored's quintet remains relatively introspective in tone. Still, with singer Kristin Asbjornsen and saxophonist {{Tore Brunborg = 17931}}--whose recent Lucid Grey (DRAVLE, 2009) received its own share of well-deserved attention--Gustavsen's palette is expanded, allowing him to more fully realize the song-like proclivity that's been at the core of much of his writing...Jim Peterik: Jim Peterik's Lifeforce
Jim Peterik describes his music as "jazz that rocks." As far as self critiques go, that's a fair assessment. After {{Jeff Beck = 3735}} found critical and commercial success with Blow by Blow (Epic, 1975), it opened the door for other rock guitarists (Rick Derringer, {{Craig Chaquico = 5641}}, Ronnie Montrose) to jump in and start playing jazz fusion or New Age instrumentals. Whether that makes these guys serious jazz musicians or slumming rock n' rollers who shouldn't quit their day jobs is subject to debate...Herculaneum: Herculaneum III
In some respects what we have here is music that's a step on from {{Jimmy Giuffre = 7059}}'s work in the 1950s, but if it's the chamber music notion that unites the two bodies of work across the intervening half-century, it's clear that this band marches to a rhythmically more vigorous aesthetic. The music is at times alive with a kind of tensile energy that similarly invalidates the Giuffre comparison, but what unites the two is a sense of exploration, of goals ill-defined and thus made all the more worthy of pursuit...Robby Ameen: Days in the Life
Robby Ameen is one of those first call percussionists who has been chafing at the bit to produce something all his own. Now he has his chance, with Days in the Life and he acquits himself with excellence. Things might have very well gone awry, as so often happens when self producing a first record. This, however, does not happen with Ameen, as he is careful to avoid the obvious at all costs. The percussionist is well known for his ability to slip into almost any kind of rhythmic mode, from samba to clave to swing. He does just that and then some. Ameen soaks it all in and, as it percolates in his percussion brain, he channels it out through his arms and fingers into a mix of rhythms that comes alive with surprises at almost every turn...About
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Sheila Jordan On Piano Jazz
Sheila Jordan's singing style lights up Piano Jazz with guest host Jon Weber. Jordan reflects on her early inspirations in Detroit and chasing the great Charlie Parker, who later became a close friend. Along with brilliant pianist and collaborator Steve Kuhn, Jordan sets flame to "Humdrum Blues" and "The Touch of Your Lips."Bill Frisell Trio: Spontaneous At Kennedy
It's true: Bill Frisell wears glasses, dresses casually and is modest and soft-spoken in person. But instead of stepping into a phone booth to put on a cape, he straps on his trusty Fender Telecaster and strides onstage at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater with his trio.Missing The Cut: More Important '00s Music
As expected with any list of its nature, our rundown of the Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings has drawn both praise and criticism, particularly from diehard fans of artists and albums that didn't make the cut. As one user put it in the comments, "How dare they list X, and I see no mention of Y?!" While we did our best to be inclusive, a lot of our individual choices didn't end up on the final list. Here are just a few, chosen by the reviewers who lobbied for them.Travel Tunes For Thanksgiving Journeys
The journey home for Thanksgiving can be challenging and frustrating, fraught with bus loads of college kids, crowded planes and slow-moving traffic. Fortunately, music eases frustration, so here are five jazz songs to lift your travel-weary spirits.These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Fin
This is our gift to you: All of them. Alphabetically. By first name. Band names beginning in 'The' may be found with the T's. If a link isn't working or something holler and we'll fix it. Now go out and celebrate! You deserve it!These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Part Five
This is our gift to you: All of them. Alphabetically. By first name. Band names beginning in 'The' may be found with the T's. If a link isn't working or something holler and we'll fix it. Now go out and celebrate! You deserve it!These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Part Four
More, more, more songs!End Of The Decade: Concluding Thoughts
By Carrie Brownstein And it's naptime. (courtesy of The Patton Veterinary Hospital) It's hard to believe that we've reached the end. For the past two weeks, all of us — the NPR Music Team, a handful of outside contribut...The Past (And Future) Of Online Music
Back in 2001, I sat in a San Francisco federal courtroom and watched a judge order Napster to shut down. The record companies won their battle against the world's first peer-to-peer file sharing service. But, as everyone now knows, it was a Pyrrhic victory; to reference another Greek myth, Napster turned out to be a Hydra.George Shearing On Piano Jazz
In Shearing's second appearance on the program from 1987, host Marian McPartland reminisces with her fellow countryman about obscure British tunes, and the two have fun re-harmonizing "God Save the Queen." Shearing also sings and plays Cole Porter's "After You," and the two end with a two-piano version of "Indiana."Badge
Baltimore Jazzine featured Artist ~ BRIAN KOOKEN
Guitarist and Composer Brian Kooken, a native of the Baltimore-Washington area, studied classical and electric guitar at Towson University where he received a B.A. Degree in Jazz and Commercial performance. He has performed at a variety of Baltimore/Washington venues and recently headlined at the internationally famous Blues Alley for a CD Release Party of his new CD “Visions”. “Visions” features original compositions with Brian on Guitar, Jeff Reed on upright bass and Jeremy Blynn on Drums. Brian has performed and recorded with many local musicians, including Greg Thompkins, Steve Swan, and Ron Warren. When not performing, he teaches electric and classical guitar at his private studio in Cockeysville, Maryland.
Drum solo during GLR Blues, a tune by Brian Kooken of Baltimore. Musicians: Scott Tiemann drums, Greg Thompkins Sax, Brian Kooken Guitar, Ashton Fletcher Bass.
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A Woman's Place Is In The Groove
March 9 - March 15, 1995
A Woman's Place Is In The Groove
By Yvonne Ervin
SINCE THE EARLY 1800s when they began drumming in New Orleans' Congo Square, women have been a major part of the development of blues and jazz. The first vocal blues recording, "The Crazy Blues" was by a… Continue
Posted by Baltimore Jazzine on June 15, 2009 at 11:01pm — 3 Comments
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About Our Organization
History of The Chamber Jazz Society
The Chamber Jazz Society of Baltimore had its origin in the winter of 1990-1991 when three Baltimore area friends were talking around the dinner table about the dearth of opportunities in Baltimore to hear jazz. The… Continue
Posted by Baltimore Jazzine on June 4, 2009 at 8:19pm
"IN TRIBUTE" featuring LARZINE TALLEY
Date From June 20, 2009 8:00 PM
Until June 20, 2009 10:00 PM
Location Milton Theatre
110 Union Street
Milton, DE 19968 [map it!]
Price $15.00 - $18.00
Info Line (302) 684-3400
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BALTIMORE JAZZ VENUES
An Die Musik Live
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Bertha’s Restaurant
Cafe Hon
Cafe Troia
Caton Castle
Cat’s Eye Pub
Club 347
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Donna's Restaurant/Columbia
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Gordon’s Bar & Lounge
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JESSE POWERS/JOHNNY JONES/ DAWOUD SAID ~347 JAM HOUSE BAND: BACK TO MONDAY & TUESDAY NIGHTS
Awesome turnout!!!! Once again, we have experienced a wonderful evening of music and friends! It was truly a Memorial Day celebration! There were SEVEN servicemen in the house. Four actively serving, one US Navy Gulf War Vet, two retired, and one Vietnam War Vet. Thank you… Continue
Posted by Baltimore Jazzine on May 27, 2009 at 12:17am
Thank you for being my friend...
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Thank you for your well wishes, prayers, holiday season greetings and happy birthday celebration. I have received them all with love, gratitude and admiration from some of the greatest minds and friends I know in the jazz world. I am humbled to share this space and time with you, as you continue to explore and engage with your learning journey toward personal mastery. Please continue to share your greatest with the world we live in. Also, I am aware and I want to improve upon havin… Continue
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IN THE GROOVE
The Masters - Part 3
This is the final installment of a 3 part series celebrating the Jazz Masters. It was a pleasure to feature greats like Miles, Trane, Ornette, J-Mac, Pepper, Henderson and Blakey for this show. These are Jazz music's Hall of Famers, in my opinion. If you missed any of the previous segments, you just need to scroll down on my web page for the other two shows.Featured Album
Miles Smiles on Amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Mode for Joe * Joe Henderson * Mode for Joe
26-2 * John Coltrane * Coltrane Sound
Lonely Woman * Ornette Coleman * Shape of Jazz to Come
Appointment in Ghana * Jackie McLean * New Wine in Old Bottles
Foot Prints * Miles Davis * Miles Smiles
A Bit of Basie * Art Pepper * Smack Up
One by One * Art Blakey * Ugetsu
11.14.09
A mix of some great music spanning many styles of jazz. Highlights include Pat Metheny, Wynton Marsalis, and Thomas Chapin. Thomas Chapin was a great jazz artist born in Manchester Connecticut. We used to listen to him play at local clubs in the early 80's. He always played with passion and fire. His career was cut short at the prime of his life from leukemia. At the time Chapin was at the top of his creative genius. This podcast contains two tracks and a video below that show Chapin's artistry and incredible chops.Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Cross Bronx * Wayne Escoffery * Uptown
Poem/The Rasor Rim * Wynton Marsalis * He and She
Minuano * Kurt Elling * Man In The Air
Minuano * Pat Metheny * Still Life (Talking)
Night Bird Song * Thomas Chapin * Sky Piece
Kura Kura * Thmas Chapin * You Don't Know Me
Rites of Passage * Jackie McLean * Fire and Love
Realities of Chromaticism * Rez Abassi * Things To Come
The Masters - Part 2
This podcast is part 2 of a 3 hour radio special I did recently on the Masters of Jazz. This one features Sonny, Miles, Wes, Cannonball, Rashaan and more. Part 3 will show up next time my regular broadcast is pre-empted for sports programing, which happens frequently during this time of year. So, keep downloading these podcasts.Featured Album
Download The Bridge from Amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Without a Song * Sonny Rollins * The Bridge
Four * Miles Davis * Broadcast Sessions
Midnight Special * Jimmy Smith * Fourmost
4 on 6 * Wes Montgomery * Round Midnight
One for Daddy * Cannonball Adderley * Somethin' Else
Bright Moments * Rahsaan Roland Kirk * Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom
Ornithology * Oscar Peterson * The Paris Concert
Israel * Bill Evans * Explorations
A Ghostly Podcast
We get into the Halloween spirit with this scary collection of jazz tunes. Voodoo, Black Magic, Zombies, Ghosts and more for this weeks selection of tunes. For an entire CD of music inspired by ghosts and goblins, I would recommend Greg Abate's Monsters of the Night. One of the tunes closes out this weeks podcast, but Greg brews up an entire CD of hard driving compositions inspired by the Halloween theme.Featured Album
Monsters In The Night at Amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down * Miles Davis * Bitches Brew
Bitches Brew * Christian McBride * Live at Tonic
Black Magic Woman * Santana * The Essential Santana
Zombie Woof * Frank Zappa * Overnight Sensation
The Magic Hour * Wynton Marsalis * The Magic Hour
Black Market * Joe Zawinul w/WDR Big Band * Brown Street
Ghost * Joshua Redman * Compass
Night Dreamer * Wayne Shorter * Night Dreamer
Transylvnia * Greg Abate * Monsters in the Night
The Masters - Part 1
This podcast is part 1 of a 3 hour special I did recently on the Masters of Jazz. This one features John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon. Part 2 and 3 will show up in future weeks (but not consecutive), during those times when my regular broadcast is pre-empted for sports programing, which happens frequently during this time of year. So, keep downloading these podcasts to catch the balance of this series.Featured Album
Speak No Evil available from Amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Moments Notice * John Coltrane * Blue Trane
Deluge * Wayne Shorter * Juju
Speak No Evil * Wayne Shorter * Speak No Evil
Red Clay * Freddie Hubbard * Red Clay
Ko Ko * Charlie Parker * The Charlie Parker Story
Society Red * Dexter Gordon * Doin' Alright
Afternoon Fill-In
With my regular Saturday evening show pre-empted for sports, I dig out an afternoon fill-in I did back in March of this year. It is an eclectic mix of fusion, bop, Indian and classic rock. Hope you enjoy the variety of this mix.Featured Album
As Is... Live at Blue Note
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Sweet and Nasty * Joshua Redman * Elastic Band
You the Night and the Music * The Drummonds * Paz De Trois
Haunted Heart * The Drummonds * Paz De Trois
Blues in the Day * Walt Weiskopf * Anytown
Song for Isaiah * Jimmy Greene * The Overcomers Suite
Caravan * Avashai Cohen * As Is...Live at Blue Note
Apti * Rudresh Mahanthapa Indo-Pac Coalition * Apti
Up from the Skies * Jimi Hendrix Experience * Axis Bold as Love
Heard in Hartford
Jazz fans in the Hartford area are very fortunate to have access to great live music in such abundance. Lately we have our friend Andres Chapparo to thank for producing many of the concerts here. He has brought us the Pork Pie Hat Jazz series with shows every couple of weeks through the Fall and early Winter. Friday we saw the Avery Sharpe Trio, and in following weeks we will be presented with Ralph Peterson, Antonio Hart and more. Also of note are local jazz heroes Steve Davis and the Luques and Zaccai Curtis who continue to perform for us here in Hartford despite having a busy career traveling around the world playing jazz with their own ensembles and playing with some of the greats of the genre. All of the aformentioned jazz artists are represented here in this jazz podcast.Featured Album
buy from Truth Revolution records
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
From the Inside Out * Steve Davis * Crossfire
Yuba Citrico * Curtis Brothers Quartet * Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom
Solutions * Curtis Brothers Quartet * Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom
Palace of the Seven Jewels * Avery Sharpe Trio * Autumn Moonlight
Take Your Time, But Hurry Up! * Avery Sharpe Trio * Autumn Moonlight
Keep It Simple * Ralph Peterson * The Reclamation Project
Imagination * Antonio Hart * All We Need
Loose Bloose * Bill Evans * Loose Blues
Blues In Concentric Circles * Chris Potter * Concentric Circles
Minor March * Stefon Harris & Blackout * Urbanus
The Envelope
Back in July, I had the pleasure of filling in for Joel Krut's great show Pushing the Envelope on WHUS. This podcast is a recording of a segment of that broadcast. I play tracks from the Legacy Series honoring the 50th anniversary of some classic LP's from 1959 including Mingus Ah Um and Brubeck's Time Out.Featured Album
Ah Um 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition) on Amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Boogie Stop Shuffle * Charles Mingus * Mingus Ah Um
Da Drums * George Shuller's Circle Wide * Like Before, Somewhat After
Regytian Strut * Eddie Palermo Big Band * Eddie Loves Frank
Big Bahngra * Fareed Haque and Flat Earth Ensemble * Flat Planet
The Ring * Kenny Garret * Sketches of MD
Solar * Stanley Clarke Trio * Jazz in the Garden
Under the Bridge * Stanley Clarke Trio * Jazz in the Garden
Thank You, Come Again * Enrico Rava * New York Days
Blue Rhondo ala Turk * Dave Brubeck Quartet * Time Out
Pork Pie Hat
This podcast celebrates tenor sax great Pres, Pork Pie Hat, Lester Young. This year is the Centenial of the Pres' birth. Lester Young was one of the influential jazz artists of the 1940's and 50's. He played with Count Basie and Billy Holiday and many others. His mellow full tone on tenor is featured on this podcast. Pork Pie Hat is also the name of a jazz series of live concerts going on now in the Hartford area. We feature some of the artists performing in that series on this show.
Pres and Teddy on Amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
All of Me * Lester Young * Pres and Teddy
Almost Like Being in Love * Lester Young * Tea for Two
Goodbye Porkpie Hat * Kevin Mohogany * Another Time Another Place
Matrix * Ignacio Berroa * Codes
Bolivia * Cedar Walton * Eastern Rebellion
Turn it Over * Ralph Peterson * The Reclamation Project
Auditory Illusion * Antonio Hart * All We Need
The Children and the Warlock * Harry Whitaker * Thoughts (Past and Present)
The Temple of the Olympic Zeus * Eric Alexander * Temple of Olympic Zeus
Necessity * Insight * A Genesis
Autumnal Equinox
This podcast celebrates autumn's equinox (September 22) in jazz music. At the same time, we are honoring what would have been John Coltrane's 83rd birthday (September 23). What better way to achieve both, then by playing Coltrane's classic Equinox. We'll follow this by Steve Kuhn's rendition of Autumn Leaves. The show continues on with a variety of jazz music by some of the jazz masters as well as some newcomers to the scene.Featured album
Download 'Coltrane's Sound' from Amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Equinox * John Coltrane * Coltrane's Sound
Autumn Leaves * Steve Kuhn * Love Walked In
I Love Music * Ahmad Jamal * The Awakening
IIT * Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pac Coalition * Apti
ESP * Al Foster Quartet * Love, Peace and Jazz
Woody and You * Ignacio Berroa * Codes
Blackbelt Bebop * Sean Lyons * Roar of Lyons
Time Off * Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers * Ugetsu
Cantaloupe Island * Herbie Hancock * Empyrian Islands
Dave Holland Speaks to ITG
Prior to his performance at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lennox, MA, I had the opportunity to interview jazz bassist Dave Holland. We spoke about the beginning of his career in jazz, working with Miles, his thoughts on jazz composition and bass playing. The interview, about 20 minutes long is embedded in this podcast along with some of Holland's great music created with a variety of ensembles. The YouTube below is a 6 minute video segment of the interview. Please listen to the podcast for the entire interview.Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
See-Saw * Dave Holland Quartet * Conference of the Birds
50 * The Monterey Quartet * The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007
Dave Holland Interview (includes clips from Dave's albums Pass it On, Overture with Big Band, and Miles Davis' Bitches Brew)
Mr. B (Bonus Track) * Dave Holland * Pass It On
Pum-Pum * Eli Degibri * Emotionally Available
Matrix * Ignaccio Berroa * Codes
Gemini * Cannonball Adderley * In New York
Summer Jazz Part 2
Labor day weekend marks the end of the summer and this podcast is second half of last weeks summer recap show. It was a great summer for catching live jazz music. Dig these tunes by Seamus Blake and the norwegian organ trio Solid led by guitarist Bjorn Solli. We saw these cats playing at Smalls Jazz Cafe in NYC. Jason Palmer is represented on two tracks in this playlist. A fine trumpet player and composer, he plays every weekend at Wally's Cafe and Jazz club in Boston. The first of these tracks also features Ravi Coltrane on sax. We saw Jason accompany Ravi's quartet this summer at the Zinc Bar in New York city this summer. Locally we heard pianist Nando Michelin and alto sax great Mike DiRubbo playing in jazz ensembles at here in Hartford and they laid us on to their latest CD's to share with you on this podcast.featured album
Songbook on Amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Way Out Willy * Seamus Blake * Way Out Willy
Normy * Solid * Happy Accidents
Paula * Nando Michelin * Reencontro
The Shadowboxer * Jason Palmer * Songbook
Will there ever be employment for the Exonerated People * Jason Palmer * Songbook
Deja vu * Mike Dirubbo * Repercussion
Summer Jazz
Summer is the season of jazz. There are great festivals all over the country, outdoor concerts, and warm summer nights at hip jazz clubs. Its a great time to hang in NYC and go club hopping till the early morning hours. This summer was particularly fine for seeing great live music. Of course, Newport was the highlight, but we saw some great music here at the Monday night Jazz series in the park, at Black Eyed Sally's and in NYC. Next weekend is the Tanglewood Jazz festival in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. This radio show highlights some of the great artists who performed this summer in Southern New England.Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Round Rueben * Joshua Redman * Compass
Powerhouse * Joe Lovano * Folk Art
Song for Judi * Joe Lovano * Folk Art
The Face of It * Wayne Escoffery * Hopes and Dreams
Love in Action * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement
Guapo * Michele Rosewoman * The In Side Out
Love For Sale * Jaleel Shaw * Optimism
You Hit the Spot * Dana Lauren * Stairway to the Stars
Equality * Dave Holland Sextet * Pass it On
Mostly Piano
This podcast showcases some great pianists. Among those featured are Robert Glasper, with a new CD to be released this week, and Joey Calderazzo, who we were very impressed with at the Newport Jazz Festival two weeks ago. Also in the mix are two smokin' tracks by the incomparable McCoy Tyner. The two recordings are from the 1970's, when Tyner was at the top of his game.featured album
Double Booked, available from Amazon Aug 25.
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
No Worries * Rober Glasper * Double-Booked
All Matter * Rober Glasper * Double-Booked
The Oracle * Joey Calderazzo * Joey Calderazzo
The Blossom Of Parting * Branford Marsalis * Metamorphosen
Fly With The Wind * McCoy Tyner * Fly With The Wind
Song For My Lady * McCoy Tyner * Song For My Lady
Everybody Wants To Rule The World * The Bad Plus * Prog
Rose Colored Glass * George Colligan * Blood Pressure
El Cigarrito * Claudia Acuna * En Este Momento
Newport Jazz Fest Review
show, a written review of the event, photo gallery, and a Post Festival review podcast. They are all presented here for your viewing, reading and listening pleasure. I also included a link to NPR's excellent coverage of the event that includes recorded performances that you can download as a podcast or listen to as streaming audio. Enjoy!
- To read the entire review (long), click through to my Blog.
- Click here to view my Newport Jazz Fest photo gallery (you can upload your pics into this gallery).
- Click here for NPR's coverage including recorded performances.
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Caravan * Hiromi * Beyond Standards
IIT * Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Trio * Apti
Identity Theft * Joshua Redman * Compass
Hope * Branford Marsalis Quartet * Braggtown
Season of Changes * Brian Blade and the Fellowship * Season of Changes
Folk Art * Joe Lovano * Folk Art
Comfortably Numb * The Bad Plus * For All I Care
Five Fingers * Jeff Palmer (w/Rashied Ali) * Island Universe
Fiat Fun
I am at Newport Jazz Festival this week, so I didn't do my regular WHUS show. I filled in for another show called Fiat Flux. Kind of rocked out for this show.Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Mysterious Traveler * Weather Report * Mysterious Traveler
Jazz Crimes * Joshua Redman * Elastic Band
Spaces Revisited *Larry Coryell * The Power Trio
Round About * Yes * Fragile
Fiction * Bob Reynolds * Can't Wait for Perfect
Nine Lives * Bob Reynolds * Can't Wait for Perfect
Hot n Tot * John Scofiel * A Go-Go
Minor Tragedy * Rich Goldstein * Comin' from Montgomery
Little Wing * Jimi Hendrix Experience * The Ultimate Experience
Newport Preview
George Wein has put together a creative and artistic lineup for the 55th Newport Jazz Festival. From legendary masters like Tony Bennet and Dave Brubeck, to the lions of jazz like Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis, to the avante garde like Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthapa. Even Hip-Hop is represented with Mos Def. This is going to be an exciting festival. A sampling of these artists are here in this podcast for your listening pleasure. A free iTunes download of Newport Samplers, many of which were used in this podcast is available at this NPR web page.Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Mode for Joe * Cedar Walton * Eastern Rebellion
Brother Mister * Christian McBride and Inside Straight * Kind of Brown
Penta * Miquel Zenon * Awake
Just For You * Joshua Redman Double trio * Compass
Jabberwocky * Branford Marsalis Quartet * Metamorphosen
Tulum * Claudia Acuna * En Esta Momento
Spirit of the Moment * Michael Camillo * Spirit of the Moment
James * Roy Haynes and The Fountain of Youth Band * Whereas
Rubylou's Lullaby * Brian Blade Fellowship * Season of Changes
Radio Cure * The Bad Plus * For All I Care
Blue Rhondo Ala Turk (Newport 1961) * Dave Brubeck Quartet * Time Out
New Fusion
This show features some of the best new fusion going on today. Though Jazz-Fusion does not enjoy the popularity it had during the 70's and 80's, it is still a vibrant creative source of new jazz music today. In fact I predict that the use of electric guitar, keyboards and synths in jazz will help to revive the genre in the years to come.featured album
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise * Hiromi * Beyond Standard
Time Out * Hiromi * Hiromi's Sonic Bloom: Time Control
Long Distance Runaround * The Bad Plus * For All I Care
Semos * Garaj Mahal * W00t
Complicated Shoes * Solid * Happy Accidents
French Spice * Mike Ledonne * Smokin' Out Loud
Cheesecake * Jake Langley * Diggin' In
Adana * Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition * Apti
Bengali Bud * Fareed Haque + The Flat Earth Ensemble * Flat Planet
A Walk on the Moon
Monday July 20th marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 walk on the moon. A pretty amazing feat for 1969. This has little or nothing to do with this weeks jazz program, but I couldn't think of a theme or a name for the show. Actually one tracks on this show is titled "Lunar", from one of our favorite alto sax players, Mike DiRubbo, so we might as well use his fine newly released CD as our featured album of the week.
featured album
Repercussion from amazon.com
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Kahlil * Harper Brothers * You Can Hide Inside the Music
The Shadowboxer * Jason Palmer * Songbook
Lunar * Mike DiRubbo * Repercussion
Normy * Solid! * Happy Accident
The Jupiter Line * Seamus Blake * Way Out Willy
The Road to Marostika * One For All * Return of the Lineup
Sycamore * Nando Michelin * Reencontro
NuSoil Ensemble * Allen Jay Palmer
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Walk on the Moon
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Jazz on the River
Most of this show features our friend Andres Chaparro from Beatnik Entertainment and his Jazz on the River series. Beginning this Wednesday, July 15 with the Winard Harper Quartet and for six consecutive Wednesday evenings there will be some great performances at a new venue for Jazz. These shows will be hosted at Albert's Riverside on 1530 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT. For more information see Andres' website at www.beatnik-entertainment.com. Come out to Albert's Riverside for some killer jazz music, and good food. Support jazz in Hartford.
Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Moments Notice * John Coltrane * Blue Trane
Hankerin' * Mike Melito * In the Tradition
Artistry * Harper Brothers * Artistry
The Children and the Warlock * Harry Whitatker * Thoughts (Past and Present)
NuSoil * Allen Jay Palmer
Sudan and Darfur * Insight (Curtis Brothers) * A Genesis
Birthright * Lummy Spann * Live and Direct
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