Submitted
by Al Kanovsky 06/29/15
...brought a whole bunch of BLUES musician to a recently opened
BLUES club in Ft. Lauderdale.
It was a fund-raiser for WKPXFM(88.5)
personality, Dar and her long-running Sunday Blues with Dar program. I think every BLUES artist from the Keys to Jacksonville was
there. I must have hugged and cheek kissed 50, mebbe 60
luverly gals. Must have shook hands with the same number of guys. Hugged a
couple of them too.(names will remain unmentioned). Loads of
civilians (BLUESiacs) were there as well including me, Charlie Boyer and Kathy
Kniffen. If I were to name those in attendance who I know by name it would take
until early in 2016. As you can see in some of Charlie's pix the "joint was
jumping". ( SEE FACEBOOK PHOTO ALBUM AT: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10205418069865935.1073742052.1075458403&type=1&l=a641cf91df).
Did not hear a note of any of the music played 'cause of the
crowd and the sub-standard sound system that keeps the music inside the wide-open doors. Had a great time anyway partially
because Charlie picked up my tab but mostly because of the warm hearts that
were there to support the BLUES.
Headed east to 33 St. and Eric & the
JAZZers. I was happy to listen to a change of playlist. Be-bop ruled the night
with the 2 first tunes being "Billie's Bounce" and "Dizzy
Atmosphere". There was a new drummer, Jose Duque. Anthony Corrado sat in
on the openers playing alto. Yamin Mustafa (trumpet), Ken Burkhart (keys) and
Cornelius (Juju) Johnson (reeds) completed the band.
Vocalist Claire Petric was
invited to the stage. She is a well known 'country' singer. She put her
reputation aside and did a little bit of R&B with "Sunny".
Displayed her BLUES chops with "Let the Good Times Roll" and totally
blew me away with her very imaginative "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
with Yamin supplying background. Yvette Norwood-Tiger, the bands regular
vocalist would do Ellington's "In A Mellow Tune" and "April In
Paris". Ken continues his quoting hysteria adding a little "Jumping
With Symphony Sid".
The band opened the 2nd set with Invitation and I got
the chance to dance with a new friend, Gabbie. Back to be-bop with Monk's
"Well You Needn't" I started to get the idea that his might be a JAZZ
band after all. Yami, Juju and Ken all delivering creative solos. JoEll a young
trombonist joins in on "C Aura" a Lee Morgan composition. Yvette does
"Lullaby of Birdland" and "Nature Boy". My pal, Matt
Calderon is in the audience with his girlfriend and is invited to sit in. They
do any drummer's dream tune "Cherokee". Eric is slack-jawed at Matt's
flawless performance. They play "Watermelon Man" and Yvette closed
the set with "The More I See You.
The evening ended with a tune that as a
16 year old I sang 3 times a night, 6 days a week for 5 months. The tunes title
was "Don't Get Around Much Anymore". My drummer, Earl
Schiff(R>I>P>) called it "Mister Saturday Dance".
Al's Disclaimer:
A
short note: The reason I write this is because I love music and words. I do not
book acts. I do not promote acts. I do not accept invitations to review
artists. I go to venues of my own choice. When and where is not influenced by
anything other than who I would like to hear that night or day. If I don't like
what I hear, I won't write about it. When I like it I let you all know. I
never mention a name without asking permission. "Pardon me, Miss. Would
you like to dance?"
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