Wednesday, February 28, 2018

BLUES POWER w/ Gil Anthony TOP 30 for March 2018 - It's what's on the platter that matters!


BLUES POWER w/ Gil Anthony (2013 Keeping The Blues Alive Award Winner)
WDYG (formerly WWNT), Dothan, AL: Monday 6-11pm Central
  Listen live at: http://tunein.com/radio/WDYG-1450-s23824/ 
WVVL101.1, Enterprise, AL, Sunday 6-11pm cdt
   Listen live at: http://tunein.com/radio/Weevil-101-1011-s24438/ 
First two hours of both programs streamed live on Facebook at:
   https://www.facebook.com/gil.anthony.3 
More info at: GILANTHONYBLUES.COM

 TOP 30 - March 2018
1: Shaun Murphy, Mighty Gates, Vision Wall
2: Wee Willie Walker/Anthony Paule, After Awhile, Blue Dot Rec
3: Curtis Salgado/Alan Hagar, Rough Cut, Alligator
4: Tommy Castro, Stompin' Ground, Alligator
5: Tinsley Ellis, Winning Hand, Alligator
6: Sugaray Rayford, The World That We Live In, Blind Faith
7: Kenneth Michael Cramer, All Day Long, Ribco Rec
8: Casey Hensley, Live , Vizztone
9: Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys, My Life, Nevermore Rec
10: Andre Bisson, Break, Self
11: Peter Karp, Blues Flame, Rose Cottage Rec
12: Dave Keyes, The Healing, Keysland Rec
13: Victor Wainwright & the Train, Same, Ruf
14: Percy Fairweather, Reign of Blues, Self
15: Downchild, Something I've Done, Linus
16: Johnny Fink, JFI, Self
17: Mick Kolassa, Double Standards, Self
18: Cassie Keenum/Rick Randlett, Hauntings, Fox Run
19: Peter Parcek, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Self
20: Laurie Morvan, Gravity, Screaming Lizard
21: Lil’ Davy Max, Prove Your Love to Me, Wisconsin Snuffler
22: Big Shoes, Step on It, Self
23: Rocky Athas, Shakin' the Dust, CB Rec
24: Susan Williams, It's About Time, Self
25: Bernard Allison, Let it Go, Ruf
26: Ghost Town Blues Band, Backstage Pass, Self
27: Nick Moss Band, High Cost of Low Living, Alligator
28: Danielle Nicole, Cry No More, Concord Rec
29: Larry Mud Morganfield, They Call Me Mud, Severn
30: John Mayhall, Three for The Road, Forty Below Rec

Also and still playing: Johnny Tucker, Bush League, Mike Mettalia: Lex Grey, Chris Smither, Rex Granite, Laurie Jane, Gus Spenos, Marshall Lawrence, Bettye LaVette, Guitar Jack Wargo, Ted Hefko, Wentus Blues Band, Lance Lopez, Michelle Malone/Suzie Vinnick, Sue Foley, Myles Goodwyn, Rae Gordon, Rev Shawn Amos.

* Bold & Linked Indicates Jazz Blues Florida Client.
* Bold Indicates Florida Artist.

Mailing Address:
Gil Anthony
1301 Alexander Dr. #K-81
Dothan, AL 36301
Email: bluegil@hotmail.com
Website: gilanthonyblues.com
Phone: (334)718-1736    

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Famed Jazz Pianist Bill Cunliffe Trio Touring Florida This Weekend.

Bill has been described by 
The New York Times as being in the 
"modern jazz mainstream" and as an 
"accomplished pianist and composer." 
Jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe is known for his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions. Bill began his career as pianist and arranger with the Buddy Rich Big Band and worked with Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody. He has since established himself as a solo artist and bandleader, with more than a dozen albums under his name.

His own recent recordings include the trio album “River Edge, New Jersey” (Azica, 2013) and his solo-piano take on traditional Christmas tunes, “That Time of Year” (Metre, 2011), described as a “tour de force” in the Los Angeles Times. Cunliffe received a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for his “West Side Story Medley,” on the album “Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson” (Resonance, 2009). His four other Grammy-nominated works include his concerto for trumpet and orchestra, “fourth stream … La Banda,” performed by Terell Stafford as soloist with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra (BCM+D, 2010).

Cunliffe was the 1989 winner of the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. He is a professor of music at Cal State Fullerton and also teaches at the Vail Jazz Workshop and the Skidmore Jazz Institute.

Thursday, March 1, 2018 ~ 7:30pm
Palladium at St. Petersburg College
253 Fifth Avenue, N.
St. Petersburg FL 33701
mypalladium.org   (727)822-3590
w/ Martin Wind, bass and Tim Horner, drums

Friday, March 2, 2018 ~ 7pm
Alan Jay Wildstein C.P.A.
600 W. College Drive
Avon Park, FL 33825
MAP
sfscarts.org  (727)822-3590
TICKETS

 Saturday, March 3, 2018 ~ 8pm
Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts
1905 Kentucky Ave
Winter Park FL 32789
MAP
bluebambooartcenter.com  (407)636-9951 
TICKETS
Richard Drexler on bass and Tim Horner on drums.




Booking Contact:
Night Is Alive
(330)328-7337

Kathy@nightisalive.com 

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Saturday, February 24, 2018

Stephanie Nakasian and Ronnie Leigh Return to Heidi's Jazz Club in Cocoa Beach in March

Florida's Jazz Club...
Designated by DownBeat Magazine 
as one of the world's top 2017 jazz venues!

Heidi’s Jazz Club
7 N Orlando Ave.
Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
MAP
heidisjazzclub.com   (321)783-4559

Heidi's Jazz Club features live music every Wednesday through Sunday (See CALENDAR for weekly schedule) with featured performers on selected Friday and Saturday evenings and Heidi's Open Jam Session every Sunday evening starting at 7 PM. Located in downtown Cocoa Beach, Heidi’s makes the perfect ‘highlight’ to a weekend getaway to the beach this season. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Hubrouck Wednesday through Sunday in the adjacent Heidelberg Restaurant. 

 Club Hours: Wed-Sun 5pm-1am
Closed Mon & Tues

      

 UPCOMING SHOW HIGHLIGHTS!

March 2, 3, 2018  ~ $15
Stephanie Nakasian 
w/ Terry Myers
RSVP, ASAP to:(321)783-4559

March 9, 10, 2018  ~ $15
Ronnie Leigh
RSVP, ASAP to:(321)783-4559

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Gregory Porter in Concert in Miami's Jazz Roots Series at Arsht Center March 2, 2018

Winner of the 
2017 GRAMMY Award 
for Jazz Vocal Album of the Year
John S. and James L. 
Knight Concert Hall
at the
Adrienne Arsht Center
for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132
Box Office (305)949-6722   www.arshtcenter.org

FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018
GREGORY PORTER
THE VOICE OF OUR TIME

TICKETS

An artist whose music is at once timeless yet utterly of its time, Gregory Porter solidifies his standing as his generation’s most soulful jazz singer-songwriter with Take Me to the Alley, winner of the 2017 GRAMMY Award for Jazz Vocal Album of the Year and the much-anticipated follow-up to his sensational 2013 Blue Note debut Liquid Spirit. Porter has time and again demonstrated an innate ability to transcend genre and connect with audiences from all walks of life, and his new music reflects the singer’s continued and mindful growth as an artist and as a person amidst the constant touring demands that have resulted from tremendous international success.

Liquid Spirit followed the critically acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated albums Water (2010) and Be Good (2012) and quickly grew into a global phenomenon, selling one million albums worldwide and becoming the most streamed jazz album of all time with over 20 million streams. The album has sold Platinum in the U.K. and Germany, and Gold in France, The Netherlands, and Austria. In the U.S., Porter made his first-ever national TV appearances on “The Tonight Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” while both ESQUIRE and NPR Music declared him “America’s next great jazz singer.”
Season Finale 
JAZZ ROOTS Performance:

APR 20, 2018
Cubismo! Chucho Valdés & Irakere 45
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Jazz On The Green at Six Bends in Ft. Myers Set for March 10, 2018

Jazz on the Green

Saturday March 10, 2018 ~ 5-9pm
Top Rocker Field
at
Six Bends
9510 Thunder Road
Ft. Myers, FL 33913
MAP 
toprockerevents.com 

VIP, Premier and General Admission 
tickets now on sale! 
TICKETS & INFO

Jazz on the Green will be held at Six Bends on Saturday, March 10, 2018 from 5-9 p.m. and offer three notable music ensembles to raise money for Make A Wish Southern Florida!

Presented by Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property Southwest Florida, Jazz on the Green at Six Bends brings more than music. Guests may enjoy gourmet food, drinks, giveaways and dancing on the lawn for this all-white-attire event. The fundraising goal for this concert is to enable one wish each to be granted through Make A Wish Southern Florida to two local children with critical illnesses.

While the crowd sways to the jazz dressed in their brightest whites, Jaguar Land Rover Fort Myers will display more than a dozen all-white vehicles lining Six Bends’ Thunder Plaza. Every ticket purchaser will automatically be entered to win one of two one-week rentals of either a Jaguar or Land Rover.

World-renowned saxophonist Jeff Rupert with his quintet will be the evening’s headline act. Brandon Robertson's quartet and Fort Myers High School's Jazz Band are also on the line up.

Guests can enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres from Artichoke & Company, Gather, Metro Diner and Sweet Melissa’s Café. Local craft beers from Rollin' Taps and domestic beers from Budweiser will be available.

VIP, Premier and General Admission Tickets are now on sale! TICKETS

VIP guests will can indulge in a true concierge experience, including complimentary heavy hors d’oeuvres plus cocktails, an embroidered lawn blanket and VIP seating in front of the stage with room to dance. VIP guests will also receive complimentary on-site parking.

Premier guests will receive premier seating just behind VIP with an embroidered lawn blanket and complimentary off-site parking. Shuttles will be provided.

General Admission guests will receive lawn seating with complimentary off-site parking. Shuttles will be provided. General Admission guests are encouraged to bring their own blanket for seating.

In addition to presenting sponsor Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property Southwest Florida, sponsors include Henderson, Franklin, Starnes and Holt, PA, Jaguar Land Rover Fort Myers, Marine Max Fort Myers, Banks Engineering, CONRIC PR & Marketing and Dwayne Bergmann Interiors. Limited sponsorship opportunities remain. For more information on sponsorship availability, call Taylor Loethen at 844-749-2363 or email TaylorL@sfe-us.com.

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Little Jake & The Soul Searchers In Jacksonville FL on February 24, 2018

LITTLE JAKE
& The Soul Searchers
So, So, Soulfully Soulful!


“A great showman with a soulful 
voice and superb stage act.”
– The Vinyl Word, UK



 Saturday, February 24, 2018 ~ 8-10pm
Mudville Grill Listening Room
3105 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32207
MAP
TICKETS & INFO 
(904)398-4326


Saturday, March 17, 2018 ~ 7-9pm
Bike Florida 2018
Hawk's Park
1108 S Ridgewood Ave
Edgewater, FL 32132
MAP
Bike Florida Facebook Page


Little Jake Mitchell is an authentic blues child prodigy and R&B singer who works as hard today as he did in his appearances at the Apollo Theater; as hard as he did on tour as "Mr. Excitement" with R&B immortals James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, and Bobby Blue Bland, or at the Pensacola Blues Festival, when B. B. King encouraged him to stay in show business.

Little Jake & The Soul Searchers—that's what you get when you combine Jake with The Silver-Sonic Horns and a powerful rhythm section. The band recalls authentic R&B stagecraft in support of a classic repertoire of soulful songs. Depending on the venue, Jake and the band treat audiences to sights and sounds seldom seen or heard since the golden age of R&B: opening singers, Tran “The Piano Man” Whitley and drummer, Hal "Halag8r" Saylor; a dynamic, audience-walking lead singer; a strolling horn section; a full-time emcee/announcer, Kenny "The Conductor" Eunice; and one of the funkiest rhythm sections around. The band's roots are deep, featuring sidemen who worked with Ike and Tina Turner, Billy Joe Royal, Ernie K Doe, Hues Corporation, and other R&B and rock pioneers.

The Silver-Sonic Horns, originally organized as The Blacklash Horns by Charlie Blade, trace their heritage back to 1969 when initially formed as the horn section for one of Florida's R&B pioneer band, Weston Prim & Blacklash: Blade on saxes, and long-time collaborator Brian 'T-Bone' Stevens on trombone. They are joined by Doug 'Skywalker' Meyers on trumpet. Classic R&B section-horn energy, funky improvisation by the whole horn section, a great appearance, and a topnotch sound system make The Silver-Sonic Horns an integral part of the Jake Mitchell experience.

The rhythm section features keyboardist and vocalist, Tran Whitley, holding forth on the real deal—a vintage Hammond B3 organ that anchors the band. Tran is joined by seasoned guitarist / backup vocalist, Charles Henry, who can play it funky, and does. On Fender bass, with years of experience beginning with Billy Joe Royal's road band, Allen McCollum keeps the bass line bumping and jumping. Providing energetic pulse and punctuation, and featured as an opening vocalist in every show: Hal Saylor on drums.

Little Jake Mitchell is one of Florida's great native-son ambassadors in rhythm and blues music. Little Jake & The Soul Searchers deliver authentic style and classic repertoire at every performance.

Band Members: 
Jake Mitchell - Lead Vocals 
Tran Whitley - Keyboards 
Charles Henry - Guitar
Levi Griffin Jr. - Guitar 
Allen McCollum - Bass 
Hal Saylor - Drums
Charlie Blade - Sax
Doug Meyers - Trumpet 
Brian Stevens - Trombone

Stay in touch with Little Jake at:
http://www.littlejakemitchell.com
FACEBOOK

Booking Info:
Charles Steadham
Blade Agency
(352) 372-8158 x101
charles@bladeagency.com

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