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Sunday, March 6, 2011

WWWBTW - Jazz & Blues Florida; Good news about good music

#JazzBluesFlorida #jazz #blues #Florida #Concerts #Festivals #Clubs

Where we will be this week (WWWBTW)?:
(These are just some highlights of the week ahead and a summary of new things posted to our site; please click on MUSIC LISTINGS menu tab above to see our comprehensive listings.) 
Monday, March 7:
  • Chef John's New American Bistro & Blues Bar, Jupiter: SPECIAL EVENT DINNER CONCERT w/ The NIghthawks (8pm, $35 includes dinner, limted seating, RSVP REQUIRED)
  • Four Seasons Resort, Palm Beach: JAMS & The Four Seasons Presents THE LIVING ROOM JAZZ SERIES concert by Bobby Lewis Quintet
  • Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Port St Lucie: Phill Fest and the exciting Brazilian Concert w/ vocalist Terezinha Valois.
  • Fort Pierce Library, Fort Pierce: Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society Jazz Week Presents the Brown Bag Lunch Jazz Series, Free, 11am-2pm, Joe Donato & The Miami Allstars w/ Danny Burger on drums
Tuesday, March 8:
Wednesday, March 9:
  • Amaturo Theater: at Broward Center, Ft. Lauderdale: Gold Coast Jazz Presents The Bill Allred Classic Jazz Band - "From Basin Street to the Big Bands"
  • City's Edge, Dade City: Blues Jam with Frank Murphy & The Swamp Tones
  • Chef John's New American Bistro & Blues Bar, Jupiter: Michael Locke 
Thursday, March 10:
Friday, March 11:
Saturday, March 12:
  • Miniaci Performing Arts Center, Davie: South Florida JAZZ Season Series Presents WE FOUR: CELEBRATING JOHN COLTRANE w/ Javon Jackson, Mulgrew Miller, Peter Washington, and Jimmy Cobb
  • Riverside Park, Bonita Springs: Bonita Blues Festival - The Certified Band 12noon-1:15pm, JP Soars & The Red Hots 1:45pm - 3:00pm, Josh Garrett Band 3:30pm-4:45pm, Hamilton Loomis 5:15pm-6:30pm, Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang 7pm-8:15pm, All Star Jam Session until 9pm
  • McWell's Restaurant & Bar, Orlando:  ZShowz Presents Victor Wainwright & The Wild Roots
  • Stevie Tomato's, Bonita Springs: After party for Bonita Blues Festival! w/ Albert Castiglia
  • The Orange Door, Lake Park:  Hep Cat Boo Daddies
  • Bradfordville Blues Club, Tallahassee: Mac Arnold & Plate Full of O' Blues
  • Buckingham Blues Bar, Fort Myers: Blues Fest w/ Johnny Allender Band, Tommy Lee Cook & The Boys of Buckingham, Grady Champion
Sunday, March 13:
  • Earl's Hideaway, Sebastian:  Victor Wainwright & The Wild Roots
  • Wellington at Seven Hills Club House, Spring Hill: Hudson Middle School Jazz Band
  • Blue Jean Blues, Fort Lauderdale: Barb Van & Mike Orta Jazz Jam  (4-8pm)
Monday, March 14:
  • Players Theatre Of Sarasota, Sarasota: Cynthia Sayer 
Tuesday, March 15:
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NEWS BLOG POSTINGS:
  • North Central Florida Blues Festival March 19
  • Forecast calls for beautiful Florida weekend of Jazz in the Gardens
  • Daytona Blues Festival Hotel/Event Packages Now Available
  • Gold Coast Jazz Society - 1 degree of seperation from the Grammy Awards
  • Recording Release Concert by Cuban Jazz Piano Great Rubalcaba
  • Update Report on Grammy Awards Florida Musician Participants
  • R.I.P. Florida Big Band Leader, Claude Kelly
  • Jazz drummer Duffy Jackson to perform in TN
  • White House Announces 2010 National Medal of Arts
  • BLUES POWER Top 30 For March 2011
  • 88-year-old blues legend Eddie Kirkland dies
  • Gold Coast Jazz Society of Ft.Lauderdale Hosts Bill Allred
  • Smokestack Lightnin’s Top 25 Blues CDs for February

     
* New Listings of the Week:  
  • Sneaky Pete's: 3465 Bonita Beach Rd # 20, Bonita Springs, FL 34134-4127 (239)498-8887 March 11, 12: Wildfire Blues Band
  • Garden Restaurant: 217 Central Avenue, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 thegardenbistro.com (727)896-3800 March 26: Tbone Hamilton Band. 
* New Florida MusicGonzalo Rubalcaba's "Fé",
* New Link: Updated link & info to Larry Lisk's WMNF Blues Program & Sunday Blues from Cuba
* Video Showcase: Gonzalo Rubalcaba w/ Chick Corea in Spain
*New Club Photos Blues Dragon at South Shores, Mark Pissari at the Back Bay Tiki Bar, Funkabilly Playboys at Boston's on the Beach, Sammy Figueroa's Latin Jazz Explosion at Pineapple Groove, The Hideaway in Lake Worth, Albert Castiglia at Chef John's, Dave Alexander at The Fusion Lounge and David Shelley & Bluestone at The Orange Door.
This edition of WWWBTW was brought to you by:
Bonita Blues Festival 

Monday, January 31, 2011

Florida's own Smokestack Lightnin’s Top 25 Blues CDs for January 2011

#JazzBluesFlorida #jazz #blues #Florida #Concerts #Festivals #Clubs
Smokestack Lightnin’s Top 25 Blues CDs for January 2011
From the New Blues Music Capital of the American South - Orlando Florida
This show is currently web-casting for your listening pleasure (Show#0883– recorded 01/29/2011).  The archived internet version of Smokestack Lightnin' is the digitally recorded version of our  broadcast on WUCF 89.9FM in in its entirety from the previous Saturday night.
http://www.smokestacklightnin.com/
#25 Lance Lopez/So Alone/Salvation From Sundown/MIG
#24 Matt Hill/When I Get Drunk/On The Floor/Deep Fryed
#23 Chris Cain/Tomorrow’s Gonna Be A Better Day/So Many Miles/Blue Rockit
#22 Brent/Beyond My Broken Dreams/Ain’t Got No Troubles/Yellow Dog
#21 Bill The Sauce Boss Wharton/Rusty Blues/Hot N Heavy/self
#20 Sugaray/I Sing The Blues/Blind Alley/self
#19 Hill Country Revue/Goin’ Down/Zebra Ranch/Razor & Tie
#18 Eric Clapton/Hard Time Blues/Clapton/Reprise
#17 John Mayer Trio/Ain’t No Sunshine/Crossroads: The Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2010 Disc 1/Reprise
#16 Kenny Shepherd-Hubert Sumlin- Lee/Rockin’ Daddy/Live In Chicago/Roadrunner
#15  Joe Bonamassa/Your Funeral, My Trial/Live from the Royal Albert Hall/J&R Adventures
#14 Omar Coleman/Mojo Hand/ Stomp/Honeybee
#13 Biscuit Miller/Butter Up My Blues/Blues With A Smile/BlueBass
#12 W.T. Feaster/Wish You Well/Wish You Well/self
#11 Reverend Raven & His Chain Smokin’ Alter Boys/Just Count The Days/Shake Your Boogie/Nevermore
#10 Jim Byrnes/Hot As A Pistol/Everywhere West/Black Hen
#9 Chris O’Leary/Water’s Risin’/Mr. Used To Be/Vizztone
#8 Roomful Of Blues/Ain’t Nothin’ Happenin’/Hook Line & Sinker/Alligator
#7 Chris Antonik/Double Trouble/Chris Antonik/self
#6 Studebaker John’s Maxwell Street Kings/When Your Mule Won’t Ride/That’s The Way You Do/Delmark
#5 Slim & The Igor Prado Band/Bloodshot Eyes/Brazilian Kicks/Delta Groove
#4 Chris and 100% Blues/Testify/The Devil/My Guitar & Me/Silverbridge
#3 Paul Oscher/Rock Me/Bet On The Blues/Blues Fidelity
#2 Buddy Guy/Guess What/Living Proof/Silvertone
#1 Homemade Jamz Blues Band/The Game/The Game/self

Posted by: Jazz & Blues Florida
http://www.jazzbluesflorida.com/
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Jazz great James Moody dies at 85

#JazzBluesFlorida #jazz #blues #Florida #Concerts #Festivals #Clubs

The Washington Post
Posted at 11:04 AM ET, 12/10/2010

By Matt Schudel

" James Moody, a jazz saxophonist and flutist whose stellar career lasted more than six decades, died Thursday in San Diego at age 85. "

See full article at:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2010/12/jazz-great-james-moody-dies-at.html

Posted by: Jazz & Blues Florida
http://www.jazzbluesflorida.com/
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

JANUARY ONLINE EDITION OF JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA HAS BEEN POSTED!


#JazzBluesFlorida #jazz #blues #Florida #Concerts #Festivals #Clubs

January 2010 - One year beyond belief...

Our featured artists this month include:

Winning Spin - MANHATTAN TRANSFER
MARK O'CONNOR
MARCIA BALL
TERRY HANCK
SIMONE KOPMAJER
TURK MAURO
CYRUS CHESTNUT
NICO WAYNE TOUSSAINT
JOHN MADESKI


FOLLOW THIS LINK TO READ MORE


Thursday, November 12, 2009

GOLD COAST JAZZ PAYS TRIBUTE TO LOCAL FLORIDA JAZZ LEGEND EDDIE HIGGINS

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December Concert Honors Eddie Higgins and Features Jazz Pianist, Dick Hyman

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Jazz pianist Eddie Higgins was an icon on the local jazz scene as well as an international jazz superstar. To pay tribute to the life of this jazz legend, another jazz legend, pianist Dick Hyman, will perform with Don Coffman, bassist and Danny Burger, drummer in An Evening to Remember - A Tribute to Eddie Higgins. The concert will occur on December 9, 2009 at the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The show begins at 7:45 pm. Single tickets are $35 and $40 and student tickets are $12. Purchase tickets through the Broward Center Box Office at 954-462-0222 or online at www.goldcoastjazz.org or www.browardcenter.org. A pre-concert Jazz Riff jazz talk will be given by radio personality Stu Grant at 7:00pm in the theater before the show.

Dick Hyman, jazz pianist
Dick Hyman is a veritable renaissance man of the music world. A performer, composer, orchestrator, arranger and conductor, Hyman was music director for Arthur Godfrey and orchestrated the hit musical Sugar Babies. He has served as composer/arranger conductor/pianist for the Woody Allen films Zelig, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Broadway Danny Rose, Stardust Memories, Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days, Bullets Over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Everyone Says 'I Love You', Sweet and Lowdown, The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion and Melinda and Melinda. Other movie scores have included Moonstruck, Scott Joplin, King of Ragtime, The Lemon Sisters, and Alan and Naomi. His music has also been heard in The Mask, Billy Bathgate, Two Weeks Notice, and other films. Hyman has been music director of the production The Movie Music of Woody Allen, which premiered at the Hollywood Bowl. In addition to his activities in the jazz and concert worlds, Mr. Hyman has had a prolific career in New York as a studio musician and won seven Most Valuable Player Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He acted as music director for such television programs as Benny Goodman's final appearance (on PBS) and for In Performance at the White House. He received an Emmy for his original score for Sunshine's on the Way, a daytime drama, and another for musical direction of a PBS Special on Eubie Blake. He is a member of the Jazz Hall of Fame of the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies and the New Jersey Jazz Society. In 2004, after serving as artistic director for the acclaimed Jazz in July series at New York's 92nd Street Y for twenty years, he stepped down, as he has from a similar role in the annual Oregon Festival of American Music. He continues his Jazz Piano at the Y series in New York.

Eddie Higgins was a fixture on the local jazz scene for decades. He lived and worked in both south Florida and in the Cape Cod area. Born and raised in New England, Eddie (Haydn) Higgins started his professional career in Chicago, while studying at the Northwestern University Music School. For twenty years Eddie worked at some of Chicago's best known jazz clubs, including the Brass Rail, Preview Lounge, Blue Note, Cloister Inn and Jazz Ltd. His longest and most memorable job was at the London House, where he led the house trio for twelve years, playing opposite the biggest jazz stars of the 50's and 60's, including Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Errol Garner, George Shearing, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans and many others. In 1970, Eddie moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and began spending winters in Florida and summers on Cape Cod, where he played local clubs. Since the early 1980's, Eddie traveled widely on the jazz festival circuit and performed frequently in Europe and Japan. His releases on the Japanese "Venus" label earned him the label of the jazz superstar in Japan with number one in jazz CD sales on more than one album. In 1988, Eddie and jazz singer/pianist/artist Meredith d'Ambrosio married and became a popular team at clubs and festivals, as well as recording for Sunnyside Records.

Tickets are available for the Dec. 9 concert. The Gold Coast Jazz Society is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of jazz music through a mainstage concert series, free community concerts, jazz education programs and other events.

Go online http://www.goldcoastjazz.org/ for more information about the Gold Coast Jazz Society or call 954-524-0805.


Sunday, October 4, 2009

Port St. Lucie's (Florida) Church of the Nativity Announces Jazz in the Sanctuary Series

#JazzBluesFlorida #jazz #blues #Florida #Concerts #Festivals #Clubs


Jazz in the Sanctuary
2009-2010 Season’s Concerts

Tuesday Evenings at 7:30 PM
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
1151 SW Del Rio Blvd, Port St Lucie, FL 34953
(church is located near the Port St Luce turnpike exit)
772-343-0401

November 17, Mark Green
Tribute to Louis Armstrong
(Mark Green can both play and sing like Satchmo)

December 15, Ira Sullivan
Christmas Jazz Concert
Plus jazz vocalist Mary Miller and The Nativity Choir

February 9, Phill Fest
Exciting Brizilian Concert
Plus female vocalist Terezinha Valois

April 13, Davis & Dow
Great female vocalist & fine guitarist

All concerts include Jim van Voorheis and Friends, Jim on keyboards, Frank Bartley on Bass and Dennis Walton on Drums.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Concord To Release 'Ultimate' Ray Charles Collection

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Commencing an extensive Ray Charles reissue program for 2009, Concord Records will release a 21-song anthology of hits titled Ray Charles — Genius: The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection.

The volume, slated for a street date of April 7, presents Charles’ most influential recordings for the Atlantic and ABC-Paramount labels including 1955’s “I Got a Woman,” plus “Busted,” “Georgia on My Mind,” “Hit the Road Jack,” and “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” concluding with his signature 1972 rendition of “America the Beautiful.” All are digitally remastered from the original tapes.

Late last year, Concord Music Group announced it had entered into an exclusive arrangement with the Ray Charles Foundation to develop the artist’s post-1960 catalog, which contains his classic work for the ABC-Paramount and Tangerine labels. In addition to planning a series of CD reissues, Concord will make the catalog available digitally for the first time ever.

Ten of the tracks on this collection made it to #1 on the R&B charts and three songs hit #1 on the Pop chart. “That may sound like nothing more than numbers,” says Jazz writer Don Heckman, “but it represents an extraordinary string of successes in which Charles released a Top 10 R&B single in almost every year between 1954-67, and a Top 10 pop single almost every year between 1959-67.”

The album contains 21 of Charles’ biggest hits, each within its own unique history and meaning. “Hit the Road Jack,” penned by Percy Mayfield, a #1 Pop hit and a 1961 Grammy winner for Charles, opens the collection. Also included are “What I’d Say (Part 1),” ranked #10 in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time; the classic “Busted”; “I Can’t Stop Loving You” from the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, which reached #1 on R&B and Pop charts; the Bobby Sharp composition “Unchain My Heart”; Charles’ signature rendition of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia on My Mind, another #1 Pop hit; “I Got a Woman” which was Charles’ first #1 R&B hit and was later sampled by Kanye West; “You Are My Sunshine,” the Jimmie Davis standard that Charles brought to #1 R&B; a soulful edition of Hank Williams’ “Take These Chains From My Heart”; the offbeat “Hide Nor Hair”; Ashford & Simpson’s “Let’s Go Get Stoned,” a #1 R&B hit by Charles; “You Don’t Know Me,” earlier a hit for Jerry Vale, which charted #2 Pop; “Hallelujah I Love Her So,” originally a Gospel hymn; “Crying Time,” a Buck Owens song which Charles brought to #6 on the Pop charts; the funky “I’m a Fool for You,” which charted #1 R&B; “One Mint Julep,” Charles’ version of The Clovers’ hit with a big band arrangement by Quincy Jones; “Here We Go Again,” sung as a duet with Betty Carter; “Yesterday,” the Paul McCartney classic, in which Charles, according to Heckman, “embraces the song’s deep inner heart”; and finally his 1972 signature recording of “America the Beautiful,” the perfect ending and relevant once again.

Genius: The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection will be packaged in a handsome embossed digipack and presented with a 24-page collectors’ book of rare photos and Heckman’s notes. Concord will release several other Ray Charles reissues this year, including Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, volumes 1 and 2; The Genius Hits the Road; A Message to the People; and, Genius + Soul = Jazz & More.

Order here - http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/Ray-Charles


From Wikipedia:
"Ray was born in Albany, Georgia on September 23, 1930(1930-09-23). He was the son of Aretha Williams, a share cropper, and Bailey Robinson, a railroad repair man, mechanic and handyman. The family moved to Greenville, Florida, when Ray was an infant.

Ray Charles was not born blind. He started to lose his sight somewhere around the age of six. He was rendered totally blind by the age of seven. Charles never knew exactly why he lost his sight, though there are sources that suggest his blindness was due to glaucoma, and some other sources suggest that Ray began to lose his sight from an infection caused by soapy water to his eyes which was left untreated. He attended school at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida. He also learned how to write music and play various musical instruments. His father died when he was ten, followed by his mother five years later."


SEE FULL ENTRY AT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles

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Friday, February 6, 2009

LENORE RAPHAEL'S "CLASS ACT" ALREADY on top #20 on www.radioio.com



LENORE RAPHAEL - "CLASS ACT" - Recorded live at Steinway Hall, September 12, 2008 ALREADY on top #20 on http://www.radioio.com/
w/Hilliard Greene, bass and Rudy Lawless, drums

If you were at the Steinway session you know the trio. If you were not there you can hear it now.

You can preview a little at http://www.lenoreraphael.com/ click on "Purchase Music" to listen to some.
RECENT REVIEWS

"In her newest release, 'Class Act' Lenore Raphael brings energy, spirit, and grace with her interpretation of six well-regarded standards and two original songs. The name of the album encapsulates the essence of Lenore's persona and performance, However, my greatest pleasure came through hearing Raphael's compositional touch with the whimsical 'One for the Byrd' and the introspectively conceived 'For Chet'. Fabulous as expected. Two thumbs up, Lenore!"… Intelligent listening, Elegance, and delight"...Dr. Mike Matheney, jazz host, http://www.radioio.com/

"Swing, you want swing?, Lenore Raphael's new CD "Class Act" - live at Steinway Hall with bassist Hilliard Greene providing thefoundation, and drummer Rudy Lawless tap-dancing on the skinsdemonstrate things ARE what they use to be, what they still are, andthen some". ..Peter Poses, jazz host KRFC Ft. Collins, CO.

Please contact Swingin' Fox Music, Inc for further information e mail swinginfox@swinginfox.com Tel. 1-866-796-4369

To HEAR SOME OF IT GO TO Artist Website http://www.lenoreraphael.com/ All CDs available on Artist website http://www.lenoreraphael.com/ (with your credit card through PayPal) or by check

CDs also at Swingin Fox website, http://www.swinginfox.com/, http://www.cdbaby.com/, http://www.amazon.com/ and Barnes and Noble, 66th & Broadway, NYC.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Patricia Barber - The Cole Porter Mix - Hot House Florida Loves This Music!

Patricia Barber - The Cole Porter Mix

Patricia Barber - The Cole Porter Mix

Artist: Patricia BarberTitle Of Album: The Cole Porter Mix
Year Of Release: September 16, 2008
Label: Blue Note Records
Genre: Jazz, Mainstream, Bop, Cool
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: 171 kbps / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 56:05 min
Total Size: 70.1 mb
WebSite: patriciabarber.com
Product Description--------------Sublimely intimate but hugely expressive investigation of the brilliant songs of Cole Porter by the wonderfully artful singer/pianist and composer Patrica Barber. She breathes fresh life into his music as well as contributing three typically intelligent originals. Like her label mate Wilson, Barber is a genuine one off and Cole Porter Mix is un-missable.

"One of the most accomplished female jazz singer-pianists on the planet. Chicago-based Barber has a voice that caresses and challenges and cajoles and taunts and teases every nuance of meaning from each ambiguous syllable". The Guardian

"Even a casual listener would soon be won over by her seductive voice, her forceful soloing and, not least, her immaculate quartet arrangements". The Times

"The most fearless, most intellectually stimulating and, by extension, most interesting singer-songwriterpianist on the American jazz scene." JazzTimes

For more than two decades, Barber, based in Chicago, has led her own band and released a series of highly acclaimed, strikingly singular albums, that have seen her recognised as one of the greatest songs tylists on the planet. For her latest album, singer/pianist Barber applies her austere but beautiful heartfelt expressiveness to breath new life into the music of one of the Great American Songbook composers. The Cole Porter Mix not only spotlights her artful interpretations of Porter's songs but also features three Porter-inspired originals. "Cole Porter has always been my songwriting idol," says Barber. "I love his music and I've been singing his songs for so many years." Barber's band includes guitarist Neal Alger, who has been performing with her the past six years, and bassist Michael Arnopol, who has worked with her since 1980. "We're like brother and sister," she says. "We learned jazz together and played all those gigs in Chicago together when I was coming up." Drum duties are shared by Eric Montzka and Nate Smith, while tenor saxophonist Chris Potter guests on five tracks. Barber plays piano throughout as well as contributes melodica colours to some tunes, including her gem, "The New Year's Eve Song," that closes the album.

TRACKLIST------------1 Easy To Love 3:362
Late Afternoon And You 5:143
I Get A Kick Out Of You 4:284
You're The Top 3:395
Just One Of Those Things 3:476
Show 4:457 C'est Magnifique 3:378
Get Out Of Town 4:229
I Concentrate On You 5:0210
In The Still Of The Night 5:2411
What Is This Thing Called Love 3:5912
Miss Otis Regrets 4:1113
The New Year's Eve Song 4:01

See full review at:
http://apenaslinks.blogspot.com/2008/11/patricia-barber-cole-porter-mix.html