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George Jones

A self-taught percussionist, George Jones has been a mainstay on the Pittsburgh music scene for more than 30 years and recognized as the finest conga player in the area. George's mother was a bass player with the famous “International Sweethearts of Rhythm”, traveling across the country until settling in Pittsburgh in the fifties She was the inspiration and motivation for George's interest and love of jazz, exposing him to “Jazz at the Philharmonic” at an early age. During a stint in the military in the sixties, George played on pots and pans - anything he could get his hands on - and developed his interest in African drums and rhythm

Your Move

By Reid Hoyson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: When Lights Are Low; Stablemates; Speak Low; Three Views of a Secret; Out of Nowhere; Estate; Domingo; Nobody Else But Me; The Eternal Triangle; I Thought About You.

Staci Griesbach: My George Jones Songbook

by William H. Snyder
October 11, 2021

Some might question why write an All About Jazz review of an album featuring songs made popular by George Jones? Duke Ellington had the answer when he said, “There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of ...

Vocalist Staci Griesbach Gives Jazz Treatment To George Jones Catalog With 'My George Jones Songbook' Out September 10th

August 28, 2021

Celebrate the Music of George Jones as Vocalist Staci Griesbach Honors the Late Country Music Icon’s 90th Birthday with Jazz Tribute Album My George Jones Songbook Singles “He Stopped Loving Her Today” & “The Grand Tour” Available August 27th with 14-Track Album Out Everywhere September 10, 2021 Celebrate the 90th birthday of country music icon George ...

Natural Gifts

Label: Reid Hoyson Productions
Released: 2020
Track listing: Bottom Without a Top, Dinner at the Borgia's, Indigo, Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me, The Chalice, Natural Gifts, Tokens, Romance of Death, Not What Walt Would Have Wanted, You don't Know What Love Is, Ruby, My Dear.

Steve Dawson: Finding the Secret of a Song

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 10, 2020

It might be that singer/songwriter Steve Dawson was born in California and raised in Idaho, but he has become a son of the city he calls home: jny: Chicago. He is teaching at the acclaimed Old Town School of Folk Music and while preparing others for a life in music, he has also followed his own ...

Living for a Song: Country Singers and Songwriters on BGO

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 14, 2019

In “Living for a Song," Hank Cochran, one of the most prominent and prolific songsmiths in country music, writes: “I have slept on life's highway / Muddy tears staining my face / A rhyme or two was a big payday / Living for a song." These lines get to the very essence of country music. Country ...

Perchance To Dream

By Gloria Reuben

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: Change Partners; Poor Girl; Close Enough For Love; Pure Imagination; When I Close My Eyes; How Am I To Know; Save Your Love For Me; You Better Love Me; Sharing The Night With The Blues; Here's To Life.

Hank Williams, Jaco Pastorius, Harry Dean Stanton Headline Record Store Day Titles from Omnivore Recordings

March 2, 2014

If only every day could be like Record Store Day. On a mid-April Saturday, the hearty breed of surviving disc emporiums teem with music fans and crate diggers — all hoping to get their hands on the many limited-edition vinyl records issued by the labels. Omnivore Recordings will contribute four titles to the Record Store Day ...

Coco Montoya and JJ Grey & Mofro Headline Waukesha BluesFest August 10 & 11

April 10, 2012

The Waukesha Rotary Club has announced the headliners for the 2012 Waukesha BluesFest. Friday, August 10th will feature California blues guitarist Coco Montoya, and on Saturday, August 11th, JJ Grey & Mofro will bring their soul infused blues rock to the Waukesha BluesFest stage. Born into a family with generations-old roots in rural Florida, JJ Grey ...