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L.V. Banks: Ruby
by Ed Kopp
Thanks to the mid-'90s blues revival, a handful of deserving Chicago blues musicians managed to land recording contracts after years of hard labor in the clubs. A prime example is South Side bluesman L.V. Banks, a fine guitarist and soulful singer who's been plugging away at the blues thang for 40-plus years.
Like so many of his peers, Banks cut his teeth in the Mississippi Delta before relocating to Chicago. Inspired by Little Milton, Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King, Banks ...
Continue ReadingTranscendence 2.0: Louiz Banks pays tribute to Jazz legend Oscar Peterson in Mumbai
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Pradeep Joseph
Louiz Banks is India's pre-eminent jazz pianist, composer, film and record producer. He is also a Grammy nominee and fondly called the “Godfather of Indian Jazz." Transcendence is an annual event where performers pay tribute to legends of Indian & Western jazz music. This year’s Transcendence 2.0, which took place on June 8th in Mumbai, saw two modern day Indian legends, Grammy nominee Louiz Banks (piano) and Dr. Mysore Manjunath (violin) paying tribute to their respective idols, jazz legend Oscar ...
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5-Time Global Music Award Winning Vocalist & Trumpeter Johnny Summers Releases Piano Sessions: Volume 2 With Legendary Canadian Pianist Tommy Banks
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Most musicians say they are lovers of great songs, but very few are able to show it in the way that Johnny Summers does! With the new album, Johnny Summers: Piano Sessions – Volume 2, 2015 winner of three Global Music Awards including Best Male Vocalist and Album, Johnny Summers shows why he has become Canada’s best kept musical secret in Jazz. Hailing from Calgary, Alberta in Canada; for the past 10 years Johnny has been the Artistic Director of ...
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Rare Recordings By Guitar Legend Peter Banks "The Mars Tapes" Now Available
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
London, UK – Much to the excitement of prog fans worldwide, rare recordings of guitar legend Peter Banks, best known for his work with YES and FLASH, is now available on GONZO Multimedia! Peter Banks Empire 'The Mars Tapes' (2-CD set) represents Empire lll in rehearsal at Mars Studios in Los Angeles in 1979. The band had set up camp at Mars Studios for six months rehearsing and showcasing their music, much of which has been unheard until this release. ...
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Ron Banks Founder of R&B group Dramatics
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Michael Ricci
Ron Banks, 58, whose silky falsetto helped give the Dramatics one of the most enduring careers in R&B, died Thursday at his home in Detroit after apparently suffering a heart attack, said Billy Wilson, president of the Motown Alumni Assn. Banks was one of the founding members of the Detroit vocal group, which formed in the mid-1960s and continued to play for avid audiences around the country. Banks' sweet voice and smooth choreography helped distinguish the Dramatics, particularly in Detroit's ...
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Amid West Banks Turmoil, the Pull of Strings
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Michael Ricci
RAMALLAH, West Bank The young man was handy with tools. A carpenters nephew, he liked to fix chairs, windows and door locks. At other times he would stand idly on the street corner.
Ramzi Aburedwan noticed him. Like the Pied Piper, Mr. Aburedwan, a French-trained violist raised in a Palestinian refugee camp, was trying to lead Palestinian children into the world of music: namely, a music center he was establishing in an old quarter of the town.
But he had ...
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Startup Banks on Making Money from Free Broadband
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All About Jazz
For the past three years, a startup called M2Z Networks has been figuring out a way to blanket the nation with a free wireless broadband network to ensure all Americans have access to basic high-speed Internet connections. Along the way, the company has found support in powerful corners of Silicon Valley and Washington. It has attracted funding from several of the Valley's top venture capital firms. And it has captured the interest of Kevin Martin, the chairman of Federal Communications ...
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Ellis Marsalis with Tommy Banks featuring P.J. Perry in Calgary
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All About Jazz
C-JAZZ PRESENTS THE RE-SCHEDULED PERFORMANCE OF ELLIS MARSALIS & THE TOMMY BANKS QUARTET FEATURING P.J. PERRY WITH MIKE LENT & SANDRO DOMINELLI
Calgary, AB - C-Jazz presents the re-scheduled engagement of the Ellis Marsalis Quartet, Friday, March 24 at 8pm at the EPCOR CENTRE's Jack Singer Concert Hall. Regarded by many as the premier jazz pianist in New Orleans, Ellis Marsalis and his quartet will bring a little Big Easy to Calgary. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster ...
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