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John Blair: Rumble at Waikiki. The John Blair Anthology
by Jakob Baekgaard
There's something fundamentally life-affirming about surf music. Maybe it has something to do with the images the music conjures: swaying palms, hot sunshine, warm sand and blue waves. It's not a coincidence that the recordings sometimes include sounds of weather: piping wind and splashing waves. Surf music is mood music, occasionally used in films, but it also has the attraction and zest of rock 'n' roll. There's an immediate energy and enthusiasm present in the music. Much of this has ...
read moreImprovisational violin virtuoso master John Ellington Blair performs free concert in Harlem
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All About Jazz
Contact: Michael Mazur Mazur Public Relations, Inc. [email protected] Tel: (609) 890-4550 Cel: (609) 462-9905 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2005 IMPROVISATIONAL VIOLIN MASTER JOHN ELLINGTON BLAIR PERFORMS FREE CONCERT IN HARLEM NEW YORK – Improvisational violin virtuoso and Vietnam veteran John Ellington Blair is giving back to the hospital that once helped him by playing a free concert this Saturday, April 2 at the C.S. 154 Auditorium in Harlem. Blair, who was wounded in Vietnam, had hip replacement surgery last ...
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Two New CDs By Electric blues/Jazz Violinist John Ellington Blair
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All About Jazz
Electric blues/jazz violinist John Ellington Blair releases two new CD's on Park Avenue Records Intl.... www.vitarmaster.com....www.theorchard.com and all worldwide affiliates: artistdirect.com, amazon.com, etc. First release: The Master Creed produced by Blair and assisted by Roy Ayers, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, George Benson.....second release: Resurrection From the Grave featuring Blair with Marvin Gaye at Radio City Music Hall New York 1978 with other surprise special guests....www.cdbaby.com/jeblair. Appearing weekly at the Lincoln Center Off Broadway Boutique Fri. and Sat. 4 to 8 ...
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