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R.J. Temple
I composed the title track for my CD Next Stop Jazzonia In 1996. That track is called Jazzonia. At the time my management team thought that I was crazy to have a ballad as a title track. It is about 9 minutes long but if you are a creative artist you have to go with your heart. I am also sorry to report that the stunning piano playing on this album will never be heard anywhere else. My good friend and mentor Mr. Fred Raekstraw who was Von Freemans' steady pianist turned Ill. He could not make the CD release party Because he was laid up in the hospitol. He passed two weeks after the first recording of this CD was released. After his passing I felt naked and nervous for the first time. I went through a bitter divorce and left music for about 4 years. Slowly the passion has come back and I'm going to produce/play/arrange/compose the best music that I can. I have played/toured with Charles Earland, Jodie Christine, Fred Anderson, Ari Brown and many more Chicago artist.I am also a member of the AACM.
Whenever people ask me about the CD I always say listen to the piano because you will never hear playing like that again. I'm back on the scene here in Chicago. Hopefully i can get my music out to the World this time. RIP FRED love ya man.
My new website should be up and running by mid November.
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R. J. Temple: Next Stop: Jazzonia
by Eric Saidel
R. J. Temple is a young Jazz musician, coming to Jazz guitar by way of first punk rock and then R&B. But you wouldn't know that he has such a varied background from listening to his cd. He sounds like he's been listening to Jazz guitarists since before he was born (he sounds like Jazz guitarists who were playing before he was born). Despite his youth, Temple makes very few of the mistakes common to novices: he trusts his writing, ...
Continue ReadingTemple University’s Boyer College Of Music And Dance Presents A One-Night Only Classical-Jazz Concert April 16 At Jazz At Lincoln Center With Orchestral Premieres By Billy Childs And Bill Cunliffe
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AMT Public Relations
Featuring Performances by 100+ Student and Faculty Artists including Temple University’s Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, and Faculty Jazz Sextet: Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone, and Justin Faulkner. In Celebration of TU’s Faculty Jazz Sextet’s Album Release Fly With the Wind The award-winning Temple University Jazz Band (TUJB) today announced its return to Jazz at Lincoln Center in a one-night only concert April 16th at 8:00 p.m. Hailed as one of today’s leading jazz student ensembles, ...
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A Family Feeling: Temple University Jazz Faculty Record New Music By Bruce Barth
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All About Jazz
In June, six members of Temple University’s noted jazz faculty gathered in Bunker Hill Studio in Brooklyn to record eight tracks of new music composed by Bruce Barth. Terell Stafford, director of Jazz Studies at Temple, lead the charge and the result, Family Feeling, is a reflection on the warm camaraderie between Terell Stafford (trumpet); Dick Oatts (also/soprano saxophone); Bruce Barth (piano); Tim Warfield, Jr., (tenor/soprano saxophone); David Wong (bass); and, Byron Landham (drums) that has been forged over many ...
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John Coltrane - Offering: Live At Temple University, A Long-Awaited Recording Of An Historic 1966 Performance
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Fully Altered Media
Features Coltrane In Rare Form, Exhorting Through The Saxophone & Vocal Chants Trane with Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Rashied Ali, Sonny Johnson & Percussion In High-Fidelity Audio Taken From Recently Discovered Tapes To Be Released September 23, 2014, Coltrane’s 88th Birthday via Impulse!/Resonance Records Resonance Records and UME are proud to present Offering: Live At Temple University, documenting a legendary concert by John Coltrane at Temple University in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 11, 1966, six weeks ...
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Kirk Whalum Performing "Gospel According to Jazz Christmas" on Saturday, December 1 at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Saxophonist Kirk Whalum (pictured) will perform a “Gospel According to Jazz Christmas" concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 1 at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 5515 Doctor Martin Luther King Dr. Whalum, a popular smooth jazz and R&B performer and the nephew of St. Louis pianist, saxophonist and singer Hugh “Peanuts" Whalum, first launched the “Gospel According to Jazz" concept in 2002 with an album of the same name. His 2010 release The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III included ...
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Ben Sidran to Perform Sunday, September 12 at Kol Am Temple
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Keyboard player, singer, composer, author and broadcaster Ben Sidran (pictured) is coming to St. Louis for a performance at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, September 12 at Kol Am Temple, 1023 Chesterfield Parkway. KWMU's Dennis Owsley will serve as host as Sidran performs and shares “his insights on Jews, Music, and the American Dream." Sidran first gained fame working with the Steve Miller Band, and has gone on to perform and record with musicians and signers including Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, ...
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Eric Alexander Release New CD "Temple of Olympic Zeus" (HighNote)
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All About Jazz
Tenor saxman Eric Alexander has more than lived up to his Young Lion hype. Last year he released his amazing 18th recording as leader for HighNote, It's All in the Game (HCD 7148). It only reinforces what has been clear from his work of the past decade Alexander is one of the leading talents of modern tenor saxophone. Eric describes his musical mission as “assembling good musicians that I'm comfortable playing with, getting quality material--a combination of originals and standards ...
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"Albert Ammons Centennial Concert" Sept. 22, 2007 at Chicago Temple
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Georgia Gould-Lyle
The “Albert Ammons Centennial Concert" will celebrate the 100th birthday anniversary of the late legendary jazz and boogie-woogie pianist on Saturday, September 22, 2007, 4:00 PM, in the historic First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602, www.chicagotemple.org/ 312-236-4548, with the support of Cleveland Steel Container Corporation. The downtown location is directly across the street from Daley Plaza and the Picasso sculpture. Tickets are $25.00 at the door, in advance at PayPal or ...
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Mellon Jazz Scholarship Available at Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance
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All About Jazz
Welcome Home McCoy Tyner Festival May 19-20, 2006 at Temple University
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All About Jazz
LIVING JAZZ LEGEND McCOY TYNER COMES HOME TO PHILLY AT THE WELCOME HOME McCOY TYNER FESTIVAL AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MAY 19-20, 2006 Philadelphia, PA. - April 17, 2006 - MUSICOPIA (formerly Strings for Schools), in collaboration with LIFELINE MUSIC COALITION, INC. brings the WELCOME HOME McCOY TYNER FESTIVAL to Temple University on May 19th & 20th, 2006. On Friday, May 19th at 8 pm, living jazz legend and Philly native McCoy Tyner will perform at Temple University's Tomlinson Theatre, 1301 ...
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Mychelle Colleary Enters the November Nebula with Shirley Temple's Evil Twin
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All About Jazz
For Immediate Release MYCHELLE COLLEARY invites you to ENTER the NOVEMBER NEBULA with SHIRLEY TEMPLE's EVIL TWIN Jazz Singer Mychelle Colleary, 2004 MAC Award nominee for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist, returns this pre-holiday season for her 3rd annual Enter The November Nebula With Shirley Temple's Evil Twin, a guaranteed pick me up for dreary November evenings. Think of it as holiday homeopathy; just enough autumnal malaise coupled with giddy anticipation to get you in the mood for a fantastic holiday season! ...
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Primary Instrument
Guitar, electric
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
I've been teaching on and off for about 15 years. I prefer students at least 8 and up because of the finger strenght and coordination involved with learning how to play the guitar. I still teach privately.I used to teach at The Music House In Chicago until I went back to school to study Jazz composition and english. I charge $35 an hour and $20 a half hour. I have a car and will travel to students homes within reason.
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R.J. Temple
Instrument: Guitar, electric
Born: April 23, 1975
