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Freddy Cole to Perform at the OC Pavilion on August 29

July 27, 2008

The OC Pavilion is pleased to welcome jazz great Freddy Cole on August 29 at 8 PM. Lionel Frederick Cole was born on October 15, 1931, the youngest of Edward and Paulina Nancy Cole's five children. His three elder brothers, Eddie, Ike and Nat (twelve years Freddy's senior) were all musicians. “I started playing piano at ...

Hiram Bullock Late Night with David Letterman Guitarist Dies

July 26, 2008

Hiram Bullock, onetime barefoot guitarist for Paul Shaffer's World's Most Dangerous Band, dead at the age of 52. Bullock had been fighting a tumor in his throat since January. Bullock played guitar behind Shaffer from the debut of Late Night With David Letterman in 1982 until 1984; rumor had it that he suffered from an attendance ...

First Sundays, First Edition Released at Ryles Jazz Club

July 26, 2008

There's a little something extra when you go to Ryles Jazz Club's Sunday brunch August 3rd. There'll be the usual fabulous food and friendly service. There will also be available for sale for the first time, live anywhere the new CD release of the band, Patricia Adams [vocals], Ray Santisi [music director and piano], Greg Loughman ...

The Taliban Now Has Ringtones

July 26, 2008

KABUL (Reuters) - The once media-shy Taliban have gone hi-tech with DVDs, mobile phone messages, ring-tones, emails and a website to publicize their exploits and lambast their Afghan and Western enemies, a think-tank said on Thursday. The Taliban hanged televisions and music tapes from trees in an effort to stamp out corrupting Western influences during their ...

Camp Bisco 7 | 07.17 - 07.19 | Mariaville, NY

July 26, 2008

Camp Bisco VII :: 07.17.08 - 07.19.08 :: Indian Lookout Country Club :: Mariaville, NY The Disco Biscuits & Snoop Dogg :: Camp Bisco 7 Seven has always been considered a lucky number. From Vegas to Yankee Stadium, that simple, sideways slanted numeral has always held larger than life connotations, ...

Mofro: Blackwater Sol Review

July 26, 2008

FLORIDA FAVORITES JJ GREY & MOFRO HOST SECOND ANNUAL BLACKWATER SOL REVUE AT THE SAINT AUGUSTINE AMPHITHEATRE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 FEATURING TOOTS & THE MAYTALS, HILL COUNTRY REVUE, THE LEE BOYS AND NERVOUS TURKEY JJ GREY & MOFRO's NEW ALBUM, ORANGE BLOSSOMS, TO HIT STREETS ON AUGUST 26 JJ ...

The Little Giant Steps On: Johnny Griffin, 1928-2008

July 26, 2008

News came this Friday morning via several sources that tenor saxophonist and hardbop great Johnny Griffin has passed away from a heart attack at the age of 80. Ben Ratliff has an obituary online for the New York Times, and Doug Ramsey has posted a tribute that includes a link to a retrospective he wrote earlier ...

Compatible Quotes: Composing

July 26, 2008

You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today--Aaron Copland Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy ...

Johnny Griffin RIP

July 26, 2008

Johnny Griffin, a tenor saxophonist whose technical command set standards for his instrument and who refused to compromise his art, died today at his home in the village of Mauprevoir in France. From Ben Ratliff's obituary of Griffin in today's New York Times: His height -- around five feet five -- earned him the ...

Guitarist Joe Beck Dead at 62

July 26, 2008