Results for "Brian Jones"

Marquis Hill at the Attucks Theatre

by Mark Robbins
April 4, 2020

Marquis Hill doesn't usually get a chance to play straight ahead jazz standards. The Chicago born, Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz competition winner combines all genres of music, jazz, hip-hop, soul, Chicago house, R&B -to Hill “It all comes from the same tree. They simply blossomed from different branches." His latest album, Love Tape, combines his ...

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Sharon Clark with the John Toomey Trio at the Historic Attucks Theater

by Mark Robbins
October 23, 2018

Washington, D.C. vocalist Sharon Clark wowed a sold out Attucks Theater audience with the voice and phrasing of Sarah Vaughan at her best. With John Toomey on piano, Jimmy Masters on base and Brian Jones on drums Ms. Clark covered the gamut from pop to jazz, from Miles Davis to the Beatles. The audience jumped to ...

Bruce Harris with the John Toomey Trio at Attucks Theater

by Mark Robbins
November 28, 2017

In 1990 Spike Lee's movie, Mo Better Blues, was released. A young Bruce Harris watched the film about the turmoil surrounding a jazz trumpeter and his quintet and in the next 129 minutes his love of the trumpet was born. From performing in the “Essential Ellington" jazz band competition while in high school to ...

Altamont: The Rolling Stones, The Hell's Angels and The Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day

by Doug Collette
September 24, 2016

Altamont: The Rolling Stones, The Hell's Angels and The Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day Joel Selvin 368 Pages ISBN: # 0062444255 Dey Street Books2016 The best books on rock and roll have invariably been comprised of layer upon layer of information interwoven with insight and Joel Selvin's ...

Jimmy Masters: When Trees Speak

by Edward Blanco
October 8, 2013

Bassist Jimmy Masters from Virginia Beach, VA has been playing the bass for the better part of thirty years and has countless recordings as a side man to his credit. Though he continues to be a fixture in the local jazz scene and a regular at the Havana Nights Dining & Jazz club in Virginia Beach, ...

Bill Wyman Releases Limited Edition "Scrapbook" in North America

September 22, 2013

For the first time ever, rock and roll legend and founding member of The Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman is offering American music fans a unique glimpse into his extraordinary life with his limited edition luxury Scrapbook, soon to be available in North America. Signed by the man himself and certified for authentication, there are only 1962 ...

Martin Archer: Making A Difference, Doing Things Differently

by Duncan Heining
July 10, 2013

Martin Archer is a one-man music industry. Saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, band-leader and label owner--Archer has made a virtue of doing things differently. From early beginnings in music forty years ago, he has built his label Discus into a catalog that is as fine in quality as it is eclectic in taste and content. Based in ...

Life

by Phillip Woolever
January 29, 2011

Life Keith Richards with James FoxHardback, 564 pages ISBN: 978 0 316 03438 8 Little, Brown2010 Life is a last laugh lullaby. In guitarist Keith Richards' well-received and heavily hyped reflection, the defiant rock icon, humble blues ambassador and momma's boy family anchor keeps ...

Fight The Big Bull: All Is Gladness In The Kingdom

by Martin Longley
June 10, 2010

Such an unwieldy band name and album title is almost perversely suitable for the ambitious music contained herein. Fight The Big Bull (FTBB) is, doubtless, dominant on the Richmond, Virginia alternative jazz scene, but possesses the powers to be equally noticeable on the much larger stage of, let's say, New York City. From this very place, ...