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27 Recordings Named To 2015 Grammy Hall Of Fame
The 2015 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees range from gospel music to ABBA, Hank Williams, the Sex Pistols and many in between. This year's 27 inductees brings the grand total of Hall of Fame titles to 987. A special member committee who nominate inductees from a group of recordings from at least 25 years ago with particular qualitative or historical ...
Etienne Charles: Creole Soul
by Nigel Campbell
With his simple declaration, sound is my art...I just try to create," Trinidadian jazz trumpeter Etienne Charles puts into context his role of creator and producer in relation to his latest recording. This new album, previewed earlier this year in Tobago at Jazz on the Beach at Mt Irvine, reveals an evolution of his art that ...
Etienne Charles: Trumpet's First Chantwell
by DanMichael Reyes
Trinidadian-born trumpeter Etienne Charles has made it a point to share the culture of his native homeland with the world through music, whether it is writing songs on cuatro or steel pan, incorporating Kweyol chants on the opening track to his latest album Creole Soul (Culture Shock, 2013), or playing with an undeniable Caribbean bounce that ...
Harry Belafonte at 4th edition Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival
Fundashon Bon Intenshon is very honored and proud to announce the presence of singer/actor Harry Belafonte at the fourth edition of Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival that will be held on August 30 and 31, 2013. Belafonte will deliver a speech entitled: “The Confirmation of Commitment for Peace, Sustainability and Brotherhood for All through Music”. American ...
Lorraine Klaasen: A Tribute To Miriam Makeba
by Dan Bilawsky
The late Miriam Makeba is a musical hero in her native South Africa, but her importance in the grand scheme of South African history goes well beyond her vibrant vocals. Makeba became a cultural icon and symbol for freedom, fighting the good fight against apartheid for--and with--her countrymen. She was exiled from her homeland because of ...
Tribute To Bass Legend Milt Hinton This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents a legacy broadcast featuring the iconic bassist Milt Hinton in a 1991 performance with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, live at The Landing in San Antoniio. Milt was 81. Milt Hinton used to say, “A person has to have lived to play great jazz…Unless you’ve lived, what could you say on ...
Monty Alexander: New York, February 20-March 4, 2012
by Bob Kenselaar
Monty Alexander: 50 Years in Music & 50 Years of Jamaica The Blue Note New York, NY February 20-March 4, 2012Monty Alexander set out an ambitious agenda in trying to showcase all the many facets of his 50-year career in music during this two-week stint at the Blue Note. ...
Singer and Activist Harry Belafonte at JFK Library on November 21
Harry Belafonte is appearing at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston on Monday, November 21, 2011 to discuss his new book, My Song: A Memoir. Local television reporter and host Liz Walker is moderator. The event runs from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. and is free to the public, but reservations are required. You can also ...
Hugh Masekela’s Trumpet Grooves on North American October Tour
The Musical Umbilical Cord that Connects America and Africa: Hugh Masekela's Trumpet Grooves on North American October Tour Before jazz had a name and world music" was a concept, a young trumpet player emerged from another hemisphere and landed alongside some of the greatest icons in American music. Louis Armstrong sent him a trumpet. Harry Belafonte ...
Roy Gaines & His Orchestra: "Tuxedo Blues" Streets November 1
Jazz, blues, R&B and soullegendary guitarist/vocalist/composer Roy Gaines, who has made a name for himself as a versatile master craftsmen playing music beyond category in a career spanning over seven decades, brings his vast wealth of experience all together on Tuxedo Blues. Fronting a full size jazz orchestra, the likes of which is seldom heard these ...