Results for "Hilton Head Island"

Michael Barbara

Since relocating to Sea Pines in 2012 following a 40 year career as an environmental engineering consultant, Mike has been involved with many musical projects, including the development of several jazz orchestras in the area, and co-founding the Mike Barbara Trio. He has performed in many local venues on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton, Savannah, and Beaufort. Most recently he has been named Head of Marking for the Odyssey Music Group, Inc., as well as performing with the Odyssey Express Quartet. Mike has also worked with many top musicians in the New York/New Jersey area at a wide variety of private and corporate events, and as the principal bassist for the Rockland County (NY) Jazz Orchestra, "Reflections".

Clarence Williams

Born: October 8, 1893

Harry Allen With Rossano Sportiello At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
January 15, 2020

Harry Allen with Rossano Sportiello The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SCJanuary 10-11, 2019 At a certain point in a musician's career the shorthand of describing them as influenced by, or sounding like, this or that great player from the past becomes redundant--Harry Allen sounds like Harry Allen. His ...

Chuck Redd With the Kevin Bales Trio At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
January 7, 2020

Chuck Redd with the Kevin Bales Trio The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SC January 3-4, 2020 Masterful musicians make excellence look easy. It's not always immediately obvious, the quality becomes evident through its sustained presence, like a spreading smile. The band opened with “Tricotism" written by early bebop ...

Champian Fulton at The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
December 23, 2019

Champian Fulton The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island December 20-21, 2019 By the time Christmas comes around, those old seasonal songs are worn out. They are exhausted by overexposure in elevators, shopping malls, and streamed everywhere for a whole month of every year.  In complete contrast, a breath of sharp, ...

Larry Fuller Trio At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
November 26, 2019

The Larry Fuller Trio The Jazz Corner Overjoyed Hilton Head Island, SC November 22-23, 2019 On a Saturday afternoon between performances, Larry Fuller took a moment to talk about his music while enjoying a coffee break at the Sonesta Oceanfront hotel, on Hilton Head Island. In the morning, he had ...

Wycliffe Gordon & Vincent Gardner At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
November 12, 2019

Wycliffe Gordon & Vincent Gardner The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SC November 8-9, 2019 Wycliffe “Pinecone" Gordon is an Armstrong-styled horn player and has won a Louie award to prove it. He displayed that same laid-back behind the beat timing as Louis Armstrong, which belied the clarity of phrasing ...

Jane Monheit & Clint Holmes At Jazz For All Ages

by Martin McFie
November 5, 2019

Jane Monheit & Clint Holmes with the Christian Tamburr Quartet Sonesta Oceanfront Resort Jazz for all ages Hilton Head Island, SC October 30-31, 2019 In this centennial Nat “King" Cole year, The Junior Jazz Foundation invited Christian Tamburr to arrange and direct the first night of music. In addition to ...

Charlton Singleton At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
October 29, 2019

The Charlton Singleton Quartet The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SC October 27th, 2019 It was Sunday. Charlton Singleton played the organ for the morning congregation at his church in Charleston, South Carolina. Then he drove with his quartet a hundred miles south through the Carolina Lowcountry to ...

Joe Doubleday Quartet At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
October 28, 2019

Joe Doubleday Quartet The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SC October 24-25, 2019 The Joe Doubleday quartet centered around the mellow sounds of the house Musser vibraphone. Its precisely tuned bars of varying lengths are each suspended over equally tuned resonator tubes. A spinning rod runs across the ...