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Freshening classic jazz
Trombonist Bill Allred knows how to honor the earliest jazz and the finest in big band swing without sounding dated in any way. He did so with his eight-piece Classic Jazz Band Monday, March 9 in the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert series in Port Charlotte FL. The Orlando-based octet is a high-energy outfit that knows ...
Last Interview: Joe Sample
Back in March, when I was interviewing artists for my Wall Street Journal “Anatomy of a Song" column on Rock the Boat, I called Joe Sample, who played keyboard and led the rhythm section on what is widely considered the fist pure disco single. Joe had just finished undergoing chemotherapy when I called, which had miraculously ...
Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity
by Nenad Georgievski
Charles Lloyd Arrows Into Infinity ECM Records 2014 Undoubtedly deserving the title modern day saxophone titan Charles Lloyd has made one of the most important contributions to the art better known as contemporary or modern jazz. Widely recognized as one of the most timeless and significant musicians in the ...
Beale Street Music Festival 2014
by C. Michael Bailey
Beale Street Music FestivalMemphis in May International Festival Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee May 2-4, 2014 For most of us, even those born and raised here and rooted to the soil like one of Faulkner's oaks, the South no longer exists. In fact, nearer to the truth, it has ...
Memphis
By Boz Scaggs
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2013
Track listing: Gone Baby Gone; So Good To Be Here; Mixed Up Shook Up Girl; Rainy Night in Georgia;
Love on a Two Way Street; Pearl of the Quarter; Cadillac Walk; Corinna, Corinna; Can I
Change My Mind; Dry Spell; You Got Me Cryin'; Sunny Gone.
Boz Scaggs: Memphis
by Doug Collette
Boz Scaggs made a household name for himself with the ultra-slick Silk Degrees (Columbia, 1975), but he had already established a solo career for himself in the wake of departing The Steve Miller Band in 1968. Memphis further reaffirms the selective approach the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter has brought to his career in recent years, at ...
Wattstax 40th Anniversary Event Monday August 20th
Conversations With: Wattstax 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion Monday, August 20, 2012, 6 - 8 p.m. Hear it from those who were there! $5 Stax Museum Members, $10 Non-Members Refreshments Served Monday, August 20, 2012 is the 40th Anniversary of Stax Records' historic Wattstax concert festival that was held ...
Party at Stax with Huey Lewis & the News on October 28
Join us to celebrate the release of Soulsville, the Stax Songbook recorded at legendary Ardent Studios, by Huey Lewis & the News! Thursday October 28 at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music: VIP Private Event 6:00pm-7:00pm: $100 per person (limited to first 50): Guest will have the opportunity to meet and have a ...
Special Kirk Whalum Event at Stax Museum March 16th!
Meet & Greet 8-Time Grammy Nominated Kirk Whalum, including a special DVD screening of The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III. Tuesday March 16 at the Stax Museum: 926 E. McLemore Avenue, Memphis, TN 38106; Telephone 901-946-2535; 5:30-7:30PM; Free admission and refreshments! First 50 purchasers of The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III receive a FREE ...
Stax Music Academy Summer Program Auditions Held March 13
Calling all highs school musicians and singers! Auditions for the upcoming Stax Music Academy Summer Music Experience will be held Saturday, March 13th from 1-5 p.m. Open to all rising 9th - 12th graders. This year's Summer Music Experience will take place June 1st through June 26th, Monday-Friday, from 9AM to 5PM. The Experience will include ...
