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Buddy Montgomery Jazz Legacy Project Benefit & Concert

Read "Buddy Montgomery Jazz Legacy Project Benefit & Concert" reviewed by Walter Atkins


Buddy Montgomery Jazz Legacy Project Benefit & Concert Hillside Club Berkeley California September 10, 2016 The sold out first annual Buddy Montgomery Jazz Legacy Project Awards Benefit and Concert (BMJLP) was an exquisite evening that fulfilled the long held vision of Charles “Buddy" Montgomery. It recognized well deserving Bay ...

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Rita Draper Frazão: A Fine Artist's Representations Of Creative Processes In Music (Part 2)

Read "Rita Draper Frazão: A Fine Artist's Representations Of Creative Processes In Music (Part 2)" reviewed by Henning Bolte


Part 1 | Part 2 This portrait of Portuguese fine artist Rita Draper Frazão is related to the recent Carte Blanche of percussionist Hamid Drake's at Amsterdam Bimhuis (read my February 2016 review). As a collaborative follow-up this article is published together with a series of portraits Rita Draper Frazão created of musician and ...

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Rita Draper Frazão: A Fine Artist's Representations Of Creative Processes In Music (Part 1)

Read "Rita Draper Frazão: A Fine Artist's Representations Of Creative Processes In Music (Part 1)" reviewed by Henning Bolte


Part 1 | Part 2This portrait of Portuguese fine artist Rita Draper Frazão is related to the recent Carte Blanche of percussionist Hamid Drake's that took place at the Amsterdam Bimhuis (read my February 2016 review). As a collaborative follow-up this article is published together with a series of portraits Rita Draper Frazão created ...

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Dr. Basil Peter Toutorsky, Classical Composer & Pianist

Read "Dr. Basil Peter Toutorsky, Classical Composer & Pianist" reviewed by John Wesley Reed Jr.


The Toutorsky Mansion is a five-story, 18-room house located at 1720 16th Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. As of 2012, it is the location of the embassy of the Republic of the Congo. The 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) mansion was completed in 1894 for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Henry Billings ...

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Curtis Mayfield: After the Rain

Read "Curtis Mayfield: After the Rain" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


Throughout the passageways of my youth, perhaps no other voice was as critically important. When I questioned my own existence in a predominantly white school and community, it was his voice and music that carried me through. During my saddest and most vulnerable moments, he filled me with hope and the strength to face another day. ...

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Neil Young and the 2010 Bridge School Benefit

Read "Neil Young and the 2010 Bridge School Benefit" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


The Bridge School Benefit has become one of America's most anticipated annual musical events. Promoted by Pegi and Neil Young, to assist children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs, this year's two day benefit promised to be one of the most remarkable of its 24 year history. With the first reunion of Buffalo Springfield ...

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John Gilbreath: Within Earshot

Read "John Gilbreath: Within Earshot" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


Over the past 90 years, a music scene has been developing in the northwest corner of the US that has provided a fertile imprint on jazz. It may not be as critically important within a historical context as that of New York and New Orleans, but Seattle has a landscape that has been developed and nurtured ...

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The Spiritual Beauty of Marilyn Crispell

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There have been a number of pianists within the classical and jazz genres whose work have remained majestic and timeless, but never has there been a pianist quite like Marilyn Crispell. Never has a pianist been able to reach such extraordinary depths of spirituality and complexity. Nevertheless, levels of creativity rarely equate to levels of popularity ...

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Fred Anderson: In Loving Memory....

Read "Fred Anderson: In Loving Memory...." reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


I had the opportunity to interview with Fred Anderson on several occasions. In each instance I walked away with the feeling that I was a better person for the time I spent with him. It was his wisdom, his generosity of spirit, his knowingness that our time here on this planet was short at best, and ...

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Greg Osby: A Candid Conversation

Read "Greg Osby: A Candid Conversation" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


I have found that with forward-thinking artists, their music can be a direct reflection of who they are. That's largely my interest in these very creative individuals--in how they think and how they view the world through their own eyes. Greg Osby is fearless in expressing his convictions, and I think you'll find that his compositions ...


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