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Preview: The Triangle North Carolina 2012-13 Jazz Season
By Larry Reni Thomas The busy, expanding, thoroughly-satisfying jazz scene in what is called the “Triangle” area of the Piedmont section of North Carolina just keeps getting better and better. Who needs the New York or the D.C. jazz scene when everybody seems to be coming this way? The area can boast of several venues that ...
Premiere: Audio Documentary: John Coltrane: A Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual On Sunday Night Jazz With Larry Reni Thomas On WCOM-FM
Listen to WCOM-FM,Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina for the premiere, the first airing of the audio documentary “John Coltrane: A Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual," September 23, 2012, during The John Coltrane Birthday Special, on Sunday Night Jazz with Larry Reni Thomas, from 9pm-12m. The recently completed profile includes music and commentary from The University of North ...
North Carolina Symphony Celebrates The Music Of Ray Charles, Sept. 28-29
RALEIGH, NC: The North Carolina Symphony honors an American original with its season-opening Pops Series concert, “The Music of Ray Charles,” at downtown Raleigh’s Meymandi Concert Hall, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28-29, 8:00 p.m. Charles’s protégé, friend and fellow Georgia native Ellis Hall joins the orchestra and Symphony Resident Conductor William Henry Curry for an evening ...
Poncho Sanchez And Stanley Clarke / George Duke At High Point Festival Park
The Friends of John Coltrane will present the 2nd Annual John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, September 1, 2012. The Premiere Jazz Event of the Triad will feature the reunion of two venerable jazz artists with Stanley Clarke, George Duke and the Clarke/Duke Project; a giant of Latin Jazz, Poncho Sanchez and Shemekia ...
John Coltrane vs. The Jazz Critics, 1961-1966, Photographic & Documentary Exhibit
Yalik's Modern Art presents a documentary exhibit recounting former High Point resident John Coltrane's uneasy relationship with jazz critics during the tumultuous Civil Rights period. The exhibit titled, John Coltrane vs. the Jazz Critics: 1961-1966, coincides with the 2012 John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival, Saturday, September 1st. Through an examination of photographs, letters, record ...
Tribute To Django Reinhardt At North Carolina Symphony's "Night In Paris," July 7
The North Carolina Symphony whisks its audience away to the City of Love in a Summerfest finale to remember. Conductor Mischa Santora, vocalists Robb Asklof and Kersten Rodau, guitarist Robert Bell and accordionist Patrick Harison all join the orchestra for a colorful concert event, “A Night in Paris.” The final performance in the 2012 Rex Healthcare ...
Pianist/Vocalist Marc Hoffman To Perform At Ethos
June 5, 2012: Jazz pianist/composer/vocalist Marc Hoffman will perform this Friday, June 8th with his duo and Saturday, June 9th as a soloist at Ethos Southern Bistro & Martini Bar in downtown Salisbury. Marc will be joined on upright bass by Victor Sams. Hoffman and his duo, trio, and quartet are well known in the Charlotte ...
Asheville Percussion Festival To Take Place June 8th-10th, 2012 At The Creative Technology And Art Center – Odyssey School In Asheville, Nc
Asheville, NC: The first annual Asheville Percussion Festival will take place June 8th-10th, 2012 at the Creative Technology and Arts Center – Odyssey School in Asheville, NC. The theme is ‘Tradition to Innovation’. The festival will be hosted by Asheville’s ambassador to rhythm River Guerguerian. There will be workshops with Master teachers such as Jamey Haddad ...
Marc Hoffman at Pewter Rose Bistr in Charlotte, NC on May 6
Charlotte, NC: Jazz pianist/composer/vocalist Marc Hoffman will perform this Sunday, May 6th at Pewter Rose Bistro as part of the Sai Musiq Jazz Series. Joining Marc will be special guest bassist, Terry Peoples. Pewter Rose Bistro is located at 8620 South Boulevard in Charlotte, NC. “I am excited to be returning to Pewter Rose, especially as ...
Ben Folds On Stage with North Carolina Symphony, March 22-23
Next week, alt favorite Ben Folds rocks out in Raleigh in a two-night return to the North Carolina Symphony. The North Carolina native and pop music guru on the hit reality television show The Sing-Off joins the Symphony and Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks for two different concert programs on Thursday and Friday, March 22-23. Folds, along ...
