Attention to all our European fans and listeners! Our music director, Joe Kocherhans, will be across the pond during the month of May and may be near you. If you’re interested in a meet n’ greet sort of thing, he’ll be in these towns during the following dates:
May 9 - 13: Dubrovnik, Croatia May 14-16: Split, Croatia May 17-19: Bruges, Belgium May 20-22: Brussels, Belgium May 23-25: Amsterdam, The Netherlands May 26-27: Sligo, Ireland May 28: Donegal, Ireland May 29-30: Dunfanaghy, Ireland May 31: Belfast, Northern Ireland June 1: Dublin, Ireland
Shoot him an email at joek at jazz88 dot org if you’re interested in meeting up with him!
Next week, April 3rd on Barry Farrar's Percussive Profiles at 10pm PT, legendary drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie will be live in the studio for an exclusive interview. You do not want to miss this!
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We here at San Diego's Jazz 88.3 FM have compiled some of the Grammy winners that we've shown lots of air love for. In case you missed them, here are the winners that pertain to us.
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: “Forever” – Corea, Clarke & White [Concord Records]
Ron Dhanifu ~ “It’s hard to beat him because he’s such an instrumentalist.”
Best Jazz Vocal Album: “The Mosaic Project” – Terri Lyne Carrington & V.A. [Concord Jazz]
Vince Outlaw ~ “I liked the variety.”
Best Blues Album: “Revelator” – Tedeschi Trucks Band [Masterworks]
Best Folk Album: “Barton Hollow” – The Civil Wars [Sensibility Music LLC]
Best World Music Album: “Tassili” – Tinariwen [Anti Records]
Joshua White performs on the Seville Theatre stage at San Diego City College for Jazz Live San Diego, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8PM broadcast LIVE at 88.3 FM KSDS San Diego and webcast at http://Jazz88.org.
To understand a little of the importance of tonight, Louis Hayes at age 18 replaced Art Blakey in Horace Silver's quintet when Hard Bop and Funk Bop and Soul Jazz were making a audience-centric directional turn from the BeBop era (with more experimental, exploratory, artist-centric, turns being made by Trace, Cecil, Ornette, and others). Louis was right there at this nexus. He played with Cannonball Adderly's Quintet on what has been called the first "soul-jazz" album, "The Cannonball Adderly Quintet Live in San Francisco" (which ushered in it's own era of music and live, audience-included, recording). Here are a few links that helped me:
Pianist Henry Butler will be our guest for a unique solo piano show for our next Jazz Live San Diego, Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
Henry's Bio on his website.: An eight-time W.C. Handy “Best Blues Instrumentalist - Piano” award nominee, Henry Butler knows no limitations. Although blinded by glaucoma since birth, Butler is also a world class photographer with his work displayed at exhibitions throughout the United States. Playing piano since the age of six, Butler is a master of musical diversity. Combining the percussive jazz piano playing of McCoy Tyner and the New Orleans style playing of Professor Longhair through his classically trained wizardry, Butler continues to craft a sound uniquely his own. A rich amalgam of jazz, Caribbean, classical, pop, blues and R&B influences, his music is as excitingly eclectic as that of his New Orleans birthplace.
Preview Tune: Orleans Inspiration from Orleans Inspiration (1990)
Mastering baritone horn, valve trombone and drums, in addition to the piano, at the Louisiana State School for the Blind in Baton Rouge, as a youngster, Butler began formal vocal training in the eleventh grade. He went on to sing German lieder, French and Italian art songs and operatic arias at Southern and Michigan State Universities, earning a Masters degree in vocal music. He has taught music workshops throughout the country and initiated a number of different educational projects, including a residential jazz camp at Missouri State School for the Blind and a program for blind and visually impaired students at the University of New Orleans.
Mentored by influential jazz clarinetist and Michigan State University teacher Alvin Batiste, Butler was encouraged to explore Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and other Caribbean music. With Batiste’s help, he successfully applied for National Endowment for the Arts grants to study with keyboard players George Duke, then with Cannonball Adderley’s Quintet, and the late Sir Roland Hanna. He studied with Harold Mabern, pianist for the late Lee Morgan, for a summer and spent a long afternoon studying with Professor Longhair.
Preview Tune: Goin' Down Slow from Orleans Inspiration (1990)
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