Category: Jazz

Exquisite music, comedy at Dimario and friends

From left: Security consultant and actor, Robert Finzi Smith points out something of interest to saxophonist, Dean Frazer and Dimario McDowell, event organiser, at the recent ‘Thursday Night Live’ series at 2A Strathairn Avenue, Kingston. A night of exquisite live music and comedy marked last Thursday’s rendition of the Dimario and Friends-produced Thursday Night Live! series, at 2wo A Seafood, 2A Strathairn Avenue .

Symphony announces lineup for Bayside Summer Nights 2017

Leslie Odom Jr., of “Hamilton” fame, will perform with the San Diego Symphony on July 7 and 8. The San Diego Symphony’s Bayside Summer Nights 2017 concert series promises such established stars as Tony Bennett and New Orleans legend Dr. John, as well as up-and-coming artists like Leslie Odom Jr., fresh from the Broadway smash musical “Hamilton.” Megan Swan, the symphony’s associate director of artistic planning, also predicts Harry Potter sightings and whiffs of Aqua Net hair spray.

Review: ‘Krazy’ by Michael Tisserand

In 1890, when George Herriman was 10 years old, his family moved from New Orleans to California, and George became white. He was the grandson of a white man and a Creole woman, and the Herrimans had long been active in New Orleans’ black community.

Dr. Phillips Center focuses on all that jazz

A student jazz ensemble from Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee performs Monday at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The downtown Orlando arts center announced several new jazz-based entertainment and educational programs.

David de Alba: The man who would be Judy Garland

The legacy of actress and singer Judy Garland, who enjoyed a 40-year career of international stardom, is being maintained by Las Vegas singer-impressionist David de Alba.Not only does he look like and sound like the superstar who died at age 47, but David also owns one of the most vast, rare and unique Judy Garland and “The Wizard of Oz” memorabilia collections at his Las Vegas home that has been appraised at thousands of dollars.Judy starred in more than 24 movies, won Golden Globes, was Emmy-nominated for TV series and recorded 22 albums. David is no typical lip-syncing drag queen.On March 12, he will sing many of her songs and narrate funny anecdotes that Judy told in her 1960s TV appearances, plus anecdotes when they met.

Kristen Stewart poses for breast cancer benefit at Knott’s

The doctor is in! Kristen Stewart poses with Peanuts character Lucy for breast cancer benefit at Knott’s Berry Farm The #ScreamAgainstBreastCancer benefit at the Los Angeles theme park Knott’s Berry Farm got a celebrity drop-in when it was held Saturday night. Kristen Stewart cut a casual chic look as she posed with a staff member dressed as Charles Schulz’ Peanuts character Lucy Van Pelt.

Singer Nina Simone’s birthplace in Tryon for sale for $95K

The small wooden cottage that was the birthplace of singer, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone is for sale in Tryon. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the current owner of the 664-square-foot home has done work to shore up the foundation and restore the interior of the cottage in hopes of it being used as a museum.

Singer Nina Simone’s birthplace in Tryon for sale for $95K

The small wooden cottage that was the birthplace of singer, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone is for sale in Tryon, North Carolina. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the current owner of the 664-square-foot home has done work to shore up the foundation and restore the interior of the cottage in hopes of it being used as a museum.

Texas Tornado remembers Sebastian Campesi

“He opened the door to my musical career, and I will always be grateful for that,” said Durawa, who attended Edgewood High School , where Campesi was musical director from 1958 to 1961. In 1995, Durawa returned the favor by lining up professional musicians, a recording engineer and a mobile recording unit for a session at Campesi’s near-North Side home to cut an album.

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Jessica Williams to emcee Sundance’s awards ceremony

The Salt Lake Tribune) Jessica Williams, who stars in”People, Places, Things,” talks with reporters as she attends the movie’s premiere at the Eccles Theatre in Park City Monday, January 26, 2015. Writer-director James C. Strouse returns with this comedy about a newly single graphic novelist raising twin daughters, teaching a college class and navigating the possibilities of new love.

Year in pop: The 10 best albums of a year defined by loss

On Jan. 8, the day it was released, Bowie’s collaboration with a group of adventurous New York jazz players represented a creative rebirth for this cultural icon. Two days later, Bowie died at age 69, and suddenly “Blackstar” became a document of finality, never to be heard again without being shadowed by his death.

George Winston makes the holidays smooth

… Mont., were the seasons. “Everything was 40-below in the winter and 90 in the summer, and the seasons were the entertainment,” he says. “In the winter, build a snowman. In the spring, play baseball. Summer, swimming. Fall, rake the leaves, jump into …

Best of 2016: Jeff Parker, Jack DeJohnette and Mary Halvorson among…

After a fractious election year that saw misogyny and bigotry woven into the political discourse, some took comfort in the hope for art becoming energized in the years ahead with the fire of resistance. Some of the most memorable albums of 2016, however, offered magnetic expressions of a musician’s personal journey, whether via guitarist Jeff Parker finding inspiration in his homes of Los Angeles and Chicago in the “The New Breed” or JD Allen reexamining the broader significance of the blues with his trio album “Americana.”