http://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1606/26449564055_403076bb8f_o.jpg There is a lot of history concentrated in Jack DeJohnette’s adventurous new trio. Fifty years ago, as a guest with John Coltrane’s group, Jack DeJohnette played with the fathers of Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison, and the program of...

  This JazzTimes headline is informative, but not so the article that it accompanies , which is quite brief and does nothing but refer to other sources: http://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1692/26354344765_cc84cc6a86_o.jpg Here's the Guggenheim Foundation webpage that JazzTimes directs readers to visit...

 
Festival website — full schedule

Tickets



 

 
Festival website: http://www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org

 

Happy Birthday, . . .





Omar Sosa
April 10, 1965
 

  
Festival website: https://www.facebook.com/RedHookJazzFestival



 

I first heard "Señor Blues," for which Horace Silver wrote both the tune and the lyrics, when I was 17. I love both versions that Silver's band recorded, including the one that features vocals by Bill Henderson. I'm posting this particular YouTube clip even though it has audio and...

http://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1639/26201990812_2c2c1d5038_o.jpg http://jazztimes.com/articles/171857-singer-bill-henderson-dies-at-90/ https://litchfieldjazzfest.com/news/348/39/Bill-Henderson-1926-2016/ R.I.P.   http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif  

Happy Birthday, . . .





Alexander von Schlippenbach
April 7, 1938
 

  http://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1656/25671054444_07c3c286eb_b.jpg A Long Island contractor was sentenced on Monday to one to three years in prison for stealing nearly $500,000 in prize money awarded to his friend, the jazz pianist Cecil Taylor. The contractor, Noel Muir, 55, of Uniondale, N.Y., plead...

 
Festival website: http://atlantafestivals.com/



 

Happy Birthday, . . .





Evan Parker
April 5, 1944
 

The Archived Version of the Webcast

It's essentially audio-only until about 1:09:22; then video begins.



 

Just audio here, but I love this track (and the rest of the album).



 

  http://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1639/26187852606_3519a8f178_o.jpg http://jazztimes.com/articles/171849-latin-jazz-saxophonist-gato-barbieri-dies-at-83 Photo from http://www.rumpojazzphoto.com My man. I've dreaded this day. R.I.P.   http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif  

Festival website: http://www.fimav.qc.ca/en/

Schedule

In 2015, DownBeat wrote:FIMAV is a laboratory of contemporary music, jazz, rock, electroacoustic music, and free improvisation.

 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCVlJAxiclc 2016 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert @ the Kennedy Center Scheduled for April 4, 2016, 8PM ET In a tribute concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the National Endowment for the Arts will recognize its 2016 c...

Okay, I'm a Bernie partisan (who will vote for whoever the Democratic nominee is), but this knocked me out: Birdie Sanders by ChrisPaints http://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1691/25560236303_937520d241_o.jpg (For background info., see the previous post.)  

  http://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1544/25887422530_605e3269cd_o.jpg For a version of the schedule in which the names of most of the venues (and Patrick Wolff) are linked to their websites, please visit the source: http://eremite.com/news — the entry dated 2016-02-20 (Feb. 20, 2016)  

Starting at about 10:25: vocals by Jen Shyu, whose birthday is today, March 28.

For some info. about the music and the musicians, see this Pi Recordings webpage (scroll down to "About the Album").


 

 

Happy Birthday, . . .





Jen Shyu
March 28, 1978
 

  http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-s-pavlof-volcano-spews-ash-20-000-feet-air-n546406 http://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1537/26068874746_752b81bdb6_o.jpg I hope and trust that "about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage" is too far away for the eruption to affect Ron and Patti Thorne or l...

Keith Jarrett, Solo Piano Friday, April 29, 2016 8pm Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Please Note: This concert begins promptly at 8pm. There will be no late seating for this performance. http://www.laphil.com/tickets/keith-jarrett/2016-04-29 Monday, May 2, 20...

  Keith Jarrett, Solo Piano Friday, April 29, 2016       8pm Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Please Note: This concert begins promptly at 8pm. There will be no late seating for this performance. http://www.laphil.com/tickets/keith-jarrett/2016-04-29 Monday, Ma...