Lazaro Vega

"...like the bubbles..."

"Soul Station" broken down.

“There’s not an infinite supply of water.”

Actually, Dave Thornsen and Lynn Brouwer, I don't think we need to drink these and pass on, but pass the growler, eh? http://www.thrillist.com/drink/detroit/michigan-beers-to-drink-before-you-die

All shades, all Hu Vibrational with Adam Rudolph: https://vimeo.com/122241330

Always aTiger. http://nypost.com/2015/05/31/how-ty-cobb-was-framed-as-a-racist/

April 2, 2015 The Jazz Datebook: Regular Hits: Mondays from 6 to 10 p.m., Fridays 7 – 11 p.m. and Saturdays 6-10 p.m. The What Not Inn features a revolving cast of local musicians each weekend and Mondays hosts a jam session open to musicians and vocalists. See the full schedule here: www.whatnotinn.com. The What Not Inn is located at M89 and the Blue Star Highway, 2405 68th Street, Fennville, MI. (269) 543-3341. Mondays from 8 to 11 p.m. pianist/vocalist John Shea heats up downto...

Big Band Nouveau tonight at the B.O.B. with yours truly (m.c. at least) and again on Saturday at 3:30 at Rosa Parks Circle. See the full festival performance schedule here: http://www.festivalgr.org/guide/

Bill Frisell's music was featured in parts of Jazz From Blue Lake last night, and we took it "Out on Blue Lake" two hours in with British saxophonist Evan Parker among others. Here's an on-demand link to the broadcast which is active only today: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150318.mp3

Blue Lake Public Radio features the music of guitarist Bill Frisell tonight after 10 p.m. From Ted Panken: "Happy birthday, Bill Frisell, 64 today. I'm reposting an entry on the blog from a year ago of a Downbeat feature that I wrote about Bill in 2008, and an uncut Blindfold Test from about 15 years ago."

Blue Lake's president decided not to go forward with the Live From Blue Lake this year. The "Lightsey to Gladden" recording was made in 1991 and was only recently issued. V

bluelake.ncats.net:8000/listen.pls. Enjoying pops singing with Duke on the air right now.

Blurb: The very day after the Heliocentric 50th anniversary recording at ScienSonic, another historic meeting took place. Scott was joined in the laboratory by three of the giants of creative music, meeting for the first time: Marshall Allen, Roscoe Mitchell, and Milford Graves. Marshall had never played with Roscoe, and Roscoe had never played with Milford. Wow! An unforgettable session. Watch for it to be released, probably in early 2016.

Boy, Ohio State beat the shizznit out of Oregon. Big 10.

Call for submissions, trumpeters!

Carolyn Heines. Is this about right? http://www.theraceclub.com/videos/swimisodes-yoga-for-swimmers-core-exercise/

Coming to Spring Lake.

Coming up on Sunday @3: the Underground Series at LaFontsee Galleries / Underground Studio with the Harrison Bankhead quartet. Perhaps you were part of the 50th Anniversary of the AACM - Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians this past Sunday in Chicago. Here's Grand Rapids chance to celebrate that great legacy of improvised music.

Coming up.

Count Basie streaming now over www.bluelake.org/radio. jazz from blue lake on now until 3 a.m.

Creative music getting a nod.

Dick LaPalm worked with Nat King Cole for years, behind the scenes, not on the bandstand. And he'd send out the following letter to jazz radio programmers annually: Dear Radio Royalty, This coming March 17, NAT KING COLE turns 98. Using the present tense is absolutely fitting. Today, at every hour, radio stations around the world continue to broadcast his timeless music. He is, indeed, still very much with us. He still stands out from the rest, and he stands alone. Comparing anyone to...

Did you catch her at the East Lansing Summer Solstice Jazz Festival?

Earlier today in Detroit.