Lazaro Vega

Have you heard of this?

Jack DeJohnette!

Jazz from Blue Lake on now in support of upcoming concerts Kathy Lamar and Edye Evans Hyde: bluelake.ncats.net:8000/listen.pls

Last night's Jazz From Blue Lake featuring Sidney Bechet: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150514.mp3

Reviewing.

This was a special night of music.

Glad to be back in the pool up to 4 or 5 times a week. Feels good. So does this: http://swimswam.com/the-michael-phelps-olympic-show-is-live-and-this-is-why-it-matters/

Max Colley Jr.'s put together a "father's and sons" type of reunion concert with many past students, too, coming up in July. Mike Harvey coming up from Florida for this one: http://maxcolleyjrpac.weebly.com/

Looking forward to Harrison Bankhead, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Mars Williams and Avreeayl Ra in concert tomorrow. You coming?

Shirley Horn playing My Man's Gone Now on Blue Lake right now: bluelake.ncats.net:8000/listen.pls

Last night's Jazz From Blue Lake broadcast featured the music of Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, hit The Jazz Datebook, and veered into the music of Harrison Bankhead in anticipation of his concert this Sunday at LaFontsee Galleries / Underground Studio. Here's a link to the broadcast. This link is only active today: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150430.mp3

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

Let's be festive!

Golf clap.

Voting for the Frauenthal in Muskegon. You?

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.

Thanks Ted Gioia for reporting on the law.

Looking forward to bringing this music to the airwaves in west Michigan. Thank you Basin Street Records!

Lesley Van Leeuwen-Vega was hired by the GRSO to develop the marketing materials for #livearts, including the logo. Nice job, Les!

The AACM come to Grand Rapids May 3rd. See www.adventuremusic.org

Tonight: http://www.liveartsgr.org

Michigan meets Chicago: Tickets on sale now for the CJO's May 30, 2015 tributes to Mingus and Maynard. Charles Mingus' "Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" and the early 1960's works of Maynard Ferguson will be highlighted. Guest artists are bassist Rodney Whitaker and trumpeter Walter White. Do not miss this show! Enter code cjofriend at ticketing for a special 10% discount. http://cjomingusmaynard.brownpapertickets.com/

Free market? From Ted Gioia: "What a strange situation! The music industry is built on the creativity of artists, but distributors (who don't even ship physical product anymore, just operate software) now capture the bulk of the economic value."

You might take him up on his free download offer. Strong album: FRANKLIN KIERMYER : new songs - number ten ... one of a series of short videos as I work on new songs. More music, videos and more at http://kiermyer.com You can also download my latest album for free: FURTHER with Azar Lawrence, Benito Gonzalez + Juini Booth at http://further.kiermyer.com