Lazaro Vega

Spring Lake Village: where nature smiles for 7 miles? Snaggle tooth decay made visible is us.

What You Dealin' With? By Wycliffe Gordon.

Zooid.

Friday night Jazz From Blue Lake featured music by saxophonist/composer Oliver Nelson, guitarist Grant Green and a variety of bands who's music is played by Big Band Nouveau, the Grand Rapids area group appearinging at Rosa Park Circle today at 3:30. Here's a link to that broadcast: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150605.mp3

Look out Rio.

Call for submissions, trumpeters!

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/

Not forgotten: Jason Lezak — 46.06. http://www.yourswimlog.com/jason-lezak-and-the-greatest-relay-leg-of-all-time/

Solo Tani Tabbal? Dig that!

Coming to Spring Lake.

Please sing that chord again.

This is the photo on the cover of Ramsey Lewis's album recorded on my birthday: https://hipstersanctuary.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/ramsey-lewis-trio-60s-europe.jpg

Writers interested in creating a book length review of an album: http://333sound.com/2015/06/01/open-call-for-33-13-proposals-2015/

Miles coming up.

Thursday night. Looking forward to it.

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

Earlier today in Detroit.

May 29, 1959 Duke Eiington recorded soundtrack music for the motion picture "Anatomy of a Murder," a film starring Jimmy Stewart and Lee Remick shot in Michigan's upper peninsula. Last night Blue Lake featured that music, among many other recordings. Here's a link to the program. The jazz starts at 3 minutes in. http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150529.mp3

What?

Saturday is the anniversary of Benny Goodman's birth. Coming up in Fremont, June 12th: http://www.dogwoodcenter.com/?m=20150612&cat=1

Ornette Coleman sues, plans new release of his own.http://jazztimes.com/articles/161947-ornette-coleman-sues-over-release-of-new-vocabulary-album

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

These sounds, now.

Good morning -- celebrating clarinetist Artie Shaw's birthday right now on Jazz From Blue Lake, plus more from Terry Lower Music and Edye Evans Hyde, plus Memorial Day music, including Akiko Tsuruga's version of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Here's a link to the stream, bluelake.ncats.net:8000/listen.pls

Jazz From Blue Lake featured the music of Christian McBride last night, including recent recordings with saxophonist Jimmy Greeny, Terri Lyne Carrington, Chick Corea and under his own name. Here's a link to the broadcast in case you missed it (this link expires late tonight): http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150521.mp3