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    Last night's Jazz From Blue Lake featuring Charlie Kohlhase in duet,trio, quintet and big band settings; recorded at UICA in 2003 with Dead Cat Bounce; and in collaboration with Roswell Rudd and John Tchicai. http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150320.mp3
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    Sorry: there was a gaff in the recording set up, so this program is actually the Wednesday evening broadcast of Bill Frisell's music, plus "Out On Blue Lake" two hours in with Evan Parker......
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    Jazz From Blue Lake featured Russ Gershon's The Either/Orchestra last night during the first part of each hour, as we get ready for the band's long standing, and sometimes sitting, baritone saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase to play Grand Rapids Sunday afternoon at 3 with his Chicago Explorers Club. Charlie and the band play Chicago's Green Mill this weekend, then The LaFontsee Galleries / Underground Studio on Sunday. Here's a link to last night's broadcast (the link is only active today): http://...

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    Getting ready for Charlie Kohlhase's Chicago Explorers Club concert this Sunday afternoon in Grand Rapids (they're at the Green Mill in Chicago this weekend). Charlie is an original member of Boston's happening little big band, The Either Orchestra: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150318.mp3
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    This Sunday @ 3 in Grand Rapids: Charlie Kohlhase's Explorers Club at LaFontsee Galleries / Underground Studio. Please scroll to the bottom of this page for more (thanks Tommy Allen): http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/gsync/?utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=&utm_content=%7bEmail_Address%7d&utm_campaign=Featuring+community+connectors%2c+from+trails+to+music+to+talent

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    From Tyshawn Sorey (with Chuck Nessa): "Wow. So in doing some preparation for my upcoming qualifying exam on a seminal work for percussion by Roscoe Mitchell, "The Maze", I came across a YouTube video of this concert of L-R-G, a composition also from 1978. Of course, the original 1978 Nessa recording of both of these works is absolutely amazing...but this video here is a trip! My mind is completely blown, and I've become more curious as to how this piece works... All three of these master mus...

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    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

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    Last evening's Jazz From Blue Lake broadcast. "Out on Blue Lake" is 2 hours in. The link is good for today only: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150318.mp3 Guitarist Bill Frisell expands on what we expect music to sound like, blending global accents through ever changing instrumental combinations in several ensembles, balancing repertoire from the jazz tradition with "tunes" by Hank Williams or Ray Davies. Featured last night on Jazz From Blue Lake, plus music by Evan Parker after midnight.
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    Good job, Nou Dadoun. Coming up in April at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor: http://vancouverjazz.com/2015/03/chick-corea-and-herbie-hancock-at-the-chan-centre-march-15th-2015.html

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    Ah, like "kicking the gong around." I don't know. That one always went over my head. Friedwald also says it was Buddy Bregman using 4 trombones and rhythm (liners to the Verve CD of "Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter").
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    I always thought it was "minor's gong," as well, as in "time for lunch." Unless there was some talent show or something that had a gong to punctuate the acceptance of what was going down. Seems that was a culturally relevant allusion that's slide out of time.
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    http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150317.mp3
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    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."

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    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...

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    From Mark Stryker: Wow! Steve Lampert just hipped me to an amazing find: Leonard Feather's archives at the University of Idaho includes 50 tapes raw tapes of his blindfold tests/interviews with, um, Miles Davis ('58), Cannonball & Nat Adderley, Art Farmer, Art Blakey, Dizzy, Duke, dozens more. I dipped into the Miles tape, the Adderleys and a couple others. Incredible. Caveat emptor: I have no idea what all is in here yet, and some things maybe mislabeled. I tried one labeled Samuel Hayakawa...

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    http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150313.mp3
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    The Underground Series continues in March with Charlie Kohlhase’s Chicago Explorers Club. “…this wild goulash of Free Jazz bluster, neo-Bebop discipline, and a nutty irreverence is quite a trip…” Stuart Kremsky, Cadence. The LaFontsee Galleries in conjunction with www.Adventuremusic.org continues their new series of improvised music concerts, The Underground Series, Sunday, March 22nd at 3 p.m. with Charlie Kohlhase's Chicago Explorer’s Club, spirited creative improvised music in the unique surroundings of LaFontsee Galleries, 833 Lake Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506; (616) 451-9820. Coming off of two nights at Chicago’s famed Green Mill, the Explorer’s Club promises an afternoon of adventurous, freewheeling, high interaction jazz. Boston/Cambridge area leader/composer Charlie Kohlhase plays alto, tenor & baritone saxophones, is known for decades of work with The Either/Orchestra, cutting his teeth as a musical compatriot of jazz greats Roswell Rudd and the late saxophonist John Tchicai, a leader of various free-jazz minded Boston ensembles since the 1980’s, an educator and jazz radio host, and Explorer’s Club leader for over 10 years. This version of the Explorer’s Club includes fellow East Coast musician Aaron Darrell, bass (www.aarondarrellmusic.com/about); two premier Chicago improvisers, James Falzone, clarinet, and Tim Daisy, drums; plus the former New York trumpeter Russ Johnson, who now teaches at the University of Wisconsin Parkside in Kenosha. For more on Russ please see http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/11/21/trumpeter-russ-johnson-raises-his-chicago-profile, or www.uwp.edu/explore/news/Russ-Johnson-article.cfm. For more on Charlie Kohlhase, please click: www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/11/18/jazz-fixture-charlie-kohlhase-continues-his-free-wheeling-explorations/O651tLuHQlDkENKvEIdXqK/story.html . In collaboration with Adventuremusic.org -- “Dedicated to the exploration of unique live music” -- the LaFontsee Gallery recalls their halcyon days of presenting live music in the 1990’s at their former gallery, The Underground Studio. Roscoe Mitchell, Reggie Workman, Nels Cline, Regina Carter, Ken Vandermark and the late great Fred Anderson are some of the stellar improvising artists who appeared there. The “Underground Series” will present a concert each October, then February, March and April, though the third concert in this inaugural season takes place Sunday, May 3rd at 3 p.m. with Chicago bassist Harrison Bankhead’s Quartet featuring saxophonists Mars Williams and Edward Wilkerson, Jr.; plus drummer Avreeayl Ra. Ticket are $20 in advance, $10 for students with a student I.D. and $25 at the door. Advance tickets available only from www.adventuremusic.org . The phone number at the LaFontsee Galleries is (616) 451 – 9820. The LaFontsee Galleries are wheel chair accessible. To find LaFontsee Galleries please see, www.lafontsee.us/ . This concert series is curated, in part, by Lazaro Vega, Jazz Director, Blue Lake Public Radio.
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    Russ Johnson in Grand Rapids this Sunday, 3/22. See www.adventuremusic.org

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    Here's a link to last night's Jazz From Blue Lake featuring trumpeter Malachi Thompson with a premier Chicago Rhythm Section on several recordings, bassist Harrison Bankhead and drummer Avreayal Ra, who you'll hear in Grand Rapids on May 3rd at LaFontsee Galleries / Underground Studio. Dee Alexander sings on several recordings featured last night, too. And of course we heard from Roy Haynes. http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150313.mp3

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    Jazz From Blue Lake on now to 10 this morning with a special shout out to Cathy Holbrook of St. Cecilia Music Center for a wonderful jazz concert series. We'll hear the musicians who appeared there, and look forward to Miguel Zenon today at WMU, and Charlie Kohlhase next Sunday. Www.bluelake.org/radio

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    James Falzone returns to Grand Rapids on March 22nd with Charlie Kohlhase's Chicago Explorers Club. Have you read James' bio? http://allosmusica.org/press/#/bios/

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    http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150312.mp3
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    Last night Jazz From Blue Lake featured the music of Mike Clark in the first part of each hour, and heard music by Russ Johnson, Charlie Kohlhase, and James Falzone's Renga Ensemble in advance of The Chicago Explorer's Club concert a week from Sunday at LaFontsee Galleries / Underground Studio. See www.adventuremusic.org for tickets to that one. Here's the link to last evening's broadcast: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150312.mp3

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    The music of Bix Beiderbecke was featured last night on Jazz From Blue Lake, with a focus on his small group recordings with Frank Trumbauer during the first part of each hour. We'll also hear from Randy Sandke, Catherine Russell, Freddie Hubbard and Rene Marie. Enjoy the 5 hour program on demand today only: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150310.mp3

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    Last night Jazz From Blue Lake featured music by Ornette Coleman in honor of his 85th lap around the sun, with remembrances for Lew Soloff and Steve Zegree, too. Here's a link to the broadcast, which is good for today only: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/18-1-20150309.mp3

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