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Last evening's Jazz From Blue Lake featuring Stan Kenton (upcut a bit at the start). http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/18-1-20141215.mp3

Yes, it was same time as NYC. We have listeners all over the world. Maybe www.bluelake.org/radio.html ?you then click "Listen"

"Is That All There Is? The Strange Life of Peggy Lee," the new biography by James Gavin is the starting point for a special three hour radio program tonight, 7- 10 p.m. est on Blue Lake Public Radio. For three hours we'll listen to the music of Peggy Lee and an interview with her biographer James Gavin streaming live from www.bluelake.org/radio . From her early 1940's recordings with Benny Goodman, to her first hit records with husband Dave Barbour, to the mega-hit "Fever," Blue Lake celebrates the music of one of the 20th Century's most enduring popular singers and songwriters

Thank you, Jim. Very much. We are now going to make available our previous evening's jazz program on line for 24 hours after it broadcasts. The program airs live Monday through Friday, 10 p.m. - 3 a.m. eastern standard time. I record Saturday morning, 7-10 a.m. and Sunday night 7-10 p.m. Here's last night's broadcast, starting about 2:30, featuring vocalist Catherine Russell: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20141212.mp3

Nessa came on Jazz From Blue Lake in the 1980's and shared some of his considerable Blue Note lp library with us. Today, he dropped by to be interviewed by the BBC about "A Love Supreme." Tonight, late, we'll play an 18 minute piece from his phenomenal Bobby Bradford album recorded in March. That has Ingebracht Haker Flaten playing bass, who appeared at Edge Fest in Ann Arbor this October. Last week a trio of Norwegien improvisers called Ballrogg -- bass, clarinets and slide guitar, more or less, and not about Tolkein, it's a variation on Norwegian's prononounciation of Roger...you'll have to tune in -- came by the station and recorded a live performance that will air next week. The day before this incredible singer/pianist Jesus freak named Ashely Gonzalez Daneman came in with a quartet and recorded an hour of her "Beauty Indestructable" original music with trumpet, electric bass and drums (20 and 30 something's) which airs Saturday morning at about 8:45, and includes a ball your eyes out improvisation on "Silent Night" (really, I have to say something in front of God and everyone after that?). And Sunday night from 7 to 10 I just put together a three hour program on the music of Peggy Lee featuring 15 edited talk parts with Lee biographer James Gavin. So, thats part of a week on the radio, especially for our local audience, our primary audience. Tonight we'll celebrate McCoy Tyner's birthday in the first 20 minutes of each hour, but feeling fuzzy on it as he played the Gilmore Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo and St. Cecilia Music Center in Grand Rapids within the past two years and we went way, way into his thing....tonight's going to be a ramble...starts at 10, goes to 3 a.m. And if it works will be available on our web site during the day tomorrow. So,yes, I love playing jazz on the radio...

It is phenomenal.

The program is only available for about 24 hours, then the on-demand refreshes with a new program.

This link is good until tonight, then the program refreshes: Last evening's broadcast of Jazz From Blue Lake with the music of Duke Ellington in the 1950's available today "on demand."http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20141210.mp3

Last night's Jazz From Blue Lake broadcast is available today on-demand. The program features music by organist Jimmy Smith:http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/18-1-20141208.mp3

Here is an overview of Carolyn Heines participation in producing those concerts: http://www.westmichmusichystericalsociety.com/fsc/

With Dave Brubeck coming up tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake, it's a good time to look back on the pianist/composer/bandleader's historic performances in Grand Rapids. There were others, including a broadcast on Buck Matthews WOOD television program with Chris Brubeck and Danny Brubeck, as well as a Grand Rapids Symphony pops concert later in his career, but the appearances at Fountain Street Church changed the music's image in the city. Here is an overview of Carolyn Heines participation in producing those concerts :http://www.westmichmusichystericalsociety.com/fsc/

Tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake, we celebrate the 87th birthday of saxophonist Ted Brown from 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. edt (seehttp://www.tedbrownjazz.com/). In addition to his flowing melodic improvisation, we'll check out music by Lena Bloch, a new live recording by Lennie Tristano's sextet from 1951, and the music of Warne Marsh. This program will also be available on-demand from Blue Lake Public Radio's web site during the day on Tuesday. Streaming live fromwww.bluelake.org/radio

In the past Blue Lake Public Radio produced programs on Coleman Hawkins's great recordings of the 1930's with Fletcher Henderson and Red Allen; his extensive catalog from the 1940's; appearances on record with "the boppers" and Max Roach's "Freedom Now Suite;" his partnership with trumpeter Roy Eldridge; and his versions of "Body and Soul." Tonight we'll try something different, taking another angle in to the great saxophonist's 50 year recording career, starting with the riot in the studio that is "The Big Reunion." Please tune in: 10 p.m. - 3 a.m. streaming from www.bluelake.org/radio . Hawkins music will be featured in the first 20 minutes of each hour. Also, starting December 2nd you'll be able to hear the previous evening's Jazz From Blue Lake broadcast on-demand from our web site, www.bluelake.org/radio Jazz From Blue Lake airs Monday night from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.; Tuesday through Friday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.; Saturday morning from 7 to 10; and Sunday night from 7 to 10. That's eastern time, same as NYC.

"Müller, a former top jazz division executive at PolyGram and Universal, who is based in Madrid, says he’s targeting listeners who became enamored with the genre in their 20s, lost touch with it in their 30s and 40s, and want to reconnect with it in their 50s. “It probably has something to do with having kids,” he says. “We haven’t really analyzed it.”" In a basement session sometime in the 1990's, Chuck Nessa talked about this life pattern, and linked it to "manufactured nostalgia."

Tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake the recorded legacy of drummer/music educator Gene Krupa:http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Gene_Krupa.html. Please join Blue Lake from 10 p.m. - 3 a.m. via www.bluelake.org/radio.html

Azar's blowin' up on the new Franklin Kiermyer album "Further."

Steve Reynolds wrote, "The audience at the concert last week in Montclair, NJ was pretty much a microcosm of the community. Mixed races, ages, sexes, etc. " That's the jazz audience -- it is everyone who's interested in musical ideas. In our time, the marketing world we live in does not deal with that level of real democratic listenership. It pulls it apart and goes after component parts. And it's so sophisticated that when it encounters the type of challenges faced by marketing jazz, which is more sophisticated than today's marketing model predictors, it's the inability to reach the market that fails, not the music's ability to reach human truths that resonate across the human community.

Wasn't it with a cymbal sound like "the wind passing through the fir trees" or something like that?

May 20 2014 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 swings downtown Grand Rapids with bassist Warren Jones III and drummer Fred Knapp from The Republic, 45 South Division. Urban hang. www.republicgrandrapids.com. Tuesdays at 7 p.m. it is diva time at Bar Divani, 15 Ionia Ave. N.W., Grand Rapids, as the finest female singers in the area step up and swing. Coming up May 20, Sylvia Brooks Taylor and Mark Kahny; 5-27, Mary Rademacher Reed and Mark Kahny. For a full schedule: http://www.bar-divani.com/tastings-a-events/live-music Phone (616) 774 – 9463. Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. The Tom Hagen Trio with vocalist Rick Reuther at Notos Old World Italian Dining, 6600 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids. (616) 493 – 6686, or www.notosoldworld.com. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday live piano jazz is heard from 7 to 10 p.m. at Mangiamo, 1033 Lake Drive S.E., Grand Rapids. Wednesday, May 21, Freddy DeGennaro; 5-22, Mark Kahny; 5-23, Paul Lesinski and Mary Radamacher-Reed; 5-24, Paul Lesinski; Wednesday, May 28, Michael Drost; 5-29, Bill Davidson; 5-30, Robin Connell; 5-31, Steve Talaga and Mark Jackson; Wednesday, June 4, Greg Miller; 6-5, Bob VanStee; 6-6, Robin Connell; 6-7, Monica A Silva; Wed. 6-11, Freddy DeGennaro; 6-12, Steve Talaga; 6-13, Steve Talaga and Mary Radamacher-Reed; 6-14, Paul Lesinski; Wed, 6-18, Michael Drost; 6-19, Paul Lesinski; 6-20, Robin Connell; 6-21, Roger MacNaughton and Tami Hjelm; Wed. 6-25, Greg Miller; 6-26, Bill Davidson; 6-27, Steve Talaga; 6-28, Steve Talaga and Diana VandeWater. Information from (616) 742 – 0600. www.thegilmorecollection.com. Thursdays at 7 p.m. a variety of jazz bands rotate the schedule at The Book Nook and Java Shop, 8744 Ferry Street in Montague. Among the bands on the rotation: Checker’s Morton, a jazz band loved by Unitarians and good listeners alike, features pianist/composer Bob VanStee; The Lakewinds Jazz Quartet with Dave Collee on trombone and bass, Vince Liefers at the piano, Tim Froncek, drums, and special guest Tom Stansell, saxophones play straight ahead; the Dave Collee Quartet with pianist Eric Thorne and vocalist Ginny Dusseau, drummer Tim Froncek, and saxophonist/flutist Bob Nixon bring a night club vibe; Multi-instrumentalist (bass and trombone) Dave Collee’s Quartet plays great jazz standards. The last Thursday of the month belongs to trumpeter Brad Fritcher and Trios. See www.thebooknookjavashop.com and click on the calendar for Thursday night. Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., pianist-vocalist Robin Connell plays in the Lumber Baron Bar at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, 187 Monroe Avenue N.W., Grand Rapids. See www.robinconnell.com. Thursdays, May 22nd and June 12th 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. “The Mood Swings” swing a taste at Eurobistro, 6450 28th Street S.E., Grand Rapids. With drummer Milt Szernick, bassist Jeff Beavin, keyboards by Ed Dublis, saxophone by Charlie Royce and the voices of Angie or Hanna Royce, this band comes to play for you listening pleasure. Information from (616) 719 – 2017. Thursdays at 7 p.m. jazz at the Red Rooster Tavern, 2998 Scenic Drive, Muskegon, resumes in May. Drummer Tim Johnson is music director for this series of live local jazz talent. See www.redroostertavern.com or phone (231) 744 – 4006. Fridays, 7 p.m. the John Shea Trio plays at the J.W. Marriot Hotel, 235 Louis Street N.W., Grand Rapids. (616) 242 – 1448. Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Swingtooth plays the Jazz Brunch at the Hit The Road Joe Café, 7291 Elm Ave., Croton (2 miles north of M-82). Swingtooth plays standards on acoustic, hand built guitars by Lee and David Middleman, with Chris Cudworth on bass. Also, Saturdays May17th and Sunday June 8th they’ll play Jazz Brunch at the Book Nook and Java Shop in Montague, 10am to noon. See www.hittheroadjoe.moonfruit.com or www.facebook.com/Swingtooth. Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30, live jazz at Restaurant Toulouse, 248 Culver Street, Saugatuck. Friday nights are for vocalist Libby York, www.libbyyork.com, while Saturdays belong to Diana Vandewater. Information from (269) 857 – 1561. Saturdays at 7:30, pianist John Shea leads his trio at Noto’s Old World Italian Dining, 6600 28th Street S.E., Grand Rapids. See www.notosoldworld.com or call (616) 493 – 6686. Saturdays at 7 p.m. guitarist Steve Hilger’s Trio Jazz appears at the Louis Benton Steak House, 35 Ionia Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49506. (616) 454-7455. Sundays, Randy Marsh’s Sunday Night Jazz Hang at The Speak EZ Lounge, 600 Monroe Avenue N.W., Grand Rapids, is a fun jam session. Information from (616) 458 – 2689. Student musicians under 21 with a parent or legal guardian will have a chance to play with Marsh from 7 to 9; the host trio plays from 9 p.m. – 10 p.m. www.speakezlounge.com. First Sunday of every month from 5 to 7 p.m. the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra plays Founders Brewing Company, 235 Grandville Avenue S.W., downtown Grand Rapids. The GRJO is the region’s premier professional jazz orchestra. Information from www.grjo.com. Timely Hits: Friday, May 23rd at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 24th at 11:30 p.m. Richard Pinhas and The Moon in concerts presented by Hugo Claudin at Mexicains Sans Frontieres, 120 S. Division #226, Grand Rapids MI 49503 for www.globaladvancedstudies.org. TheFriday’s concert features music of Pinhas -- a composer, guitarist and electronics innovator recognized as one of France’s major experimental musicians – along with “The Moon,” a duo of New Yorkers Adam Caine, guitar, and Federico Ughi, drums. Saturday’s concert is solo. The acclaimed experimental musician Richard Pinhas will also teach an online course for The Global Center for Advanced Studies entitled "The Refrain: Electronic Music After Pinhas & Deleuze.” Sunday, May 25th at 4 p.m. saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist Douglas Ewart’s Quasar performs in the Ballroom of The Lakeside Inn, 15251 Lakeshore Road, Lakeside, MI 49116. Quasar includes Ewart’s woodwinds; vocalist Mankwe Ndosi; dancer Nicole Noland; bassist Darius Savage; vibraphonist Preyas Roy; in music “as an antidote to the divisions and compartmentalization afflicting modern life.” Information from (269) 469 – 0600 or www.lakesideinns.com. The concert is presented by www.hothouse.net. Thursday, May 29th from 8 to 11 p.m. former Las Vegas vocalist Kathy Lamar hosts a CD “kickstarter” for “Songs for Elsa,” her forthcoming CD, now in the home stretch of production, at One Trick Pony and Taproom, 136 East Fulton Street, Grand Rapids MI 49503. Joined by pianist Steve Talaga, bassist Tom Lockwood and drummer Scott Veenstra, Lamar is dedicating the CD to her friend and patron, Elsa Fierens (a former translator for the Blue Lake International Exchange Program, btw). The phone at One Trick Pony is (616) 235 – 7669. Information from Heidi.stukkie@gmail.com. Saturday, May 31st at 7 p.m. the West Michigan Jazz Society presents an evening with Grammy Award winning pianist Ruslan Sirota at the Peter M. Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth Avenue S.W., Grand Rapids. (616) 490 – 9506 or www.wmichjazz.org. Sirota recently accompanied vocalist Josh Groban, and has appeared with jazz bassist Stanley Clarke, pianist Chick Corea and vocalist Seal. June 2nd through June 4th auditions take place at St. Cecilia Music Center for their “new” After School Jazz Programs. See http://scmc-online.org/school-of-music/auditions/ for more information. Sunday, June 8th at 3 p.m. Joan Reynolds leads the Chicago-based Red Rose Jazz Band in ragtime arrangements by composers Scott Joplin and King Oliver for The West Shore Jazz Society at the Oak Ridge Country Club, 513 West Pontaluna Road, Muskegon. Then, on July 6th, Bob Adams Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band appears. Information from Bill Blakeman, (231)759-0071, or wjblakeman@aol.com . Reservations from (231)733-0071. Monday, June 9th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the West Michigan Jazz Society presents “Jazz at the Zoo,” with the Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra, a 24 member student ensemble led by Marc Townley. The Monday night summer concert series takes place at John Ball Park Band Shell, 1300 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids MI 49504. Now in its 14th season, “Jazz at the Zoo,” remains a free concert series. Lawn chairs and picnics welcome. www.wmichjazz.org. Wednesday, June 11th from 6 to 8 p.m. vocalist Libby York celebrates the release of her new CD “Memoir” with an intimate concert at the The Alumni House and Visitor Center at Grand Valley State University. The gracious manor on the north end of the Allendale campus will host Ms. York accompanied by Mark Kahny on piano. Heavy Hors D’oeuvres and drinks. Reservations required by June 2nd: (616) 331-2176 or saindonk@gvsu.edu. Reviews from New York and London of “Memoir” available from www.libbyyork.com. Sunday, June 15th through Friday, June 20th, the Aquinas College Jazz Camp is held at the Aquinas College Art And Music Center, 1607 Robinson Road S.E., Grand Rapids MI 49506. Full information available here: http://www.aquinas.edu/music/jazz_camp.html. Monday, June 16th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the West Michigan Jazz Society presents “Jazz at the Zoo” with the Planet D Nonet led by R.J. Spangler and James O’Donnell in a book featuring the music of Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie and Sun Ra. The Monday night summer concert series takes place at John Ball Park Band Shell, 1300 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids MI 49504. Now in its 14th season, “Jazz at the Zoo,” remains a free concert series. Lawn chairs and picnics welcome. www.wmichjazz.org. Friday and Saturday, June 20th and 21st the East Lansing Summer Solstice Jazz Festival in downtown East Lansing features free performances from 4:30 to 10 p.m. by Cecile McLorin Salvant, The Airmen of Note, Diego Rivera’s Quartet and the Michael Dease Big Band, among others. 14 hours of live jazz in East Lansing: information from www.eljazzfest.com or by calling (517) 319 - 6980 Monday, June 23rd from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the West Michigan Jazz Society presents “Jazz at the Zoo,” with saxophonist/composer Tom Elferdink’s Wonderland Ensemble, including Tom and Ken Morgan, reeds; Eric Thorne, piano; Jeff Beaven, bass and Larry Ochiltree, drums. The Monday night summer concert series takes place at John Ball Park Band Shell, 1300 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids MI 49504. Now in its 14th season, “Jazz at the Zoo,” remains a free concert series. Lawn chairs and picnics welcome. www.wmichjazz.org. Monday, June 30th through Wednesday, July 2nd, the Kalamazoo Jazz and Creative Institute presents JAZZSTART, a three day workshop for advanced high school musicians in the fundamentals of jazz. Registration and information on-line from www.kjci.org or by calling (616) 706 – 3946. Monday, June 30th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the West Michigan Jazz Society presents “Jazz at the Zoo,” with WMJS Jazz Musician of the Year, Max Colley III, and the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Faculty Jazz Sextet. The Monday night summer concert series takes place at John Ball Park Band Shell, 1300 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids MI 49504. Now in its 14th season, “Jazz at the Zoo,” remains a free concert series. Lawn chairs and picnics welcome. www.wmichjazz.org. July 20th through the 27th Grand Valley State University’s 10th Annual International Trumpet Seminar features a variety of concerts open to the public, among them on July 25th at 7:30 p.m. Rex Richardson; and July 26th at 7:30 p.m. Andrea Tofanelli with the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra. Tickets at the door of the Louis Armstrong Theater. Information from www.gvsu.edu/trumpetseminar or (616) 331 - 3578. Friday, February 20, 2015, the Kris Bowers Trio appears in “Dinner and a Show” presented by the Fontana Chamber Arts in Kalamazoo. 6:30 p.m. dinner and 8 p.m. performance at Cityscape at the City Centre, Kalamazoo. Information from www.fontanachamberarts.org or (269) 382-7774. Thursday, September 18, 2015 the 20-time Grammy Award winning jazz legend Chick Corea and The Vigil perform for the Great Artist Gala Benefit to kick off St. Cecilia Music Center’s 2014/2015 season. Tickets are on sale from www.scmc-online.org or (616) 459 – 2224.

Yes, thanks for hipping me to this, Larry. Didn't know that it was originally a "call and repeat," and that Armstrong made it something else. MOre from Ricki Riccardi at the Armstrong House Museum: http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2009/12/80-years-of-rockin-chair.html

I see. He sounds weary, forlorn, fogged by it all.

Comes in Chameleon....

NoBuyAuto?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/herbie-hancock-memoir-set-for-oct-28-release/2014/05/08/48e77806-d6a9-11e3-8f7d-7786660fff7c_story.html

What does he say that isn't in the script of the song?