Lazaro Vega

I saw that Jeff Lorber band with G several times in East Lansing (as a reviewer for the State News) and he played flute with more passion and pizzaz than saxophone in that era. Lorber gave him a flute feature that brought the house down.

That guest post by Josh Stinton at the link above is something that resonates with me after hearing Chuck mention, a long time ago after the 2006 Iridium recordings came out, something along the lines of a later generation will come along and show us how Braxton's music is played "correctly."

http://anthonybraxton.wordpress.com/

Yes, we've been playing this on Blue Lake: a tribute to dance as well as past masters of great jazz. Her continual investigation of the musical possibilities of Bird's "Ah Leu Cha" knock me out. She recorded a solo piano version here at Blue Lake "in the spirit of Ornette Coleman" that elaborates on the solo version from one of her Telarc Records. The new version is differnt, not as much elaboration in the bass clef before things cut loose, but still: Geri Allen!!!!!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ae-0516-treme-jazz-20100516,0,1163511.column

Happy sun lap!

I believe so. Read at the Jazz Programmer's list the producer also recently shot footage for a John McNeil short film.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/sal_mosca_unsung/

We played a couple of things by him last night, but I still need to aquire "A Genuine Tong Funeral."

Was recently digging that duo album he released with Adam Rudolph a couple of years ago. Very much on the ball.

It's a Carla Bley marathon tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. All Carla all the time! www.bluelake.org/radio

He's our featured artist tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. edt via www.bluelake.org/radio

Thanks everyone, the big 5-0 has been good! Thanks to Chuck and Ann for stopping by the station tonight as we wrap up the funder. (Yes, I'm working on my 50th b-day, but plans are in the works for a big party this summer with a big band and Arno Marsh in our back yard).

Yeah man! They had me at the downbeat. Loved what you wrote with the photos, too. Ralph's patience is an important part of making this music work -- figuring out how to fit into the complexity of Adam's rhythms. He'll take his time, play a long tone. Rest. Repeat it. Rest, repeat it, then sound a second note maybe a 3rd away (or a 4th or 5th, whatever worked). And, eventually, he'll decorate those tonal areas with virtuosostic improvisation. But it isn't up there first -- it's waiting to find out where to use it best. As Adam said when I mentioned this observation, "That's why he has the gig!"

Lazaro Vega Yeyi this Saturday in Grand Rapids, at Mexicains San Frontieres, and Sunday in Ann Arbor at Kerritown Concert House. Adam Rudolph, percussion; Ralph Jones, woodwinds. http://www.michigandaily.com/content/yeyi-kerrytown-concert-house-brad-sanders

Tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake we speak with producer Chuck Nessa about bassist/bandleader/composer Charles Mingus (from a 2001 interview re: "Charles 'Baron' Mingus, West Coast, 1945-1949" on Uptown Records). The great Charles Mingus tonight on Blue Lake, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. via www.bluelake.org/radio

Thanks Randissimo!

Hope so. Great record, nice review.

Cuban pianist/composer Omar Sosa is playing in Cleveland tonight and at the Detroit Institute of Arts on Friday. Sosa's many recordings are featured tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake, especially his duo recording with Adam Rudolph who plays Grand Rapids this Saturday. Many Afro-Cuban influenced jazz recordings from Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway to Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker are also heard. 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. via http://www.bluelake.org/radio and for info on Sosa http://www.omarsosa.com/ __________________

Yesterday All Things Considered featured a review of Von Freeman's "Vonski Speaks" (Nessa Records) by Peter Margasak. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126136047

A year ago Easter Sunday this duo played live on Blue Lake (Nessa was there) and the current CD was recorded during that tour. They'll be back in Grand Rapids this Saturday at Hugo Claudin's loft on South Division. Jones is now on the faculty at Oberlin. A former student of Yusef Lateef, he has an amazing flute sound, a sublime approach to the bass clarinet, and an arsenal of 'ethnic' flutes to choose from (our studio was PACKED full of instruments for this duo). Highly recommended.

Ammons was last Friday. Tonight, Bud Freeman.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/04/treme-recap-just-one-episode-and-already-more-jazz-than-that-whole-ken-burns-documentary.html