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Because he was lumped in with West Coast cool school, drummer Shelly Manne was one of those great musicians who may have been taken for granted by too many jazz fans. His diversity, taste, swingmanship and engaging life story will be featured during this evening's Jazz Retrospective over Blue Lake Public Radio from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Hope you can join us after the Tierney Sutton Band concert at St. Cecilia Music Society tonight. http://tinyurl.com/y8t6mup Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular Music - MANNE, Shelly (b Sheldon Manne, 11 June 1920, NYC; d 26 September 1984, Los Angeles CA) Drummer. His father and two uncles were also drummers. He worked on transatlantic liners; for bandleaders Raymond Scott, Les Brown; ...

Trumpeter Howard McGhee grew up in Detroit admiring Louis Armstrong's Decca big band recordings, but his band director handed him a clarinet. When he eventually did take up trumpet, under the spell of Roy Eldridge, the lessons on the woodwinds served him well: Maggie in the 1940's was second only to Dizzy Gillespie, though was eventually eclipsed by his own protege Fats Navarro. Smack took him out of the 50's, but he struggled back. Tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake the bebop trumpeter Howard McGhee with Andy Kirk's 12 Clouds of Joy, with Bird, and with his friend Fats Navarro, amongst others. Please join us after 10 p.m. http://www.bluelake.org/radio

Was talking to trumpeter Dennis Gonzalesz of Texas not too long ago and he mentioned how few improvising trumpeters there were out there, in jazz or creative music. Here in west Michigan, though, and across the state, there's a bunch of them. Tonight in Grand Rapids you could hear two fine players, Eddie Curtis and Chris Lawrence, who owe a stylistic debt to Chet Baker. Chet is our featured artist tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake, though the recordings we're playing will not be what you'd expect. In December we programmed a retrospective on his earlier music, so tonight we're diving into the 1970's and 1980's recordings he made, mostly. Don't usually go there, so, should be an adventure. Please join us tonight from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. via http://bluelake.ncats.net/ Then Saturday morning for a conversation and music with Tierney Sutton, who appears in Grand Rapids next Thursday, from 8 to 10 a.m. Thanks to the O! LV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7g-YkEX2zQ

I thought you meant the new one, "Makin' Whoopee!" which Svend just released on Arbors Records. http://www.arborsrecords.com/recordtemplate.html?ProductID=19390 p.s. I met Svend, heard him play and interviewed him in 1985 while visiting Denmark with a tour of the Blue Lake Monster featuring Marcus Belgrave, Harold McKinney and James Carter. The Svendster was at the Slukafter (spelling!) at Tivoli Gardens with Kenny Drew, NHOP and Ed Thigpen. Been playing his recordings, what there are of them, on the radio here ever since. Don't have the SweDanes sides, or anything, but The Jazz Violin Sessions with Duke; was it "June Night" on Dr. Jazz records? A few others....

Saturday, March 20th at 7 and 9 p.m. Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Trio appears at the Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth, Ann Arbor. The concert features pianist Randy Weston, bassist Alex Blake, and Neil Clark, percussion. See www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com or phone (734) 769 – 2999. For information on Randy Weston, www.randyweston.info.

Nice video clip of Smith's Golden Quintet at The Wire site, though. Looking forward to reading that interview, too. And thanks for the Jazziz article!

Starting off February with the Ellingtonians. Tonight is mostly Stewart with the Ellington Orchestra, and Rex with Django (a favorite session). On fabulous FM, or via the wire, www.bluelake.org/radio Hope you can join us. LV

Includes Thomas Buckner and the Janacek Philharmonic performing "Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City" and the Janacek Philharmonic playing "Merertone" by Abrams. The duo of Abrams and Mitchell are together on a nearly 12 minute piece called "Romu." http://www.mutablemusic.com/spectrumInfo.html

An hour with Teachout on C-Spann: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/id/217797

Great piece. He performed at Hope College in Holland, MI, last Feb (which we're happy to have a recording of at Blue Lake) and will be back there again on Feb. 24th. Hersch enjoys a long standing relationship with the music programs at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and Hope College.

Playing Marcial Solal's Grammy nominated recording of "On Green Dolphin Street" right now. More Grammy nominees to be heard this morning, as well as music by vocalist Tierny Sutton who appears in Grand Rapids on Feb. 11th. Please join the morning stream via www.bluelake.org/radio

ditto the About Times. "When Was That" was the first record I played on the air here at Blue Lake back in 1983. It was originally known as "Fanfare and Celebration," which it is. Every March 1st for the last 26 years I've played "When Was That" in celebration of playing "When Was That" on the radio for the first time March 1, 1983. Need to replace my lp copy, though: it's about turned white. Can't have that!

http://www.mlive.com/kalamabrew/index.ssf/2010/01/brews_from_bells_brewery_inc_f.html

Post forwarded from Nou Dadoun: Here are a few previews of the upcoming Anthony Braxton performances this weekend: Anthony Braxton 12+1tet and The Sonic Genome in Vancouver: http://vancouverjazz.com/2010/01/anthony-braxton-121tet-and-sonic-genome.html 8 hours + 60 musicians = 1 sonic genome: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/8-hours-60-musicians-1-sonic-genome/article1445474/ Tireless creator does his thing; Time to get rid of the false mystique around it http://www.kelowna.com/2010/01/26/tireless-creator-does-his-thing-time-to-get-rid-of-the-false-mystique-around-it/ Getting pretty excited about it ... N -- ==== Nou Dadoun The A-Trane on the air since 1986 | CFRO 102.7 FM, Vancouver BC Fri 2:30-5:30 pm PST | http://www.coopradio.org/stream.html

Nice of you to put them in three keys.

January 18, 2010 The Jazz Datebook: Regular Hits: Saturdays and Sundays from 6 to 10 p.m. The What Not Inn features a revolving cast of local musicians. Highlights include vocalist Mary Rademacher on February 6th. Every Monday the What Not Inn jam session is open to musicians and vocalists featuring local, regional and international jazz musicians sitting in with the “house” band. No cover charge. Music also presented Saturdays and Sundays. 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 John Shea’s trio is lining them up around the block with Julliard graduate Matt Heredia on bass and Chris Lawrence on trumpet for performances at The Republic, 45 South Division, Grand Rapids. www.republicgrandrapids.com. Tuesdays from 7:30 to 10:30 live local jazz at The Grand Seafood and Oyster Bar, 24 Washington St., Grand Haven. Live local jazz or blues guitarists on Wednesday evenings from 8 to 11 p.m. (616) 844- 5055. 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. Thursdays starting February 4th the John Shea Trio with Muskegon’s own Chris Lawrence on trumpet and Rob Hartman on bass appear at Fricano’s Muskegon Lake, 1050 West Western Avenue, Muskegon. (231) 722 – 7775 or www.fricanospizza.com. Saturdays from 7 to 10 p.m. the John Shea Trio with Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp faculty member Chris Lawrence on trumpet and Julliard graduate Matt Heredia on bass appears at Notos Old World Italian Dining, 6600 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids. (616) 493 – 6686, or www.notosoldworld.com. Sundays starting January 24th from 7 to 10 p.m. the John Shea Trio with Chris Lawrence and Matt Heredia appears in the Pizza and Jazz Series at Brick Road Pizza, 1017 Wealthy Street S.E., Grand Rapids. Information from (616) 719 2409 or www.brickroadpizza.com. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pumpernickels, 202 Butler St., Saugatuck, guitarist Chip Kristi plays jazz for breakfast. (269) 857-1196. Timely Hits: Wednesday, January 20th at 7 p.m. big band dancing to The Beltline Big Band at The University Club, 111 Lyon St. N.W., Grand Rapids. $10 singles; $18 a couple. (616) 456 – 8623, or see www.beltlinebigband.com. Friday, January 22 at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. the Bob Dogan Trio from Chicago and the Cooper/Hay/VanLente Group from west Michigan play a benefit concert for the Holland Area Arts Council and the Center for Women in Transition at The Holland Area Arts Council, 150 E. 8th Street, Holland. Admission is $25. Tickets from (616) 396 – 3278. Saturday, January 23rd Chicago bebop pianist/vocalist Bob Dogan’s trio performs at The Dogwood Center for the Performing Arts, 4734 S. Campus Court, Fremont, 49412. Phone (231) 924 – 8885. For information on Bob Dogan please see: http://www.dogwoodcenter.com/?m=20100123&cat=1. Tuesday, January 26th and February 23rd from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 The Truth In Jazz Orchestra plays a mixture of classic jazz big band pieces from the Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, plus recent charts from Gordon Goodwin, at The West Side Inn, 1635 Beidler St, Muskegon, MI. Fronted by West Michigan's hardest working drummer and master teacher Tim Froncek the TIJO is 16 Muskegon’s crowning glory. More from www.tijo.org. Tuesday, January 26th pianist John Shea plays solo at The Blue Water Grill, 5180 Northland Drive N.E., Grand Rapids. (616) 363 5900. http://www.thegilmorecollection.com/bluewatergrill.html. Friday, January 29th the solo piano of Hugh DeWitt at Mangiamo’s, 1033 Lake Drive S.E., Grand Rapids. Phone (616) 742 – 0600. Sunday, February 1st, the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra is heard at Founder Brewing Company, 235 Grandville Avenue S.W. Grand Rapids. See www.grjo.org. Thursday, February 4th at 7:30 p.m. pianist/vocalist John Proulx presents a solo concert at Grand Rapids Community College music hall, Room 200, 142 Ransom Ave. N.E., Grand Rapids. Information from (616) 231- 3940. See www.johnproulx.com. Thursday, February 4th at 7 and 9:30 p.m. The Bad Plus (www.thebadplus.com) performs at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, 911 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor. See www.ums.org for information. Sunday, February 7th at 7 p.m. at The Blue Cow, 119 N. Michigan Avenue, Big Rapids, the Grammy award winning composer, pianist and vocalist John Proulx and his quartet with trumpeter Marlin McKay, bassist Paul Keller and drummer Pete Siers appears in a very special performance. Proulx has recently appeared at Fienstein’s at the Regency on Park Avenue in New York City to celebrate the release of his tribute to trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker, “Baker’s Dozen,” on Max Jazz Records. John Proulx grew up in Grand Rapids and attended Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. The concert is sponsored by the Ferris State University Festival of the Arts. No admission charge. For information about the concert please contact Tim Scully, (231) 642 – 1388. Information on Proulx from http://tinyurl.com/y9j3vut . Wednesdays February 10th and March 10th at 7 p.m. the Idlewild Foundation’s Jazz Lab uses recorded music, documentaries and guest speaks to explore jazz at The Saugatuck Brewing Company, 2948 Blue Star Highway, Douglas, Michigan. See www.s-djazz.com. Thursday, February 11, the stunning Tierney Sutton Band, featuring pianist Christian Jacob, opens the news season of jazz at the venerable St. Cecilia Music Center, 24 Ransom NE, Grand Rapids. Information from the singer’s web site: www.tierneysutton.com or from www.scmc-online.org or (616) 459 – 2224. Thursday, February 11 at 8 p.m. the Luciana Souza Trio featuring the Brazilian vocalist with guitarist Rumero Lubambo and percussionist Cyro Baptista appears at Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington St., Ann Arbor. See www.ums.org. Friday, February 12, 2010, Ben Allison and Man Sized Safe appears at the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo, featuring bassist Allison with Ron Horton, trumpet; Michael Blake, saxophones; Steve Cardenas, guitar; and Michael Sarin, drums. See http://www.fontanachamberarts.org/?pid=284 for information. Also, Allison is running a You Tube contest with the release of his new album, “Think Free.” Please see: http://www.youtube.com/thethinkfreeproject . Saturday, February 13th at 2 and 8 p.m. the 32nd Annual Gold Company “Miller Show” celebrates “Love: Gold Company Style” with the vocal jazz ensembles Gold Company and Gold Company II led by Steve Zegree, now back from his year-long sabbatical. The concerts take place in Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Tickets available from the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (800) 228 – 9858. Monday, February 15th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. vocalist Michelle Covington wit Scott Bell in the Jazz Gumbo Showcase presented by the West Michigan Jazz Society at the Kopper Top Guest House, 634 Stocking N.W. Grand Rapids. Information from www.wmichjazz.org. Wednesday, February 17th at 8 p.m. banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck with the Africa Project performs in Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor. The concert explores the origins of the banjo. See www.ums.org. Saturday, February 20th at 6 p.m. the Jazz Vespers Service at First United Methodist Church, 227 East Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, features trumpeter/drummer Max Colley III. Free of charge. Information from (616) 451-2876 or http://www.grandrapidsfumc.org/jazz/index.htm. Sunday, February 21st from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. “Musicians Against Homelessness” is a benefit for the Guiding Light Mission and will feature Organissimo and other jazz and blues bands, plus an “All Star Jam” set up by drummer Randy Marsh. The benefit takes place at The B.O.B., 20 Monroe Ave., Grand Rapids. Search www.Facebook.com for more information. Wednesday, March 10th at 7:30 p.m. one of today’s rising jazz stars brings his unique trio to Dimnent Memorial Chapel at Hope College in Holland when Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition takes the stage. Guggenheim Fellow Mahanthappa just won 2009 “Downbeat Magazine’s” Rising Star award for both the jazz artist and alto saxophone categories. He incorporates his Indian ancestry into work with Pakistani-American guitarist Rez Abbasi and tabla performer Dan Weiss. David Frick of “Rolling Stone Magazine” has said that the group chases “the holy with their own joyful purpose, darting under and through Mahanthappa’s graceful impatience like daredevil pilots showing him the long, wild way to nirvana.” Tickets available from (616) 395-7890, or www.hope.edu/gps . Friday, March 12, 2010 Matt Ulery’s Loom plays modern jazz from Chicago appears in the Bethlehem Church Sanctuary, 250 Commerce Ave. S.W., Grand Rapids. (616) 456 – 1741. www.blc-grmi.org. Please see www.mattulery.com for information on the bassist and his unique music. Then at Bethlehem on April 9th pianist/composer Steve Talaga premiers a commissioned work about the Heartside Neighborhood. All programs begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 2010, The Brad Meldau Trio makes their Grand Rapids debut in the St. Cecilia Jazz Series at St. Cecilia Music Center, 24 Ransom NE, Grand Rapids. Information on the innovative pianist from www.bradmehldau.com. Tickets from www.scmc-online.org or (616) 459 – 2224. Friday April 9th at 7:30 p.m. clarinetist and saxophonist Ken Peplowski appears at the Hart Middle School Auditorium in the Hart Community Performing Arts Series. Described by New York Times jazz critic John S. Wilson as “a clarinetist with a Benny Goodman tone and a Buddy DeFranco style,” Peplowski’s tenor saxophone sound owes a bit to Stan Getz. Tickets are $10 at the door, or may be reserved in advance from (231) 873 – 4476. See http://tinyurl.com/y9d36ag .

Looks like Kraftbrau recently moved and renovated and is looking to reopen very soon. I've e-mail Matt to see if he's up to anything. Good on the Founders hit.

There's this, too, in Kalamazoo: KRAFTBRAU BREWERY 402 E Kalamazoo Ave Kalamazoo, MI (269) 384-0288 www.kraftbraubrewery.com There was a guy named Matt Dorbin of "Black Jack Productions" who was booking Kraftbrau some great jazz and improvised music shows. mdorbin@yahoo.com is the last contact I have for him

The Union Caberet and Grill in Kalamzoo is Western Michigan University's jazz club. If you go to Western Michigan University's school of music web page, click on faculty and then Tom Knific -- he's a bassist who might be able to help with how to get in there.

Do you still have Hugo's information? Maybe Founder's Brewing Company -- they're on the web.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/arts/music/10cncjazz.html?ref=music

Saxophonis Jorrit Dijkstra writes: - Han Bennink's visited Boston late October. I played with him and Greek pianist Pandelis Karayorgis in a double concert at MIT (Boston), with Anthony Coleman and Han doing a fantastic second set. Han also gave two workshops to students at the New England Conservatory and Umass Dartmouth, and left a big impression on them. It reminds me how amazing of a musician Han is, with his unbelievable energy, his strong individuality and his humbleness as a person. Very inspiring indeed, and his music touches a very Dutch root in me somehow...