Lazaro Vega

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For ages the All Music Guide included little shopping carts next to releases they wrote about and you could click through and find were they were for sale. Great feature. No longer on the site. Is this a recent development?

There's this, too: http://blog.ted.com/2009/03/an_evolution_in.php

http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/EricLewis_2009_480.mp4

Thanks Jazztrain. Fass, we have a piano. I'm spending a lot of time playing a F at the piano (G on the trumpet), singing along with the F, buzzing it on the mouthpiece, then playing it on the horn. Lots of the type of work you probably did when you were in 8th grade.... Sir Charles Thompson tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake.

That guitar record of Bix's music sounds interesting. Never heard of it. Was that from a WKCR live recording of a "local" concert, or a commercial recording? I have a cornet, pocket trumpet and Yamaha student model Bb trumpet (that is on loan from a neighbor who's kid was playing it and mum and dad paid off before the kid switched to tuba; they're letting me play it until their youngest boy decides whether or not he wants to play trumpet). About two weeks ago I couldn't play a thing -- just a terrible sound, nothing above the C (Bb in concert). My trumpet teacher said it was the weather, that when the weather changes your lips are effected just like a reed on a woodwind, and that the students in his trumpet ensemble were having the same problems. "No, it doesn't sound like that, its like this," goes to demonstrate, wheeze, blatt, "Oh." He's recommending I take a theory class at a local community college to get caught up. I've been offered to teach a jazz history course in Grand Rapids next year as their main man, Duane Davis -- Xavier and Quincy Davis's Dad -- is retiring. Wondering if I could trade out on taking a theory class there.... thinking out loud.... Anyway, Faster -- that was the trumpet you heard last week.

Bix tonight from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., and the first hour is all Bix or related music (tributes by Bunny Berigan, Bobby Hackett, Jimmy McPartland, Rex Stewart, the Bix Beiderbecke Centennial Band). http://www.bluelake.org/radio

March 10, 2009 The Jazz Datebook: Regular Hits: Mondays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The What Not Inn features a jam session open to musicians and vocalists and featuring local, regional and international jazz musicians sitting in with the “house” band with pianist Wally Michaels, bassist Jeff Beavin and drummer Jack Wilkins. 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. Tuesday March 24th from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 The Truth In Jazz Orchestra plays swing and improvisational jazz at The West Side Inn, 1635 Beidler St, Muskegon, MI. They’ve recently added some Gordon Goodwin arrangements to their book and have developed a feature for their fearsome trumpet section. Fronted by West Michigan's legendary drummer Tim Froncek the TIJO is 16 Muskegon’s crowning glory. More from www.tijo.org. Thursdays from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, LA native Sweet Willie Singleton, or varying cast of Grand Rapids jazz musicians, swing at Gill’s Blue Crab Lounge in The B.O.B., 20 Monroe Ave. N.W., Grand Rapids. Fridays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. live music in the Peter M. Wege Pavilion at The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 101 Monroe Center, Grand Rapids, with a Jazz Encore from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 13th, guitarist Mike Hyde’s Trio; 20th, saxophonist Chris Bickley’s Trio; 27th, drummer Randy Marsh’s Trio; April, 3rd, saxophonist Laurie Sears’s Trio; 10th, pianist/vocalist Robin Connell’s Trio; 17th, saxophonist Bill Sears’s Trio, 24th drummer/vocalist Fred Knapp’s trio. (GRAM is also presenting classical chamber music Sunday afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m.). See www.artmuseumgr.org or call (616) 831 – 1000. Three Fridays a month trumpeter/vocalist/entertainer Sweet Willie Singleton plays jazz in Ada during the dinner hour (6 to 9 p.m.) at the Thornapple Daily Grill, 445 Ada Drive, Ada, MI. (616) 676-1233 www.thegilmorecollection.com/Thornapple/thornapple.html. Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. live local jazz, blues and other musical forms 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. 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: Friday, March 13th from 7 to 10 p.m. Big Daddy Fox plays R&B at The Alley Door Club, part of the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts, downtown Muskegon. Music is heard on the second and fourth Fridays of each month until May 8th. March 27th, Root Doctor plays the blues; April 10th is singer/songwriter night; April 24th Troll For Trout plays modern folk; and May 8th the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Jazz All Stars swing hard. Tickets are $6 at the door. Information from (231) 727 – 8001 or www.frauenthal.info. Sunday, March 15th from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra at Founder’s Brewing Company, 235 Grandville Avenue S.W., Grand Rapids. No admission charge. Information from www.grjo.com. Friday, March 13th at 8:15 p.m. the Western Jazz Quintet with guest trumpeter Ingrid Jensen is heard in the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Tickets are $10; $5 for students; available at the door. (800) 228 – 9858. Saturday, March 14th all day, the 29th Annual The Western Invitational Jazz Festival features outstanding high school jazz bands and concludes with a 7:30 p.m. performance by trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and the University Jazz Orchestra in the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Saturday, March 14th, the 8 piece Ann Arbor/Detroit based ensemble NOMO, whose “roots are firmly planted in the fertile soil of African polyrhythm and American free jazz,” lets rip at Founders Brewing Company, 235 Grandville Ave. SW, Grand Rapids. $6, must be 21 or older to attend. See www.nomomusic.com and www.foundersbrewing.com . Sunday, March 15th at 2 p.m. the Grammy-nonimated pianist Alina Morr swings the Sky Hempy Keyboard Performance Series at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts with her take on Latin Jazz. Tickets are $15 for adults, children under 18, free. The Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, is on-line at www.sc4a.org or (269) 857 – 2399. Monday, March 16th from 6 to 9 p.m. vocalist Rick Reuther with keyboardist Tom Hagen, bassist Elgin Vines, drummer Cheri Hagen and saxophonist Mike Lutley perform song hits introduced by Fred Astaire in “An Astaire Affair” at the West Michigan Jazz Society Jazz Gumbo Showcase in the Kopper Top Guest House, 624 Stocking N.W., Grand Rapids. Information from www.wmichjazz.org or (616) 458 – 0125. Tuesday, March 17th at 7:30 p.m. Grand Rapids Community College’s Winter Jazz Night Concert will honor the great jazz educator Duane Davis, who is retiring from GRCC this year. The concert takes place at St. Cecilia Music Center’s Royce Auditorium and will feature the vocal jazz ensemble Shades of Blue, the GRCC Jazz Ensemble with guest instrumentalists Michael Doyle and Mark Jackson, and the Western Michigan University Gold Company Sextet. Following the concert will be a reception in Grand Ballroom of St. Cecilia where a special performance by a Shades of Blue Alumni Ensemble takes place. For information please contact Kevin J. Dobreff, head of the Performing Arts Department, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids. (616) 234 – 4188. Friday, March 20th at 7:30 p.m. BED is a jazz quartet from Portland, Oregon, featuring vocalist Rebecca Kilgore presenting music from the Great American Songbook (compositions of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Richard Rogers and others) as well as classic jazz of the 1930’s and ‘40’s. With Eddie Erickson on guitar, Dan Barrett, trombone, and Paul Keller, bass, BED takes part in the Hart Performing Arts Series at the Hart Middle School Auditorium, Hart, MI. http://www.hart.lib.mi.us/CommunityArtsSeries.cfm. May 8th guitarist Frank Vignola appears in the series. For information the phone number is (231) 873 – 4476. Friday, March 20th at 8 p.m. Chicago pianist/vocalist/songwriter Patricia Barber opens the 29th Annual Gold Company Invitational Jazz Festival at the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Barber also conducts a Master Class on Thursday, March 19th from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. Tickets for the concert are $15 for adults; $5 for students; and available at the door. See http://www.patriciabarber.com/. Saturday, March 21st, Nelson Wood and the Village Jazz Trio are heard from 6 to 7 p.m. in the First United Methodist Jazz Vespers service at 227 East Fulton St. Grand Rapids. Then: April 18th, drummer/trumpeter Max Colley III performs; May 16th, vibraphonist Jim Cooper swings. Information from (616) 451 – 2879 ext. 126 or www.grandrapidsfumc.org. More information by phone from (269) 387 – 4689. Saturday, March 21st at 8 p.m. the closing concert in the 29th Annual Gold Company Invitational Vocal Jazz Festival features Gold Company directed by Duane Davis. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day twenty five high school and college vocal jazz ensembles from six states and Canada will share their music. Limited tickets for $10 are available at the door or by calling (269) 387 – 4689. Saturday, March 21st at 8 p.m. the Grammy award winning harmonica player Peter “Madcat” Ruth, blues guitarist Sherri Kane with multi-instrumentalist Mark Schrock and drummer Mike Shimmin return to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck for their “musical gumbo” of blues, jazz and rock. Tickets are $20 and available from (269) 857-2399 or www.sc4a.org. Sunday, March 22nd at 5 p.m. jazz pianist Kurt Ellenberger and shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) player Rob Foster, plus visual artist Deborah Rockman and students from Kendall College of Art and Design, combine to realize original works of art on the spot at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 134 North Division Street, Grand Rapids. The event is free. Information from (616) 456 – 1684. Monday, March 23rd at 7:30 p.m. drummer Keith Hall leads Tri-Fi with Phil Palombi, bass and Matthew Fries, piano at the VanSingel Fine Arts Center, 8500 Burlingame S.W. Byron Center, MI, 49315. Information about the band from www.tri-fi.com and more about the concert from www.vsfac.com. Box office phone, (616) 878 – 8600. Friday, March 27th at 7:30 p.m. drummer Fred Knapp’s Trio plays a CD release party for “More Happy Jazz,” at Schuler Books and Music, 2660 28th Street S.E., Grand Rapids. Free. Thursday, April 2nd at 8 p.m. drummer Randy Marsh leads his Marshland Express at Z’s Bar and Grill, 68 Louis Campau Promenade N.W., Grand Rapids. Saturday, April 4th, pianist Chick Corea and Guitarist John McLaughlin lead their “Five Piece Group” featuring saxophonist Kenny Garret at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor. See: http://www.ums.org/s_current_season/artist.asp?pageid=500 . Saturday, April 11th at 8 p.m. the Adam Rudolph/Ralph Jones duo perform a wordless psalm called “YEYI” (yay-yee) At Mexicains Sans Frontieres, 120 South Division Ave, #226, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503. Special Guests: Corey Eno Ruffin & End Times Quartet also perform. Featuring Adam Rudolph: Membranophones and Idiophones: handrumset (congas, djembe, tarija), frame drum, thumb pianos, gongs, percussion and mulitphonic singing, sintir, piano. And Ralph Jones: Aerophones: alto & C flutes, bass clarinet, tenor & soprano saxophone, ney, hichiriki, bagpipes, bamboo flutes and piano. Information from www.metarecords.com/adam.html. Thursday, April 16th at 7:30 p.m. “Spring Jazz Night” in the Aquinas College Art and Music Center, Aquinas College, 1607 Robinson Road SE, Grand Rapids. Information from www.aquinas.edu/music/events.html. Thursday, April 16th at 8 p.m. saxophonist Michael Doyle leads his hard bop/Latin jazz band Evidence at Z’s Bar and Grill, 68 Louis Campau Promenade N.W., Grand Rapids. Thursday, April 16th at 7:30 p.m. the Branford Marsalis Quartet, behind the release of their new CD “Metamorphosen,” celebrates a decade of playing together at the VanSingel Fine Arts Center, 8500 Burlingame S.W. Byron Center, MI, 49315. Information about the band from www.marsalismusic.com and more about the concert from www.vsfac.com. Box office phone, (616) 878 – 8600. Thursday, April 16th vocalist Kurt Elling brings Ernie Watts and the Ethel String Quartet aboard for “Dedicated to You,” Elling’s creative re-imagining of John Coltrane’s seminal collaboration with romantic balladeer Johnny Hartman. At the Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. See: http://www.ums.org/s_current_season/artist.asp?pageid=503. Friday, April 24th and Saturday, April 25th at at 7:30 p.m. in the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids, Grammy award winning guitarist John Jorgenson leads his jazz quintet in concert. Presented by the Grand Rapids Ballet Company. Information from (616) 454 – 4771. Friday, May 1st at 7:30 p.m. jazz trumpeter Marcus Printup and the Byron Center Jazz Orchestra are featured the VanSingel Fine Arts Center, 8500 Burlingame S.W. Byron Center, MI, 49315. Information about the guest soloist from www.marcusprintup.net and more about the concert from www.vsfac.com. Box office phone, (616) 878 – 8600. Thursday, May 14th at 8 p.m. Vibraphonist Stefon Harris and Blackout appear in the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, as part of the Fontana Chamber Arts Winter Season. See http://www.stefonharris.com or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-klKGVbV2hE . Information from (269) 382-7774. The Fontana Chamber Arts is located at the Epic Center, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 200, Kalamazoo, MI 49007. www.fontanachamberarts.org. Sunday through Friday, June 14th through June 19th the 2009 Keith Hall Summer Drum Intensive takes place at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Open to middle and high school students as well as adults, with scholarships now available, the drum intensive offers study in jazz rhythm section concepts; drum set choir; master classes; transcription; listening and analysis; private lessons; and evening jam sessions. Final concerts take place Thursday and Friday, June 18th and 19th at 8 p.m. at the Union Grill in downtown Kalamazoo. Tuition is $400; room and board $325. A non-refundable $50 deposit is due by April 15th. Information from (201) 406 – 5059, or keith@keithhallmusic.com. Thursday, July 31st and Friday, August 1st the Saugatuck-Douglas Jazz Festival returns. July 31st at 7:30 p.m. the festival kicks off at Saugatuck Brewing Company, and then continues on the afternoon August 1st at Coghlin Park and the evening of the 1st at Saugatuck United Methodist Church, Saugatuck Christian Reformed Church and Saugatuck Brewing Company. Musicians to perform include Detroit jazz vocalist Shahida Nurullah, bassist Marion Hayden, pianist Johnny O’Neal, the Cooper/Hay/VanLente Group, “One For All” an all-star New York ensemble featuring tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, trombonist Steve Davis, trumpeter Jim Rotondi, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth), The Flat River Big Band, drummer Sean Dobbins, guitarist Ron English and many others. Produced in co-operation with the Idlewild Foundation. Information from (313) 965 – 0505 of www.saugatuck.com.

April 11th At Mexicains Sans Frontieres 120 South Division Av #226 Grand Rapids MI 49503 8 PM With Special Guests: Corey Eno Ruffin & End Times Quartet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAM RUDOLPH & RALPH JONES DUET Present the world premiere of YEYI (yay-yee) a wordless psalm of prototypical vibrations Adam Rudolph: Membranophones and Idiophones: handrumset (congas, djembe, tarija), frame drum, thumb pianos, gongs, percussion and mulitphonic singing, sintir, piano. Ralph Jones: Aerophones: alto & C flutes, bass clarinet, tenor & soprano saxophone, ney, hichiriki, bagpipes, bamboo flutes and piano. ADAM RUDOLPH @ MY SPACE: http://www.myspace.com/movingpicturesquartet ADAM RUDOLPH'S HOMEPAGE: http://www.metarecords.com/adam.html ADAM RUDOLPH YOU TUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/adamtabl RADIO INTERVIEW http://freshearsmedia.com/nfwe.php?queryWh...mp;queryValue=7 BEST CD’s OF 2008 LISTS: for ADAM RUDOLPH’S MOVING PICTURES OCTET “DREAM GARDEN” (Justin Time) All Music Guide – AMG Staff Downbeat - Shaun Brady Village Voice – Staff Picks Signal to Noise - Jason Weiss Downbeat Poll - Beyond Artist/Group The Independent Ear – Willard Jenkins Philadelphia Inquirer - David R. Adler Boston Globe - Steve Greenlee All About Jazz - J Hunter Jazz Times – Staff Picks http://www.metarecords.com/

Friday, April 10th 2009 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) 4454 Woodward Ave. (@ Garfield) Detroit, 48201 (313) 832-6622 http://www.mocadetroit.org a live performance by Art Ensemble of Chicago and AACM founder Roscoe Mitchell w/ Thomas Buckner and the sculptural works of artist Alain Kirili doors at 8PM showtime at 9PM sharp $11.00 or free for MOCAD members visit http://www.mocadetroit.org for more info

3-03-09. Yesterday was a square root day. Next up: 4-04-16 then, 5-05-25 and, 6-06-36

Celebrating the anniversary of his birth.

Please join Blue Lake Public Radio from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. tonight for the clarinet (and some tenor saxophone) of Barney Bigard. Happy Square Root Day Birthday to Albany Leon Bigard. http://www.bluelake.org/radio

Thank you, thank you. The service that provides our web streaming was down for repairs Sunday night -- without prior notice. Sorry if anyone was hung up by that.

This Night Lights airs tonight on Blue Lake right after my 26th Anniversary program.

That's a helluva weekend of music in store for you folks: the Roscoe/Muhal/Lewis concert in Ann Arbor was one of the most simultaneously poised and shouting concerts I'd ever heard. So many elements of music come into play in their concerts and their reactions to each other signal an attitude to the "whole" of the performance that puts the final result, hopefully and if all goes well, on the highest musical level, an exulted plane of creation.

Fun record. The band reminds me of the Microscopic Quintet in spirit. The Viper Song is a good one for Fat Tuesday.

Miles was kicking around the time of the interview and you can sort of tell. Like I said this came through from Jim Eigo. Someone on the Jazz Programmer's List questioned whether it was Miles or not. Here's a response: Jim, I can tell you, this is Miles Davis. Harry Frost was a long time DJ in the St. Louis area, I have a couple of other interviews that he did over the years. I also knew a number of Harrys friends. His best buddy Ken Schnizenmeire, later known in Down Beat as Ken Meire, was Harry's best friend and often told me about his few run ins with Miles and Ken was at the studio at this time. Kenny never told me that this was when Miles "got clean", that's speculation on my part. Quincy Troupe might have a better idea, although Quincy's first encounter with Miles was a few years later at the Peacock Alley engagement that we've documented with photos on the Lockwood Summit blog. As for the origins of the tape. A long time Jazz fan and DJ here in St. Louis passed away around 1996 or 1997. He lived in a small apartment in the South St. Louis area. While buying his records, I unearthed a large amount of photographs taken by Bernie Thrasher (the origins of the Miles photos) and a large stack of reel to reels. Virgil Matheus of VJM records (Miles at Peacock Alley and Miles in St. Louis) took the tapes and scowered them for gems. Most were filled with Harry Frost programs and perhaps some Spider Burke's as well. Virgil was shocked to find this Miles interview as well as a Frost program from the 60's with a "This is Your Life" interview with Stan Getz. I was pleasently surprised to find an interview with a St. Louis legend Tommy Wolf who's best known for his composition "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most", but I digress. Harry was most certainly a hipster and a character, in fact Harry Frost was only a radio name, I don't recall his given name. His death in the mid 60's has been a mystery for many years, murdered on the front lawn of his Central West End home. Harry and his friend Kenny befriended many of the traveling musicians that came through in the 50's. Kenny related a number of story's to me over the years about the likes of Stan Getz and Chet Baker, Kenny told me that by the time he ran into him again at Peacock Alley Miles' personality became very stand offish but I think that's old news. Joe Schwab Euclid Records St. Louis, MO http://euclidrecords.blogspot.com/

We posted the first part. We'll be doing 2 more over the next couple weeks http://euclidrecords.blogspot.com/ by Joe Schwab It's been well documented that Miles Davis came home to East St. Louis in 1953 while in the throes of a bad heroin addiction to spend time on his father's farm in order to kick. Before departing for the farm, Miles made a stop at radio station KXLW to visit with Modern Jazz DJ and hipster Harry Frost and his Fresh Air program. This is a fascinating look into Miles' persona and the most extensive recorded interview with him from this era. Miles discusses his career and recordings up until that time. Most people have never heard Miles' voice before it was entrenched with the raspy croak that we're used to and it's rather hard to fathom that this is the man who would later become known as "The Prince of Darkness". The Miles we hear is amiable and friendly, but obviously hurting from the drugs he was determined to defeat. This is a very very rare and historic recording, enjoy and look for the second part of the program next week. (addendum: you can hear Miles introducing compositions in the recording of the Miles Davis/Tadd Dameron Quintet live at the 1949 Paris Jazz Festival, too, as an example of how he sounded before his voice got roached)

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-r...son_balsom.html Went with my trumpet teacher who was gassed that she went over big by just playing well, very well. No schtick, no higher, faster, louder. She plays, generally, at piano -- with a beautiful sound, consistently fluid articulation, and elegance. She may have dropped one note in the entire recital, and played completely from memory. Great concert.

San Francisco Chronicle on Fred Hersch http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...=001&sc=625 Hersch performs a solo piano concert Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Wichers Auditorium of the Nykerk Hall of Music at Hope College, Holland. Blue Lake Public Radio will record the concert for future broadcast. Lazaro

He's with Henry Threadgill's Sextett on RCA in the 1980's. The vividly titled, "Rag, Bush and All."

Great tool: http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/cat...eo-6100-series/

Bellson played Blue Lake with Pearl Bailey, Milt Hinton and Remo Palmeri in the late 70's early 80's. He returned with his Chicago big band in the 1990's and was just hollering. He and Larry Novak came by the station and he spent almost an hour talking and playing records. Great guy. Bellson with Ellington, The Hawk Talks.

Do you get those pre-produced programs from Andy Cahn at Legacy?