Cyril

It was only an advice and not a bad one IMHO. May I ask, who is/was your vocal coach?

Why don't you take (some) private lessons? Sanna van Vliet is giving short seminars. See below. http://jazzcat.nl/ http://jazzcat.nl/lesinformatie/vocale-improvisatie/

Happy Birthday 2014 !!!

Thanks Stef

NY Times Obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/arts/amiri-baraka-polarizing-poet-and-playwright-dies-at-79.html?_r=2 RIP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bArO35pbn6Q

http://jazztimes.com/articles/116780-trumpeter-roy-campbell-jr-dies-at-61 RIP, Roy Campbell

Hu? Can't quite follow ... to go live in Germany is to go and die soon? There wasn't a good (German) source at that time... Is that a good reason? I don't live in Germany From the JazzTimes site: http://jazztimes.com/articles/116243-trumpeter-al-porcino-dies-at-88

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Porcino

I was waiting for it...., because he was living in Germany. Al passed away on New Year's Eve morning, 12/31/13. http://jazzpro.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/interviews/al_porcino.htm RIP

Lateef explains his meaning of Autophysiopsychic Music as coming from one’s physical, mental, and spiritual self or, more simply put, music from one’s heart. He likened the term jazz to its unseemly synonyms like “nonsense,” “blather,” “claptrap” and felt that it "reduced the music to poppycock and skulduggery... I find that the word 'jazz' is a meaningless term that too narrowly defines the music I play, and it adds a connotation that’s disrespectful to the art and those who perform it." Source: http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/12/27/the-autophysiopsychic-music-diaspora-yusef-lateef-rip

http://www.newsy.com/videos/musician-says-u-s-customs-destroyed-his-handmade-flutes/ They destroyed years of his work....

http://www.grouprecipes.com/85802/homemade-cranberry-jam.html Good luck!

Yusef Lateef

They were very quick off the mark with their obituary but suspect that they picked up this 'news' on the twittersphere. Yes, that's what I think. They posted it too quick without a good check...!!!

http://www.hanbennink.com/life/photogallery/photogallery.html Rein Bennink on tenor sax, 1937 (scroll down).

Love his flute playing so much....One of my favorite musicians. Rest in peace, Yusef Lateef.

Wow, did he really die? What happened? I heard him in the Hague in 2001, and met him here briefly. So young.... Wow, did he really die? What happened? I heard him in the Hague in 2001, and met him here briefly. So young.... I see that it was an apparent suicide. How horrible. Yep... Here's some more: http://www.londonjazznews.com/2013/08/rip-kris-goessens-1967-2013-with-updates.html

He said in the same interview that Pepper 'thought he was better than (or as good as) Bird, and that wasn't the case'. In Part 4 of a five-part interview with Herb, the West Coast alto saxophonist giant talks about Jimmy Giuffre, Art Pepper, Maynard Ferguson, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Frank Butler and Larance Marable http://www.jazzwax.com/2010/04/interview-herb-geller-part-4.html

Happy Birthday!

Found that too. Didn't post it because it's in Dutch... I don't have a problem with that Hahahaha....