PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

My friend, college classmate and fellow employee, Mickey Schwerner will be awarded the Presidential Medal Of Freedom, posthumously today by President Obama.  How fitting that our first Black president will be making the award to three young men who lost their lives working to get voting rights for Blacks in Mississippi fifty years ago.  Mickey was a big Ray Charles fan, so I'll be listening to "What'd I Say" and other Ray Charles goodies all day in fond memory of Mickey and his fellow civil rights workers.

MORE FREE JAZZ

A reminder  -  Thursday, Nov 20, 7:30pm - Trombone Summit, B N Duke auditorium NCCU campus.  Top flight jazz musicians - Robert Trowers, Vincent Gardner.  This should be another good one.

WNCU GOSPEL MUSIC

A take away from my listening time with the Sunday Gospel programs on WNCU 90.7 on the FM dial and streaming at wncu.org -  Never look down on a man unless you are in the process of picking him up. 

FREE LIVE JAZZ

FREE LIVE JAZZ

NCCU campus B N DUKE AUDITORIUM  7pm tonight  jazz studies instrumental and vocal groups

NCCU  campus B N DUKE AUDITORIUM  7:30pm THURSDAY  TROMBONE SUMMIT

Happening tonight at Duke University Chapel,  first time ever jazz vespers.  Check with Duke for more details.

If you are looking for a group to perform good sounding jazz but with an African slant check out Muningu.  They  hail from the Congo and have a full rich sound - piano, guitar, electric bass, drums.  I believe they are available - contact  Nelson Smith,  Sugar Creek Entertainment, 154 Mciver Street, Sanford,, NC 27330,  919-542-7712, sugarcreek1953@gmail.com.  I've heard them three or four times at the Wednesday night jam session at BEYU Caffe in Durham.  They somewhat reminded me of Hugh Masekela.  Enjoyable. You will find them if you do a google search.  They did not have the American singer with them on the nights I saw them.