Music Happenings NOW!

Check all of your input sources.  Peter Burke's blog.  This blog.  Individual musicians and venue web sites  - Ryan Hanseler, Al Strong, Onda, Mint Julep, Alley 26, BEYU Caffe, Sharp 9, The SHED and on.  Oh yes, look at the big performance places also.  There are some great sounds coming to this Durham area starting now and running for the next couple of months.  If you love music (not just jazz), you'll be glad you reside in the Triangle area.  Happy Holidays and enjoyable listening to music, whatever you checkout.  Ed Furtick

NEW YEAR'S EVE JAZZ

The following info is provided by Mama Jazz  FROM MAMA JAZZ

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From: Peter Ingram
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:20 PM
To: Elaine Crovitz, Ph.D.
Subject: New Year's Eve jazz!

 

Hi Elaine,

I would be most grateful if you would add this link to your next mailing!

http://www.firstnightraleigh.com/bebop-blues/

Bebop Blues & All That Jazz - firstnightraleigh.com www.firstnightraleigh.com 7:00 – 11:00 First Baptist Church (Salisbury Street) – Fellowship Hall. Peter Ingram, Elmer Gibson, John Simonetti and Ray Codrington—make up some Jazz FIRSTS ...

It basically says this (plus a nice logo!):

7:00 – 11:00 pm December 31st
First Baptist Church (Salisbury Street) – Fellowship Hall Raleigh

Peter Ingram, Elmer Gibson, John Simonetti and Ray Codrington—make up some Jazz FIRSTS for First Night—come and listen, enjoy the show and bring your instruments for a jam session to complete the evening!  

Thanks - and Happy Holidays to you and everyone!

Peter

RE: CAROLYN MITCHELL SATURDAY 12/19/15

Carolyn Mitchell will be appearing on Saturday.   She provided the info that follows:

CELEBRATE THE SEASON View this email in your browser This Saturday Night, December 19th, I will be at Irregardless Cafe for my last show of the year. It will be an early night......... 6pm until 8:30. Come out, relax and get in the Christmas spirit as you listen to jazz and enjoy the delicious Irregardless cuisine.   901 West Morgan Street          Raleigh, NC See You Saturday!

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La Ronde Suite

GOOD GUITAR POUR HOUSE TUESDAY 8PM

See my post from Saturday 12/12/15.  The great sounding and new to me guitar player, Logan Butler, is playing with a fusion band at The Pour House in Raleigh at 8pm Tuesday night, 12/15/2015.  As I mentioned in my previous post,  his performance the other night was great.  Go give him a listen.

MONDAY NIGHT

CHECK ERNEST TURNER TRIO FROM 8PM WITH A JAM SESSION AFTERWARDS - THE SHED TONIGHT.

GOOD SOUNDS ON FRIDAY NIGHT

THANK YOU KOBIE!

THERE WAS SOME GOOD JAZZ GOING ON AT SHARP 9 LAST NIGHT.  KOBI WATKINS
GROUPTET.  "And a good time was had by all."  The band was smokin'.  Kobie on drums, Lovell Bradford piano, Aaron Hill saxophones , Jason Foureman bass,  and Logan Butler guitar.  They all came to play - AND PLAY THEY DID!  Logan Butler on guitar is a nice new discovery.  Kobie seems to have a gift for finding good talent and bringing it to our attention.  Logan is just in his first year at UNCG, but he plays as if he's been around the guitar and good jazz for quite a while.  He's playing with a fusion group in Raleigh on Tuesday.  If I get anything more specific on him I'll try to get it posted.

Another job well done by a group of fine musicians.  Thank you, Kobie, Lovell, Aaron, Jason, and Logan.  MORE PLEASE FROM ALL OF YOU.  "KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON."  Ed Furtick

SOME INFO

Our other collaborations The members of Onda play in other jazz groups that we think you will enjoy. Eric Meyer with The Noah Sager Quartet | Saturday, January 9, 2016 | 8pm – 11pm This quartet features Noah Sager on piano, Keenan McKenzie on saxophone and clarinet, Eric Meyer on bass, and Theous Jones on drums. This is also a somewhat numerically noteworthy birthday weekend for Eric. Eric Meyer, Noah Sager, and Friends West End Wine Bar, Durham, NC, Every Sunday | 3pm-5pm | free Cool 21 Jazz Trio - BC Smith piano, Eric Meyer bass, Peter Joyner drums Every Tuesday at Alley Twenty Six, Durham, NC, 8pm-11pm You can find full details about Onda’s shows, fun facts about the band, and recordings on our web site, ondaband.com. Thank you! Onda Nelson Johns, guitar Stephen Coffman, vibraphone Ana Mitchell, percussion Eric Meyer, bass

Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas

A GREAT HOLIDAY ALBUM KENNY BURRELL

 HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!  See the following post.  Ed

INFO

Here's some info from Peter Burke.  (You can find more jazz info from Peter at his web site locavore jazz.)
" Good morning. It's been a while since I've had some recommendations, but December's got them:

 

12/4: For those of you who've seen Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz in past Guide To Local Jazz classes, they return to Sharp Nine Friday night at 7p, in a combined GTLJ/Sharp NIne production.

 

12/5: Pianist Stephen Anderson & his trio--plus saxophonist Dave Finucane--appear at Sharp Nine at 8p. Stephen & Dave have great rapport & do a duo version of Dave's "Grey Blue" that is as beautiful a ballad as you'll hear.

 

12/12: Singer Cecile McLorin Salvant is a Don't Miss experience. She's the best young jazz singer around, with an incredible vocal range, from high to low accenting standards & songs that will become standards. She's at Duke Performances at 8p in Baldwin Auditorium.

 

I hope to see some of you at these performances. They will be good..."

WHAT'S GOING ON?

Who's happening where and when? If you are so inclined, please share who's doing what this holiday period. A record listening recommendation - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Kenny Burrell. Happy Birthday today, December 1, to the love of my life, Ellen.

MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ DURHAM, NC

8 - 11pm Sessions At THE SHED. Ernest Turner Trio starting at 8pm. Jam session thereafter.

THE VISION LIVES ON

As well it should! What a great concert last night at The Carolina Theater! Our congratulations and thanks to everybody who had a piece of making the NCCU Benefit Concert on Sunday, November 22, 2015 such an outstanding event. Please publicize when anything that was recorded, (CD, DVD, Prints) becomes available for purchase. Your efforts made a lot of folks happy & proud. "KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON". To my fellow jazz lovers, please continue to support jazz here in Durham, NC and environs. What a wonderful environment we have the opportunity to experience.

SUNDAY JAZZ 6PM CAROLINA THEATER DURHAM, NC

SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME. A BENEFIT FOR JAZZ STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AT NCCU. (SEE MY FACEBOOK ENTRY AT EDWARD FURTICK, JR.

TROMBONE SUMMIT TONIGHT!!

7 PM Tonight at B N Duke Auditorium Free Get out and support Jazz in Durham. I'm sure Robert Trowers has a great evening in store for us! Also Sunday. Don't forget the benefit concert for NCCU Jazz studies.

DURHAM, NC & ENVIRONS GOOD SOUNDS

The last couple of posted items have info on some happenings that provide the opportunity for us jazz lovers to show our continuing support for the Durham, Nc & environs ongoing JAZZ OASIS. ENJOY!!!

UNC JAZZ HAPPENINGS UPCOMING INFO FROM MAMA JAZZ

________________________________________ Subject: unc jazz this weekend The UNC-Chapel Hill Jazz Studies Program invites you to join us for a weekend of events featuring the marvelous Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III. Here are the events, please attend and please share this post. Friday, November 20 4pm Room 1201 Kenan Music Building, UNC-CH (free) Walter Smith III with the UNC Jazz Combos 8pm Sharp 9 Gallery, Durham, NC Walter Smith III with the UNC Faculty Jazz Quintet featuring Jim Ketch, Dave Finucane, Stephen Anderon, Jason Foureman, and Dan Davis. Admission Charged Saturday, November 21 4pm Room 1201 KMB, UNC-CH Walter Smith III, saxophone and jazz master class Free 8pm Room 1201 KMB, UNC-CH Walter Smith III in concert with the UNC Jazz Band, Jim Ketch, Director This concert will feature the premier of 4 arrangements by UNC Jazz students - Zach Gossett, Russell Davis, Nate Huvard, and Atticus Reynolds. The concert is a scholarship benefit event, admission $10 is charged. Please help us welcome Walter Smith III with a SRO crowd!

NCCU JAZZ STUDIES BENEFIT CONCERT 11/22/2015

The following info comes courtesy of "MAMA JAZZ" Elaine Crovitz, Ph.D. Subject: Branford Marsalis NCCU Jazz Benefit Zenzalai Music Newsletter - Fall 2015 Dear Jazz Lover, I trust this note finds you well, and enjoying a bustling Autumn. On behalf of the North Carolina Central University Jazz Studies program, may I request your attention to a wonderful upcoming event and a noteworthy cause? All the details are below, so please continue reading... With Music, Lenora Helm Hammonds "Keep The Vision Alive" North Carolina Central University's Jazz Benefit Concert featuring Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Jazz Studies program is a historical and cultural landmark. We were the very first university in the state to offer a Jazz Studies degree, and the only one in the state with a fully comprehensive vocal jazz studies component. There are only two HBCUs in the country that offer a Master of Music in Jazz Studies, Howard University and NCCU! I have had the privilege of teaching at NCCU now for ten years. We are committed to continuing our legacy of keeping swing alive! One of our most important tasks has been graduating and developing jazz musicians and educators for the next generation. NCCU Jazz Studies program students and alum are competitive and highly profiled in the music industry. They can be found touring with everyone from Prince and Gregory Porter to alums who have recorded and toured with countless other renowned artists including Betty Carter, Kim Burrell, Charles Tolliver and Branford Marsalis. Other NCCU Jazz Studies alums are working as music educators at prestigious cultural centers and jazz venues like Jazz at Lincoln Center and a host of national and international schools. NCCU is a public university and the NCCU Jazz Studies program depends on support from the generous donations of jazz lovers. We hope you will join us as a Friend of NCCU Jazz Studies by pursuing one of the following options: 1) Please send this invite for VIP participation and flyer to five - ten people who you think will come to support NCCU Jazz, and who would enjoy a Branford Marsalis/Joey Calderazzo concert, (the NCCU big band and vocal ensemble are also performing in the concert). 2) If you can, purchase a VIP ticket for yourself. Here is the info and link. Tickets on sale now! NCCU Jazz Benefit, featuring Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo, AND NCCU Jazz Ensemble & NCCU Vocal Jazz Ensemble Sunday, November 22nd, 6 pm, Carolina Theatre, 309 Morgan Street, Durham, NC 27701 Follow this link to get tickets: http://www.carolinatheatre.org/events/branford-marsalis-0 3) If you cannot attend, please consider a donation to the program. The attached invite has all the instructions in order to make a donation. 4) Consider an early holiday or Christmas gift of a pair of concert tickets or a donation to the program on your behalf for people on your holiday list. THANK YOU!!".

SUPPORT

Please see my 11/22/15 post.  Upcoming events to support -  Nov. 19,  Trombone Summit at BN Duke,  NCCU Jazz Studies Benefit Concert, Nov. 22, Carolina Theater.

Dizzy Gillespie scholars  -  If you know his discography well, please let me know by email, edfurtick@gmail.com.  I need help finding info on a specific recording that probably was released in the late 1960s timeframe.  Thanks.  Ed

A FEW HAPPENINGS

From Gary Brunotte  Hi all

Hope all is well.   I have a few nice gigs this week:

    The Shed ($5), in Durham,   Tues,1 1/10, 8-10pm organ/guitar/drum trio

        with Russell Favret-guitar, Larry Q.-drums

    Brasa's, in Raleigh, Fri, 11/13, 7-10pm   piano/sax/conga  trio

         with Glen Ingram-sax, Bob Jackson-conga/bongo

    Irregardless Cafe, in Raleigh Sat, 11/14, 6-8:30pm piano/conga latin duo (w/vocals)  

        with Nelson Delgado-conga/vocal

Hope you can make one of them.

   Take care,  Gary

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INFO ON HAPPENINGS AT THE SHED

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COURTESY OF "MAMA JAZZ" To: Elaine Crovitz, Ph.D. Subject: Mary Halverson and Stephan Crump @ SHED this Sat (11/7) Hi Mama Jazz, This Saturday night (11/7 at 8 PM), renowned guitarist Mary Halverson and bassist Stephan Crump (from Vijay Ayer trio) will be performing at the The Shed. The cover is $15 or $10 for students.You can RSVP and find tickets here. Of our upcoming shows, I thought this in particular might interest your email list! More events are listed on our website (below). Thanks for your support and hope to see you soon The Shed 807 E. Main St. Durham NC (732) 570 2935 www.shedjazz.com

SOME HAPPENINGS NEXT FEW DAYS

Tonight, Wed. 11/4/2015 Double Jam Sessions 7-9 pm BEYU Caffe 9:30 - midnight(?) Duke Mary Lou Williams Center Thursday 11/5/2015 Michael Jones BEYU Caffe 7 - 9 pm , Zachary Gossett THE SHED 8:30 pm "I definitely write what's considered "modern jazz" but there's definitely a significant Mingus/Charlie Haden/Wayne Shorter/Charles Lloyd/latin jazz influence to my sound Cover is $6 and it's a collection of sextet arrangements." Zach Gossett BEYU Caffe Friday 11/6/2015 Noah Powell 8pm 10pm Saturday 11/7/2015 Carolyn Mitchell 8pm 10pm Check the individual websites for more info Jazz in Durham Lots going on Get out and enjoy ! If you want to hear 90 minutes of me as a guest host on WNCU OCT. 20, 2015 send me an email. I'll send you a file that you should be able to download. edfurtick@gmail.com

MORE ON YOUTH JAZZ

Tickets can be purchased one of three ways 1)Etix 2)Town of Cary box office located at The Cary on Academy St 3) day of concert at the Arts Center box office. More info at this link below. https://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Parks__Recreation___Cultural_Resources/Facilities/Cultural_Arts_Centers/caryartscenter/events/tickets.htm

YOUTHFUL JAZZ CARY, NC SUNDAY NOV. 8

The following information has been provided by Avery Logan: The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, a community youth jazz band led by Gregg Gelb will be playing a concert next Sunday (11/8) at the Cary Arts Center from 2-4 pm. We will be playing some great selections from the big band tradition as well as some music from the Ellington library. It's a great program and a great opportunity for the triangle community to support young jazz musicians.

SUNDAY JAZZ DURHAM NC

If you're looking for a way to beat the rain & clouds  BEYU 11 - 2  Jazz Brunch with Gary on the piano,  West End Wine Bar  3 - 5  with Eric & Noah,  THE SHED  6 pm with Danny

UNC FREE CONCERT TONIGHT

The following information is provided by "Mama Jazz":  Hi Elaine,

Could you please share this with your friends?

Monday, October 26 at 7:30pm - 360ᵒ Jazz Initiative Summit Records CD
Release Concert.  The concert will be held at UNC, Hanes Art Building
room 121.  Free Admission.

Jim Ketch, trumpet
John Parker, trumpet
Dave Finucane, tenor sax
Scott Sawyer, guitar
Juan Alamo, percussion
Jason Foureman, bass
Dan Davis, drums
Stephen Anderson, piano

Thanks so much,

HAPPENING SOON

What follows is furnished by Elaine Crovitz, Ph.D. To: Elaine Crovitz, Ph.D. Subject: 360ᵒ Jazz Initiative CD Release Concert - Monday, October 26 at 7:30pm At UNC, Hanes Art Building room 121. Free Admission. Hi Elaine, Could you please share this with your friends? Monday, October 26 at 7:30pm - 360ᵒ Jazz Initiative Summit Records CD Release Concert.  The concert will be held at UNC, Hanes Art Building room 121.  Free Admission. Jim Ketch, trumpet John Parker, trumpet Dave Finucane, tenor sax Scott Sawyer, guitar Juan Alamo, percussion Jason Foureman, bass Dan Davis, drums Stephen Anderson, piano Thanks Composition and Jazz Studies Department of Music, CB #3320 The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3320 Kenan Music Building – Office 2119 o

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ON THE RADIO

I had a good time yesterday 10/20/2015,  guest hosting on WNCU 90.7FM/WNCU.org.  I'm trying to find a way to make the audio mp3 file available here on this blog.  If anyone knows how to do that and would care to help me out, please let me know, edfurtick@gmail.com.  Thanks.

PERFORMANCE TONIGHT

LENORA'S  RECITAL STARTS AT 7PM B N DUKE AUDITORIUM.  HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

TUESDAY NIGHT JAZZ DURHAM NC LENORA ZENZALI HELM

Go to Lenora Helm on Facebook for details of her recital tomorrow night   Tuesday, October 20, 2015  B N Duke auditorium, Durham, NC   7pm start .  This promises to be a good time.  Additionally, it's a great opportunity to show support for a member of the excellent community of Jazz educators located in this Jazz Oasis.  Be there.  I think you'll enjoy.

SATURDAY AT THE SHED 10/17/2015

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/larrydraughnmusic-live-at-the-shed-1017-tickets-19010538031  This link should give you additional info re: LarryDraughnMusic event on Saturday, October 17 at THE SHED.

SOME UPCOMING GUITAR, ORGAN, DRUMS

Information courtesy of Elaine Crovitz

Hi, We have world famous guitarist, Randy Johnston (guitarist with Lou Donaldson for 19 years), stopping in Raleigh/Durham for a few gigs.  Please list the following on your jazz calendars.  Thanks.      Gary Brunotte Friday October 16th 7:00PM - 10:00PM    "Randy JohnstonJazz Duo"      Randy Johnston - Guitar      Gary Brunotte - Piano Brasa's Brazilian Steakhouse Brier Creek  Raleigh,  NC  FREE - No cover ======================================== Saturday October 17th 8:00PM - 11:00PM    "Randy Johnston Trio"      Randy Johnston - Guitar      Gary Brunotte - Organ      John Hanks - Drums Sharp Nine - Durham Jazz Workshop Durham, NC  Cover - $15 ($10 students) ======================================== Sunday, October 18th 5:00PM - 7:00PM    "Randy Johnston Trio"      Randy Johnston - Guitar      Gary Brunotte - Organ      John Hanks - Drums Blue Note Grill Durham, NC  FREE - No cover Elaine Crovitz, Ph.D. 6:12 PM (15 hours ago) to gary From: gary.brunotte@garybrunotte.com <gary.brunotte@garybrunotte.com> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 12:50 AM To: Elaine Crovitz, Ph.D. Subject: RE: Fw: Jazz music event listing(s) - NYC guitarist Randy Johnston- from Mama Jazz   Hi Mama Jazz, Sharp Nine just CANCELLED the Saturday, Oct 17th gig with Randy Johnston.  Please let your readers know.  However, we are still playing at the "Blue Note Grill" on Sunday, October 18th, 5:00-7:00PM and would love to see everyone there.  Thanks.    -Gary Click here to Reply, Reply to all, or Forward 4.19 GB (27%) of 15 GB used Manage Terms - Privacy Last account activity: 1 minute ago Details

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