Podcast appearances and mentions of Avery Sharpe

Charlie Apicella was voted onto the 84th and 86th DownBeat Readers Poll for Guitar. He studied composition and improvisation with musical titans Yusef Lateef and Pat Martino and was trained as a historian by Archie Shepp and Dr. Billy Taylor. As a young guitarist he met his idol BB King, who offered him advice and shared some stories. He has performed concerts and recorded with jazz legends Dave Holland, Sonny Fortune, John Blake, Jr., and Avery Sharpe as well as contemporary masters Joe Magnarelli, Vic Juris, Dave Stryker, Don Braden, and Jon Herington of Steely Dan. In 2022 he formed The Griots Speak with bassist William Parker, saxophonist Daniel Carter, and percussionist Juma Sultan who is known for his work with Jimi Hendrix. * * * Charlie Apicella is the founder and program director of Blues Alive: the living tradition of the blues He is an Eastman Guitars Featured Artist a Guild Guitars Sponsored Artist and a ZT Amplifiers Official Artist For more on Charlie Apicella go to https://www.ironcity.nyc/

Sunset on the Dogwood city Episode 6 description - There is a difference in doing what feels good versus what is right.We Built This City - Tune in for a behind the scenes chat with playwright Avery Sharpe and Producer Amanda Washington. This supplementary episode will follow each weekly main episode.Description of Amplify -  A core mission of Actor's Express is to uplift the voice of playwrights. Amplify,Podcast Plays by Actor's Express, seeks out Atlanta playwrights and challenges them to tell stories through the sound waves of podcasting. Amplify initially started with Crossroads. Crossroads was created by seven local Atlanta playwrights and brought to life by eleven actors. The series now includes Tucker's Cove and Sunset on the Dogwood City written by Addae Moon, Natasha Patel, and Avery Sharpe three playwrights who have keen awareness of the Atlanta culture.  Members of the Actor's Express Apprentice company will voice Sunset on the Dogwood City. You can find Crossroads,Tucker's Cove, and Sunset on the Dogwood  by searching Amplify on Apple and Amazon Music.Support Amplify:DonateCome see a show!Volunteer

Sunset on the Dogwood city Episode 5 description - Wait are we really time traveling right now?We Built This City - Tune in for a behind the scenes chat with Playwright Addae Moon and Producer Amanda Washington. This supplementary episode will follow each weekly main episode.Description of Amplify -  A core mission of Actor's Express is to uplift the voice of playwrights. Amplify,Podcast Plays by Actor's Express, seeks out Atlanta playwrights and challenges them to tell stories through the sound waves of podcasting. Amplify initially started with Crossroads. Crossroads was created by seven local Atlanta playwrights and brought to life by eleven actors. The series now includes Tucker's Cove and Sunset on the Dogwood City written by Addae Moon, Natasha Patel, and Avery Sharpe three playwrights who have keen awareness of the Atlanta culture.  Members of the Actor's Express Apprentice company will voice Sunset on the Dogwood City. You can find Crossroads,Tucker's Cove, and Sunset on the Dogwood  by searching Amplify on Apple and Amazon Music.Support Amplify:DonateCome see a show!Volunteer

Sunset on the Dogwood city Episode 3 and 4 description - Nothing is clear for Clarissa other than the fact that things are not as they seem.We Built This City - Tune in for a behind the scenes chat with Playwright Natasha Patel and Producer Amanda Washington. This supplementary episode will follow each weekly main episode.Description of Amplify -  A core mission of Actor's Express is to uplift the voice of playwrights. Amplify,Podcast Plays by Actor's Express, seeks out Atlanta playwrights and challenges them to tell stories through the sound waves of podcasting. Amplify initially started with Crossroads. Crossroads was created by seven local Atlanta playwrights and brought to life by eleven actors. The series now includes Tucker's Cove and Sunset on the Dogwood City written by Addae Moon, Natasha Patel, and Avery Sharpe three playwrights who have keen awareness of the Atlanta culture.  Members of the Actor's Express Apprentice company will voice Sunset on the Dogwood City. You can find Crossroads,Tucker's Cove, and Sunset on the Dogwood  by searching Amplify on Apple and Amazon Music.Support Amplify:DonateCome see a show!Volunteer

Sunset on the Dogwood city Episode 2 description - Clarissa and Grady's friendship grows as more questions arise.We Built This City - Tune in for a behind the scenes chat with playwright Avery Sharpe and Producer Amanda Washington. This supplementary episode will follow each weekly main episode.Description of Amplify -  A core mission of Actor's Express is to uplift the voice of playwrights. Amplify,Podcast Plays by Actor's Express, seeks out Atlanta playwrights and challenges them to tell stories through the sound waves of podcasting. Amplify initially started with Crossroads. Crossroads was created by seven local Atlanta playwrights and brought to life by eleven actors. The series now includes Tucker's Cove and Sunset on the Dogwood City written by Addae Moon, Natasha Patel, and Avery Sharpe three playwrights who have keen awareness of the Atlanta culture.  Members of the Actor's Express Apprentice company will voice Sunset on the Dogwood City. You can find Crossroads,Tucker's Cove, and Sunset on the Dogwood  by searching Amplify on Apple and Amazon Music.Support Amplify:DonateCome see a show!Volunteer

Today on We Built this City producer Amanda Washington chats with the playwright of episode 2 Avery Sharpe.Learn more about what we do at Actor's Express by clicking here!Click here if you wish to support this program.Information about the music:MusicByPedro (or GamesWithPedro)

Sunset on the Dogwood city Episode 1 description - Clarissa arrives to Atlanta, experiences a different form of vertigo, and meets some new people along the way.We Built This City - Tune in for a behind the scenes chat with playwright Addae Moon and Producer Amanda Washington. This supplementary episode will follow each weekly main episode.Description of Amplify -  A core mission of Actor's Express is to uplift the voice of playwrights. Amplify,Podcast Plays by Actor's Express, seeks out Atlanta playwrights and challenges them to tell stories through the sound waves of podcasting. Amplify initially started with Crossroads. Crossroads was created by seven local Atlanta playwrights and brought to life by eleven actors. The series now includes Tucker's Cove and Sunset on the Dogwood City written by Addae Moon, Natasha Patel, and Avery Sharpe three playwrights who have keen awareness of the Atlanta culture.  Members of the Actor's Express Apprentice company will voice Sunset on the Dogwood City. You can find Crossroads,Tucker's Cove, and Sunset on the Dogwood  by searching Amplify on Apple and Amazon Music.Support Amplify:DonateCome see a show!Volunteer

A core mission of Actor's Express is to uplift the voice of playwrights. Amplify, Actor's Express narrative podcast seeks out Atlanta playwrights and challenges them to tell stories through the sound waves of podcasting. Amplify initially started with Crossroads. Crossroads was created by seven local Atlanta playwrights and brought to life by eleven actors. Our next series Sunset on the Dogwood City, will be available to download on March 14th, 2023 (this may change due to production purposes). Sunset on the Dogwood City was written by Addae Moon, Natasha Patel, and Avery Sharpe, three playwrights deeply invested in the Atlanta community. Members of the Express Apprentice company will voice Sunset on the Dogwood City. You can find episodes of Sunset on the Dogwood City and previous AE narrative podcasts by searching Amplify on Apple, Spotify, and Amazon Music.Support Actor's Express:Make a DonationGet Involved

A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Felipe Salles has been an active musician in the US since 1995, where he has worked and recorded with prominent jazz artists, including Randy Brecker, Paquito D'Rivera, David Liebman, Melissa Aldana, Lionel Loueke, Jerry Bergonzi, Chico Pinheiro, Magos Herrera, Sofia Rei, Yosvany Terry, Jovino Santos Neto, Oscar Stagnaro, Luciana Souza, and Bob Moses. He has toured extensively in Europe, North and South America, India, and Australia, as a sideman and a leader of his own group. Salles is a 2018 Guggenheim Foundation Composition Fellow, a 2021 South Arts Jazz Road Creative Residency Grant Fellowship recipient, a 2015 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant winner, a 2009-2010 winner of the French American Jazz Exchange Grant, and a 2005-2006 winner of the Chamber Music America New Works: Creation and Presentation Grant Program, grants sponsored by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. He was awarded First Place in the 2001 Concurso SGAE de Jazz " TETE MONTOLIU; 2001, with his composition The Return of The Chromo Sapiens. His arrangements and compositions have been performed by some of the top groups in the world including The Metropole Orchestra, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Amazonas Band, Helsinki Philharmonic Violas, Meta4 String Quartet, Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra, New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra, and New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, among others. Salles has released nine critically acclaimed recordings as a leader. Departure (Tapestry, 2012) received 4 stars from DownBeat Magazine and placed on their best albums of the Year list in 2013. They noted that Salles is adept at “crafting pieces that juggle intriguing complexity with buoyant rhythms and lush colors.” JazzTimes Magazine noted that “Felipe Salles blends the visceral and the cerebral on his fascinating fifth album, infusing classical modernist strains with the buoyant rhythms of his Brazilian homeland.”  Ugandan Suite (Tapestry, 2014) also earned a place on DownBeat Magazine's best albums of the Year list in 2014 and was praised by jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke: “This is one of the best progressive works I have heard in a long time. What a great blend of classical, African, and Jazz music.” Varanda (Tapestry, 2017) with the Brazilian jazz collective titled The Reunion Project, also earned critical acclaim including 4.5 stars in DownBeat Magazine. The Lullaby Project and Other Works for Large Jazz Ensemble (Tapestry, 2018) is Salles' first large jazz ensemble recording and was composed for and recorded by his own Interconnections Ensemble, to critical acclaim (DownBeat Magazine's best albums of the year list in 2019). His second extensive ensemble recording, the ambitious The New Immigrant Experience (Tapestry, 2020), was released as a CD/DVD set, to critical acclaim, including a 4.5 stars review from DownBeat Magazine, making the magazine's list of best albums of 2020. He has recently released a quartet album, Tiyo's Songs of Life (Tapestry, 2022), featuring Avery Sharpe, Zaccai Curtis, and Jonathan Barber, and his third significant ensemble recording, Home is Here (Tapestry, 2023), featuring an array of guest artists. Felipe Salles is a D'Addario Woodwinds Select Reeds and Conn-Selmer Saxophones Artist/Clinician. He currently leads both The Felipe Salles Group and The Felipe Salles' Interconnections Ensemble and works as a member of the New World Jazz Composers Octet, Kyle Saulnier Awakening Orchestra, Alex Alvears Mango Blue, and Gonzalo Grau (Grammy Nominated) La Clave Secreta. Felipe Salles has a Master's and a Graduate Diploma in Jazz Performance from New England Conservatory, and a Doctorate in Jazz Arts Advancement from Manhattan School of Music. He is a Professor of Jazz and African American Music Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he has taught since 2010. In this episode, Felipe shares his background, education, and musical journey. If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

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Two Berkshires Jazz prodigies are returning to the city this spring for the Pittsfield CityJazz Festival. The 2023 Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, running April 21-30, will feature jazz prodigies Emmet Cohen and Anton Kot, Houston Person, Avery Sharpe, Don Braden, Albert Rivera and more.Berkshires Jazz, which curates the festival has a number of events planned, including an open jam session at Hot Plate Brewing on April 21, a performance by the Anton Kot Quintet at the Berkshire Museum on April 22, and the popular Annual Jazz Crawl on April 28. Edward Bride is chairman of the Pittsfield CityJazz Festival and President of Berkshires Jazz.

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We revisit part of our 2021 conversation with actor-playwright-improviser Avery Sharpe, where we talk about theater, acting, faith, and the metaphor of the Russian nesting dolls.

Meet our favorite drummer, Alvin Terry.  Alvin talks about his CD “Common Denominator” and his friend bassist, Avery Sharpe who is featured on this CD. You may find his CD on YouTube at  https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3QncBkX_Nx5Mr5EDHUjLQsQ02hCGa6II

We close our March celebration of women with a look at the legacy of Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman. We start with a conversation with Avery Sharpe, a visionary composer, educator and musician whose work “Ain't I a Woman” consists of compositions based on formerly enslaved abolitionist and women's rights advocate, Sojourner Truth's life, the title of the project taking its title from a speech she made for woman suffrage in Seneca Falls, NY, in 1851. Later in the show we continue this conversation with Paula M. Kimper, composer of  “Truth, a New Folk Opera about Sojourner Truth, the ex-slave, fiery abolitionist and women's rights pioneer, Linda McInerney, director/co-creator and co-conceiver, is also founder and Artistic Director of Old Deerfield Productions; and Mari-Yan Pringle, who sings the lead. Visit http://truthopera.com/  Between the two Truth conversations is a prerecorded interview with scholar and author, Dr. Jeanne Theoharis about her latest book: "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." The full interview is broadcast April 3, 2013. We close with a conversation about the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument as the 399th unit of the National Park System (to open in 2015) with Robert G. Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Senior Adviser to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Visit www.nps.gov/hatu

Part two of our conversation with actor/playwright/improviser Avery Sharpe.

Part one of our conversation with actor/playwright/improviser Avery Sharpe.

Today in Crossroads Unscripted we speak with Avery Sharpe, writer of Episode 5. We are holding space to hear his insights on why certain characters had to die. CONTAINS SPOILERS. To support this podcast and our future work, you can make a tax-deductible donation to Actor's Express at https://www.actors-express.com.

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Since this is Fathers Day, we have to begin with Song For My Father, this time a funky version from Victor Wooten. From there we pay tribute to the Black Live Matters movement and the struggle for racial justice and equality. Avery Sharpe interprets the history of the movement in his album 400. Blanchard, Louis and Croker do their tributes to the cry of "I Can't Breathe" with their original compositions. Glasper and Preminger provide more  tributes to the cause. PlaylistArtist ~ Track ~ AlbumVictor Wooten ~ Song For My Father ~ PalmysteryAvery Sharpe ~ Arrival ~ 400Avery Sharpe ~ Is There A Way Home ~ 400Terence Blanchard ~ Breathless ~ BreathlessGodwin Louis ~ I Can't Breathe ~ GlobalTheo Croker ~ We Can't Breathe ~ Escape VelocityRobert Glasper ~ Enoch's (Inaugural) Meditation ~ WBGO Studio SessionsNoah Preminger ~ Change is Gonna Come ~ Meditations on FreedomJoshua Redman ~ Father ~ 'Round AgainJazzmia Horn ~ East of the Sun ~ Social Call

Originally from Chicago, trumpeter, educator and composer Elliot Bild got his undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University and his Masters Degree from Temple University where he studied with John Swana, Terell Stafford and Dick Oatts. Recently, he has performed with the great Philadelphia Bassist Mike Boone at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC as well as the 2019 Philadelphia Center City Jazz Festival, as part of his new working Quintet. He has also performed with Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Don Braden, John Swana, Duane Eubanks, Tim Warfield, Randy Brecker, Dave Ballou, Avery Sharpe, Mike DiRubbo, Zaccai and Luques Curtis, Behn Gillece, and Pablo Batista. Elliot is currently one of the most in demand freelance trumpeters in the Philadelphia area, performing at such venues as Chris's Jazz Cafe, South Jazz Kitchen, Smalls Jazz Club, Time, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Litchfield Jazz Festival among others. Elliot just finished recording his debut live record, with his band 'The Zone', which will be out in 2020.

Onaje Allan Gumbs - 3 Sept 1949 - 6 April 2020 An appreciation - tracks on which Onaje either played, was featured, wrote produced or arranged The Answer Is You- Phyllis Hyman Left Side Of Right (Live at American Museum) - Onaje Allan Gumbs Deja Vu (I've Been Here Before) (feat. Onaje Allan Gumbs) - Angela Johnson Yellow Cab Fever- Dave Valentin/Onaje Allan Gumbs Quiet Passion - Onaje Allan Gumbs A Breath of Fresh Air (Live at American Museum) - Onaje Allan Gumbs This Ain't No Joke - midtempo 60s Miles Davis vibe - Onaje Allan Gumbs It's You I Need - Natural Essence Good To Go Lover - Gwen Guthrie That Special Part of Me(extended mix) - Onaje Allan Gumbs Lucky Day (feat. Onaje Allan Gumbs) - Jarrard Anthony 16Tons [Live at Ginny's Supper Club in Harlem] Oscar Brown Jr Cover - The Originals: Dasan Ahanu & Tai Allen and Onaje Allan-Gumbs A Whisper Away (Album Version) - Leon Ware Throughout Ya Years - Kurtis Blow Paradise (Full Length Album Mix) - Change What You Won't Do For Love - Roy Ayers Candidate for Love - T.S. Monk Betcha By Golly Wow - Norman Connors feat. Phyllis Hyman Soul Liberation (feat. Onaje Allen Gumbs) [Deez Rhode to Freedom Mix] - MSRS , Eman Night Fever - The Fatback Band I Wanna Know - JOE Jump! - Avery Sharpe

Avery Sharpe, a jazz musician and historian, has produced an album called "400: An African American Musical Portrait," which he and his band will perform at UMass later this month. He speaks with editor Dave Eisenstadter about his music and interest in history.

En JazzTK Podcast 183 escuchamos canciones de los Beatles por jazzistas en la sección Jazz de Lux y escuchamos dos álbumes grabados en el otoño de 1962: Portrait of Sheila de la cantante Sheila Jordan y Monk's Dream del pianista Thelonious Monk. Los temas escuchados son: * McCoy Tyner: She’s Leaving Home (Day Tripper: Jazz Greats Meets the Beatles. Vol. 1) - McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott * Count Basie: All my Loving (Basie’s Beatle Bag) - Count Basie and his Orchestra * Brad Mehldau: And I Love Her (Ballads & Blues) - Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard * Sheila Jordan: Who Can I Turn To (Portrait Of Sheila) - Sheila Jordan, Barry Galbraith * Sheila Jordan: Dat Dere (Portrait Of Sheila) - Sheila Jordan, Steve Swallow * Sheila Jordan: I'm A Fool To Want You (Portrait Of Sheila) - Sheila Jordan, Barry Galbraith, Steve Swallow, Denzil Best * Thelonious Monk: Just a Gigolo (Monk's Dream) - Thelonious Monk * Thelonious Monk: Sweet and Lovely (Monk's Dream) - Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, John Ore, Frankie Dunlop * Thelonious Monk: Bright Mississippi (Monk's Dream) - Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, John Ore, Frankie Dunlop Disfruta del Jazz con JazzTK.com

En JazzTK Podcast 183 escuchamos canciones de los Beatles por jazzistas en la sección Jazz de Lux y escuchamos dos álbumes grabados en el otoño de 1962: Portrait of Sheila de la cantante Sheila Jordan y Monk's Dream del pianista Thelonious Monk. Los temas escuchados son: * McCoy Tyner: She’s Leaving Home (Day Tripper: Jazz Greats Meets the Beatles. Vol. 1) - McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe, Aaron Scott * Count Basie: All my Loving (Basie’s Beatle Bag) - Count Basie and his Orchestra * Brad Mehldau: And I Love Her (Ballads & Blues) - Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard * Sheila Jordan: Who Can I Turn To (Portrait Of Sheila) - Sheila Jordan, Barry Galbraith * Sheila Jordan: Dat Dere (Portrait Of Sheila) - Sheila Jordan, Steve Swallow * Sheila Jordan: I'm A Fool To Want You (Portrait Of Sheila) - Sheila Jordan, Barry Galbraith, Steve Swallow, Denzil Best * Thelonious Monk: Just a Gigolo (Monk's Dream) - Thelonious Monk * Thelonious Monk: Sweet and Lovely (Monk's Dream) - Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, John Ore, Frankie Dunlop * Thelonious Monk: Bright Mississippi (Monk's Dream) - Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, John Ore, Frankie Dunlop Disfruta del Jazz con JazzTK.com

Hello I Trust All are Doing Well, and Thanks for Tuning into Season 2 / Ep2 of CDS PARADIGM, with host Bassist Christopher Dean Sullivan. Bringing new music, conversation, civic and entertainment news, thought provoking human interest subjects…and more, while connecting to the cultural world community through a modern media format. Making available music and commentary that is not generally available on main stream formats. ************************************************************** NEW SEASON 2 EPISODE ALERT!! CDS PARADIGM: Season 2 Episode 2 / Season 2 “Resonance of Renditions” ********* Thank you for tuning in to CDS PARADIGM season 2. Enticing the imagination to Levitate towards Expansion. Keeping with the unrelenting aspect of playing various musical directions, and furthering its Quest. Playing artists, as always, that are generally not heard on main stream forums, while helping to build the fan base. ******************** In this installment you'll hear the luxuriant vocal sound of Canada’s own Maureen Washington singing the Irving Mills / Edward “Duke” Ellington / Juan Tizol composition “Caravan” from her Harvest Moon CD; Avery Sharpe tune from his latest CD Avery Sharpe 400, “Arrival”; The undeniable sound of Roseanna Vitro performing “Morning” from her Roseanna Vitro: Clarity: Music of Clare Fischer, CD; Steel Pan player Leeandro Noray performing his rendition of a John Legend composition “Ordinary People”; “Hey Pocky Way”, Tribute to the Neville Brothers, Art Neville and Charles Neville, who made their transition within the past year.; Belgium Vocal Aficionado Marie-Paule Franke performing her composition “Si par Hasard” from her latest CD “Clouds”; The Afro Yaqui Music Collective, performing a tune from their latest CD Mirror Butterfly: THE MIGRANT LIBERATION MOVEMENT SUITE, “Orchid Mantis”; Multi performer Ronnie Burrage, playing drums and singing his rendition of the Donny Hathaway tune “Someday We’ll All Be Free”, form his latest CD “DANCE OF THE GREAT SPIRIT” Berklee School of Music’s Pitch Slapped performing the Beyoncé tune “Deja Vu” ************** Along with commentary Thanks again for tuning in, and your continuous support of CDS PARADIGM podcast. Any comments are all welcome. E-mail: christopherdeansullivan@gmail.com ************************************************** CDS PARADIGM podcast is a verve consisting of New Music Artists of various genres, Spoken Word, Interviews, Messaging, and Commentary based on Current News, Community, Human Interest, and more. On CDS PARADIGM there are some Interesting and Thought Provoking subjects and topics intertwined within an Ebullient format. A place where all can learn from each other, share ideas, and information that will assist in making our world community stronger and collectively productive. This is the First Episode in Season Two of CDS PARADIGM Podcast. You can also listen to past episodes well. Check it out when you are available to do so. Listener Support is always welcome. Thanks for tuning in and being here. **************************************************************** Thank You Miki Dash, TMO Entertainment (Tammanika Odidi), Marie Paule - Franke For Your Gracious Support of CDS PARADIGM --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cds-paradigm/message

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Thank you for continuing to tune in to CDS PARADIGM. This is episode 5 of season 1, and it is not through by no stretch of the imagination, rather allowing the imagination to expand...you digg. Keeping with the unrelenting aspect of playing various musical directions, this episode is moving forward furthering its quest. In this installment you'll hear vocalist (aka Voicist) Barbara Sfraga; saxophonist Alan Glover; saxophonist Sonny Fortune; bassist Avery Sharpe with Meli'sa Morgan; South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo; drummer Roger Humphries and RH Factor; vocalist Gabriele Tranchina, multi instrumentalist/vocalist Fela Kuti, along with commentary and PRI report on the Indigenous Music Summit held in Canada, and much more. Thanks again for tuning in, and your continuous support of this podcast. Any comments are all welcome. E-mail: christopherdeansullivan@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cds-paradigm/message

Avery Sharpe is a world class acoustic & electric bass musician. Avery is truly an ordinary person living an extraordinary life and an inspiration for us all as a person who is 'doing' what he loves. Avery tells a fun, interesting story of his life surrounded by music. He has successfully made his way in the world in an incredibly fun and rewarding 'job' as a jazz and classical musician! Some of the great musicians Avery has played with are McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie and Pat Methany. Honesty. Clarity. Dignity. These are words that come to mind when you listen to the music of bassist-composer Avery Sharpe. In an age of ephemeral pop stars and flavor-of-the-month trends, Sharpe is a reminder of the lasting value of steadfast dedication and personal integrity. As the title of one of his tunes asserts, “Always Expect the Best of Yourself.” "As someone once said, the people who had the least amount of democratic rights, created the most democratic music in the world - Jazz" Here is the link to Avery's favorite album YouTube link to listen to Avery's recorded music Avery w/ McCoy Tyner and George Benson Avery Sharpe website You Tube Video Slide Show Download.

Avery Sharpe is a world class acoustic & electric bass musician. Avery is truly an ordinary person living an extraordinary life and an inspiration for us all as a person who is 'doing' what he loves. Avery tells a fun, interesting story of his life surrounded by music. He has successfully made his way in the world in an incredibly fun and rewarding 'job' as a jazz and classical musician! Some of the great musicians Avery has played with are McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie and Pat Methany. Honesty. Clarity. Dignity. These are words that come to mind when you listen to the music of bassist-composer Avery Sharpe. In an age of ephemeral pop stars and flavor-of-the-month trends, Sharpe is a reminder of the lasting value of steadfast dedication and personal integrity. As the title of one of his tunes asserts, “Always Expect the Best of Yourself.” "As someone once said, the people who had the least amount of democratic rights, created the most democratic music in the world - Jazz" Here is the link to Avery's favorite album YouTube link to listen to Avery's recorded music Avery w/ McCoy Tyner and George Benson Avery Sharpe website You Tube Video Slide Show Download.

Today we look at the US Prison Industrial Complex and its use of solitary confinement. We focus in the first hour on the case of the Angola 3 and Robert H. King, celebrated Humanitarian, Author, Activist and Doctor of Letters, who is the only free member of A3 with the death of Herman Wallace late last year, freed after 42 years in solitary confinement. Albert Woodfox remains inside and Tuesday, March 3, was the launch of Amnesty International's Campaign to free him http://blog.amnestyusa.org/tag/angola-3/  Dr. Angela A. Allen-Bell, Assistant Professor of Legal Analysis & Writing at Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, joins us to speak about her paper: Reassessing Solitary Confinement II: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences, Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights -Written Testimony (Feb. 25, 2014). Esther A. Vicente joins us to talk about Caribbean Basin Institute for Education and Culture which is hosting a fundraiser March 6. We close with a prerecorded interview with actresses: Lizan Mitchell, Petronia Paley and Harriett D. Foy about their roles in Marcus Gardley's "The House that Will Not Stand," at Berkeley Rep through March 23, 2014. www.berkeleyrep.org   Music: Kim Nalley, "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free," "Mira Como Te Qui," Avery Sharpe, "Son of Mine (from Ain't I a Woman). 

ILLUMINATION McCoy Alfred Tyner is best remembered from the John Coltrane Quartet. In the past decades since he has become one of the major pianists and composers, expanding the vocabulary of color and harmony. His lusty piano is richly percussive and hammering, while full of cascading and romantic sounds. His unique and forceful style has inspired and influenced a whole new generation of musicians. Tyner was born in Philadelphia on December 11, 1938, the oldest of three children. He was encouraged to study piano by his mother. He finally began studying the piano at age 13 and within two years, music had become the focal point in his life. In the beginning McCoy practiced on a neighbour's piano. When his family bought one, he began hosting jam sessions. Among his friends and neighbours were a number of young musicians who would go on to make their marks in jazz, such as trumpeter Lee Morgan, saxophonist Archie Shepp, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Regie Workman. "Bud and Richie Powell moved into my neighbourhood. Bud was a major influence on me during my early teens. He was very dynamic." In addition, Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum were young McCoy's major influences. McCoy studied at the West Philadelphia Music School and later at Granoff School of Music. At age 17, while playing at a local club called the Red Rooster, he first met JOHN COLTRANE. Coltrane was in Philadelphia between gigs with Miles Davis. The saxophonist, whose style was still in its formative stages and whose reputation was on the rise, had no working group of his own, but secured a few engagements in and around Philadelphia, with McCoy often in his rhythm section. The rapport between the two was so apparent, that Coltrane made it clear that he hoped to eventually have a regular band with McCoy Tyner in it.His first main exposure came with BENNY GOLSON being the first pianist in Golson's and Art Farmer's legendary Jazztet (1959). By 1960, when John Coltrane finally left Miles Davis to form his own group, McCoy left Art Farmer. Tyner continued with Coltrane through 1965, participating in all the major recording sessions.The pianist participated in numerous historical recording sessions with Coltrane, including for instance Africa Brass, A Love Supreme, and My Favorite Things. While with Coltrane, Tyner also recorded many of his own albums for Impulse!, including such classics as "Inception", "Night of Ballads and Blues", and "Live at Newport", and later for Blue Note, which enabled him to feature his densely rich piano sound to great effect.Upon Leaving Coltrane (1965), there was a lull in Tyner's popularity. The future looked bright and the trio he formed seemed to have a big future. In fact he spent the next five years playing superbly but getting more and more disillusioned due to lack of acceptance. But he rebounded in the 1970's. Due to groups featuring Sonny Fortune and Azar Lawrence and recordings for Milestone like "Sahara", which received two Grammy nominations and was named 'Album of the year' in the Down Beat Critics Poll, Tyner gained recognition. He toured and recorded with SONNY ROLLINS, Ron Carter and Al Foster as the Milestone Jazzstars in 1978, and in the mid-1980s led a quintet that included Gary Bartz and violinist John Blake. Since 1980, he has also arranged his lavishly textured harmonies for a big band that performs and records when possible. In the late 1980s, he mainly focussed on his regular piano trio featuring Avery Sharpe on bass and Aarron Scott on drums. As of today, this trio is still in great demand. He returned to Impulse in 1995, with a superb album featuring MICHAEL BRECKER. In 1996 he recorded a special album with the music of BURT BACHARACH. In 1998 he changed labels again and recorded a interesting latin album and an album featuring STANLEY CLARKE for TelArc. While he avoids modern conventions and the trappings of the moment, Tyner's sound remains contemporary to this day. Tyner's full use of the piano's keyboard, with a striking exploitation of dynamics, sets him aside from more introverted players like Bill Evans and Keith Jarret. Their "musique de chambre" links them more with the European-oriented piano tradition, whereas Tyner follows the track back to the roots of the Afro-American quintessence of jazz music.Tyner's music has been a major influence over the adoption in jazz of quartal and quintal harmonies, modes and pentatonic scales. He achieved a revived appreciation as a major player in the international jazz scene, a status he continues to maintain

We close our March celebration of women with a look at the legacy of Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman. We start with a conversation with Avery Sharpe, a visionary composer, educator and musician whose work “Ain't I a Woman” consists of compositions based on formerly enslaved abolitionist and women's rights advocate, Sojourner Truth's life, the title of the project taking its title from a speech she made for woman suffrage in Seneca Falls, NY, in 1851. See http://www.averysharpe.com/  Later in the show we continue this conversation with Paula M. Kimper, composer of  “Truth, a New Folk Opera about Sojourner Truth, the ex-slave, fiery abolitionist and women's rights pioneer, Linda McInerney, director/co-creator and co-conceiver, is also founder and Artistic Director of Old Deerfield Productions; and Mari-Yan Pringle, who sings the lead. Visit http://truthopera.com/Between the two Truth conversations is a prerecorded interview with scholar and author, Dr. Jeanne Theoharis about her latest book: "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." The full interview will be broadcast April 3, 2013, 6 AM PT here on this dial. We close with a conversation about the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument as the 399th unit of the National Park System (to open in 2015) with Robert G. Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Senior Adviser to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Visit www.nps.gov/hatu

Today we speak to Amit Ashraf, director of Runaway (Udhao) and composer, Jacob Yoffee, who are in town for the screening this evening at 3rdi South Asian Film Festival, Bollywood and Beyond, 7:15 PM at the Roxie Theatre. Visit thirdi.org/festival A graduate of NYU's film and dramatic writing program, Amit is an award-winning film director. Passionate about storytelling, filmmaking and animation, he has been making movies for over ten years.  The true stories of runaways in Bangladesh inspired Amit to write and direct Runaway, which will be his first feature. He has several projects in the works already, both in Bangladesh and outside. Jacob Yoffee: With a jazz background, Jacob graduated from NYU's film scoring program where he met Amit. He worked on Amit's thesis film and was later hired for Runaway. His versatility and orchestral composition is what drew Amit to him. Jacob is now working in LA on several studio pictures. We close with an interview with Michael Ross, curator & artists: Stephanie Ann Johnson, Patricia A. Montgomery, Lisa Ramos, re:the exhibit Race: Art Before Answers in the African American  Center at the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, through Oct. 18, 2012. This exhibit is a part of AfroSolo Festival 19. Visit afrosolo.org The reception and artist talk is Sunday, Sept. 23, 2-4 in the Latino Heritage Room, lower level. Visit sfpl.org (415) 557-4277. Music: from Huun Huur Tu: Prayer & Ancestors; Avery Sharpe's Ain't I a Woman; MoRockin Project's Tajine; Ben Vereen's Defying Gravity.

Jason Crane interviews bassist Avery Sharpe. Sharpe's album, Autumn Moonlight (JKNM, 2009) is an exploration of the piano trio by a man who played bass in one of the most famous such trios in recent memory, that of McCoy Tyner. In this interview, Sharpe talks about why he likes to perform in the trio format, how he chose between insurance adjusting and the bass, and the night he left Art Blakey for McCoy Tyner. Find out more at AverySharpe.com. If you'd like to buy this album, you can help support The Jazz Session by buying it via the link below:

Jason Crane interviews bassist Avery Sharpe. Sharpe’s album, Autumn Moonlight (JKNM, 2009) is an exploration...