Podcast appearances and mentions of Dave Ballou

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gemini--6#/An artist interested in multiple musical directions and one who strives for quality and sincerity in his work. His exciting energy has compelled him towards many different musical directions and projects. Considered by his contemporaries as cutting edge, Gray shows promise as an artist that will not only move the music forward, but one who will share his unique musical vision with the world of music.Devin Gray's fresh approach to modern drumming has enabled him to play with many of the worlds great jazz musicians. He has performed and recorded with innovative musicians of contrasting styles and backgrounds such as: David Liebman, Tony Malaby, Gary Thomas, Ingrid Jensen, Dave Burrell, Dave Ballou, Michael Formanek, Nate Wooley, Stephan Crump, George Garzone, Chris Speed, Drew Gress, Sam Rivers, Ralph Alessi, John O'Gallagher, Ellery Eskelin, Kris Davis, Ted Rosenthal, Matt Mitchell, Satoko Fujii, Uri Caine, Andrew D'Angelo, Vardan Ovsepian, Angelica Sanchez, as well as many others.Support the show

Episode 2 of "HEY BALTIMORE" - KRAFT with Mike Kuhl Live at An Die Musik! Kuhl/Ballou/Stewart/Dierker An die Musik Live! 409 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21201 https://andiemusiklive.com/ Facebook: Mike Kuhl https://www.facebook.com/mike.kuhl.16 Facebook: Dave Ballou https://www.facebook.com/dballou Facebook: Luke Stewart https://www.facebook.com/luke.stewart.902266 Facebook: John Dierker https://www.facebook.com/john.dierker.3 Drummer, recording artist, educator, Michael Kuhl hails from the musically diverse city of Baltimore. Kuhl studied and performed in numerous genres, making him a first call drummer for any situation. A graduate of Towson University, Kuhl has performed locally and throughout the globe alongside jazz greats Dave Liebman, Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, Dave Ballou, Ellery Eskelin and Claudio Roditi. Outside of jazz, Kuhl has shared the stage with many international acts such as Beach House, Arboretum, Cigarettes After Sex, Tom Tom Club, and The Ravonnettes. As a leader, Kuhl performed with his trio every Tuesday night at Bertha's in Fells Point before the pandemic. Alongside his musical career, Mike is an accomplished martial artist of Bagua Kung Fu, in which he says the two arts go hand in hand. Trumpeter/Composer Dave Ballou can be heard in a variety of settings; from solo trumpet improvisations to large ensembles. His recordings can be found on the Steeplechase, CleanFeed and pfMentum record labels. Ballou has performed or recorded with Rabih Abou-Kahlil, Steely Dan, Michael Formanek, Mary Halvorson, Woody Herman, Andrew Hill, John Hollenbeck, Sheila Jordan, Oliver Lake, Dave Liebman, Dewey Redman, Maria Schneider and Gunther Schuller. His compositions have been performed and recorded by the Meridian Arts Ensemble, trumpeter Jon Nelson, French hornist Adam Unsworth, saxophonist Ellery Eskelin and the TILT Brass Ensemble. Ballou is a Professor of Music at Towson University and Division Leader of the Jazz and Commercial Music Division. He is the founding director of the Bill and Helen Murray Jazz Residency. Luke Stewart is a DC/NYC-based musician and organizer of important musical presentations. He has a presence in the national and international professional music community. He was profiled in the Washington Post in early 2017 as “holding down the jazz scene,” selected as “Best Musical Omnivore” in the Washington City Paper's 2017 “Best of DC,” chosen as “Jazz Artist of the Year” for 2017 in the District Now, and in the 2014 People Issue of the Washington City Paper as a “Jazz Revolutionary,” citing his multifaceted cultural activities throughout DC. In DC his regular ensembles include experimental jazz trio Heart of the Ghost, Low Ways Quartet featuring guitarist Anthony Pirog, and experimental rock duo Blacks' Myths. He has been compiling a series of improvisational sound structures for Upright Bass and Amplifier. Steward holds a BA in International Studies and a BA in Audio Production from American University, and an MA in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship from the New School. Multi-reedman John Dierker has become a major improvisational stylist, interweaving concepts augmented by howling lines, injections of blues-drenched choruses and Albert Ayler-like display of energy." (All About Jazz.) A Baltimore native, Dierker has worked in a wide variety of musical settings collaborating with Peter Zummo, Jason Willett, Jad Fair, The Basement Boys, Michael Formanek, and Marty Ehrlich. He is a longtime member of Lafayette Gilchrist and The New Volcanoes. Currently, he is working with Quartet Offensive, Lubbock, and Microkingdom and freelancing in the Baltimore/D.C. area. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

Chicago Underground Quartet, Chad Taylor, James Brandon Lewis, HAGL, Archie Shepp, Devin Gray, Mara Rosenbloom, William ParkerPlaylist: Chicago Underground Quartet - BatidaChad Taylor Trio, featuring Brian Settles & Neil Podgurski - MatapeJames Brandon Lewis, Chad Taylor - With Sorrow LonnieHeroes Are Gang Leaders - Artificial Happiness ButtonArchie Shepp / Raw Poetic / Damu The Fudgemunk, featuring Luke Stewart - Professor Shepp's Agenda 7Devin Gray, featuring Dave Ballou and Ryan Ferreira - StreambaitMara Rosenbloom, featuring Anais Maviel & Rashaan Carter - Dream of a Common Language - IrruptionWilliam Parker, featuring Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez, Mara Rosenbloom, Peter Dennis, Scot Moore, Reina Murooka, Tina Burova, Jim Ferraiuolo, Kevin Murray, Jason Kao Hwang - A Great Day To Be Dead [from Blue Limelight]Kris Davis, featuring Nels Cline - RhizomesLina Allemano's Ohrensch, featuring Dan Peter Sundland & Michael Griener - OstseeLina Allemano - ShimmerWebber/Morris Big Band - CoralJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - The Y's Guy (for James Naismith)Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band - Proclaim LibertyTroy Roberts - Prayer of Hope

Today’s episode of The Jazz Hole with Linus highlights some avant-garde and free improvisation projects. It begins with two selections from “Rarefied Air”, an album by an electro-acoustic trio of unique improvisers, consisting of electronic artist Edwin Huet, bassist Alex Fournier and percussionist Mike Kuhl. The show then goes on with selections from trumpeter and composer Lina Allemano’s two new albums “Rats and Mice” (with Lina Allemano’s Ohrenschmaus) and “Glimmer Glammer” (her solo trumpet album) and finally concludes with two lengthy tracks from “Entity”, pianist and composer Satoko Fujii’s 11th album with her Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York. Huet//Fournier//Kuhl – “Conjuration” & “Xiode” Album: Rarefied Air Edwin Huet (electronics, live processing), Alex Fournier (b) and Mike Kuhl (d, perc) Lina Allemano’s Ohrenschmaus - Year of the Eye Album: Rats and Mice Lina Allemano (tp), Dan Peter Sundland (e-b) and Michael Griener (d) Lina Allemano - Clamour Album: Glimmer Glammer Lina Allemano (tp, mutes & materials) - In memory of Justin Haynes (1973-2019) Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York - “Entity” & “Flashback” Album: Entity Satoko Fujii (dir, comp), Oscar Noriega, Briggan Krauss (as), Ellery Eskelin, Tony Malaby (ts), Andy Laster (bs), Natsuki Tamura, Herb Robertson, Dave Ballou (tp), Curtis Hasselbring, Joe Fiedler (tb), Nels Cline (g), Stomu Takeishi (b) and Ches Smith (d) 00:00 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 01:51 - Xiode - Huet//Fournier//Kuhl 07:12 - Conjuration - Huet//Fournier//Kuhl 17:58 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 20:41 - Year of the Eye - Lina Allemano’s Ohrenschmaus 25:28 - Clamour - Lina Allemano 29:54 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 32:43 - Entity - Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York 45:22 - The Jazz Hole with Linus 46:26 - Flashback - Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York 59:43 - Finish

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.

Tres propuestas lideradas por bateristas – percusionistas suenan en la entrega 461 de HDO, con propuestas sonoras que van de la improvisación libra a una cierta ortodoxia, pasando por el free. Suenan Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan II (Rataplan Records) con Ellery Eskelin, Dave Ballou, Michael Formanek; Günter Baby Sommer: Baby’s Party (Intakt) con Till Brönner; Núria Andorrà: Kokoro (Sirulita Records). Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2018 HDO es un podcast de jazz e improvisación (libre en mayor o menor grado) que está editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. Para quejas, sugerencias, protestas, peticiones, presentaciones y/u opiniones envíanos un correo a hdo@tomajazz.com

14e émission de la 39e session... Cette semaine, une bonne dose de piano trio avant une transition free! En musique: Errol Garner sur l'album Nightconcert  (Mack Avenue, 2018, enr. 1964); Yosuke Yamashita New York Trio sur l'album 30 Light-Years Floating (Universal, 2018); Shai Maestro sur l'album The Dream Thief  (ECM, 2018); Moskus sur l'album Mirakler  (Hubro, 2018); Dave Ballou & BeepHonk sur l'album The Windup  (Clean Feed, 2018); Choi Sun Bae Quartet sur l'album Arirang Fantasy  (NoBusiness, 2018, enr. 1995); Abbey Rader West Coast Quartet sur l'album Second Gathering  (Indépendant, 2018); Pat Battstone Featuring Gianna Montecalvo sur l'album The Last Taxi: In Transit  (Leo, 2018)...

14e émission de la 39e session... Cette semaine, une bonne dose de piano trio avant une transition free! En musique: Errol Garner sur l'album Nightconcert  (Mack Avenue, 2018, enr. 1964); Yosuke Yamashita New York Trio sur l'album 30 Light-Years Floating (Universal, 2018); Shai Maestro sur l'album The Dream Thief  (ECM, 2018); Moskus sur l'album Mirakler  (Hubro, 2018); Dave Ballou & BeepHonk sur l'album The Windup  (Clean Feed, 2018); Choi Sun Bae Quartet sur l'album Arirang Fantasy  (NoBusiness, 2018, enr. 1995); Abbey Rader West Coast Quartet sur l'album Second Gathering  (Indépendant, 2018); Pat Battstone Featuring Gianna Montecalvo sur l'album The Last Taxi: In Transit  (Leo, 2018)...

Desde 1998, el baterista John Hollenbeck cuenta con un Large Ensemble con el que da vida a sus propias composiciones. Con músicos como el saxofonista Tony Malaby, el trompetista Dave Ballou o el pianista Matt Mitchell, firma "All Can Work", un trabajo dedicado a su mentor, el trombonista Bob Brookmeyer. Con él abrimos la edición de 'Club de Jazz' del 26 de abril de 2018. Con un concepto mucho más etéreo de la batería, Vasco Trilla vuelve al solo en un trabajo fascinante en lo sensorial titulado "The torch in my ear". Es uno de nuestros clásicos: el baterista Ramón López lidera un nuevo proyecto junto al bajista polaco Rafal Mazur y el trompetista británico Percy Pursglove. Los tres firman "Threefold". Dos viejos amigos, que se reunieron en el Festival de Jazz de Buenos Aires de 2016, vuelven a publicar juntos: el pianista mallorquín Agustí Fernández y el saxofonista argentino Pablo Ledesma. Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

Desde 1998, el baterista John Hollenbeck cuenta con un Large Ensemble con el que da vida a sus propias composiciones. Con músicos como el saxofonista Tony Malaby, el trompetista Dave Ballou o el pianista Matt Mitchell, firma "All Can Work", un trabajo dedicado a su mentor, el trombonista Bob Brookmeyer. Con él abrimos la edición de 'Club de Jazz' del 26 de abril de 2018. Con un concepto mucho más etéreo de la batería, Vasco Trilla vuelve al solo en un trabajo fascinante en lo sensorial titulado "The torch in my ear". Es uno de nuestros clásicos: el baterista Ramón López lidera un nuevo proyecto junto al bajista polaco Rafal Mazur y el trompetista británico Percy Pursglove. Los tres firman "Threefold". Dos viejos amigos, que se reunieron en el Festival de Jazz de Buenos Aires de 2016, vuelven a publicar juntos: el pianista mallorquín Agustí Fernández y el saxofonista argentino Pablo Ledesma. Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

In this episode I interview Dave Ballou, Director of Athletic Performance, Indiana University. We talk about Coach Ballou's journey from high school strength coach to Director at at Big Ten university, and how that happened. What he got wrong at the high school level, and what that spurred him on to do going forward. How they train for power The number one marker for speed on the football field We are brought to you by the NSPA, learn more at NSPA.org

It was great to chat with Miles Brown about what it's like playing with Alarm Will Sound, learning massively complicated music for this group, and how to be versatile in today's music world! Miles ran the after hours sessions for ISB 2017, and he just took a new position at the University of Delaware after overseeing the jazz department at Oakland University in Michigan. More about Miles ​Bassist, composer, performer and teacher Miles Brown comes from a musical family, and began playing the bass at an early age. He attended the Eastman School of Music for his undergraduate degree, earning a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Jazz and Contemporary Media. In 2003, he received a Master of Music in String Bass Performance from Mannes College of Music, and he earned a Doctorate in Jazz Performance from Eastman in 2012. A versatile musician, Dr. Brown is the bassist for the new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, and he has had his compositions performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Dr. Brown has performed with Regina Carter, Dave Ballou, John Mosca, Bill Goodwin, Bill Dobbins, Ben Monder, Joe Magnarelli, Walt Weiskopf, Gary Smulyan, Sam Rivers, Steve Wilson and Harold Danko. In 2008, Dr. Brown was the interim Herbert Gussman Director of Jazz Studies at Cornell University. Since 2009, he has served as the jazz program coordinator at Oakland University. In this position, Dr. Brown teaches jazz band, jazz theory, arranging and jazz combos. He also teaches privately as Oakland’s applied string bass teacher. Dr. Brown is excited to join the faculty of the University of Delaware as instructor of double bass and jazz in the fall of 2017. Links to Check Out: Miles' website Miles' University of Delaware faculty page Alarm Will Sound Contrabass Conversations is sponsored by: A440 Violin Shop - An institution in the Roscoe Village neighborhood for over 20 years, A440's commitment to fairness and value means that we have many satisfied customers from the local, national, and international string playing communities. Our clients include major symphony orchestras, professional orchestra and chamber music players, aspiring students, amateur adult players, all kinds of fiddlers, jazz and commercial musicians, university music departments, and public schools. Bass Violin Shop -  Offers the Southeast's largest inventory of laminate, hybrid and carved double basses. Whether you are in search of the best entry-level laminate, or a fine pedigree instrument, there is always a unique selection ready for you to try. Trade-ins and consignments welcome! Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!  

Tres propuestas con grupos en gran formato para HDO 305: John Vanore Stolen Moments. Celebrating Oliver Nelson (Acoustical Concepts, 2017), magnífica revisión de música relacionada de uno u otro modo con Nelson, en el que cuenta con la participación de Steve Wilson, Jim Ridl, Bob Mallach, Danny Gottlieb o Dave Ballou entre otros; The Liberation Music Orchestra Rebel Portraiture (AD Astrum Records, 2017) en la que la formación encabezada por Hannah Fidler y Matt Riggen reivindican la figura de diversos luchadores que han peleado por causas como el ecologismo o los derechos humanos y sexuales; Gareth Lockrane Big Band Fistfight At The Barndance (Whirlwind Recordings, 2017), en la que el flautista y compositor británico ha plasmado en CD la larga experiencia en directo de esta formación de casi veinte componentes. Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2017 HDO es un podcast editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. Toda la información en https://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=32152. Toda la información de HDO en http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?cat=13298. Más podcast de jazz en Tomajazz en http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?cat=12814

Tres grabaciones publicadas en 2017 en la entrega 293 de HDO en la que se conjugan un buen plantel de músicos y unos magníficos resultados, o lo que es lo mismo, unas obras más que recomendables. Ethereal Trio (Whirlwind Recordings, 2017), es el estreno del grupo homónimo del saxofonista y compositor Quinsin Nachoff, al que acompañan el contrabajista Mark Helias, y el baterista Dan Weiss. Mario Pavone es otro de esos veteranos que en Vertical (Clean Feed, 2017), lidera un sexteto de campanillas con Tony Malaby, Oscar Noriega, Mike Sarin, Dave Ballou y Peter McEachern. Finalmente, en Neko (Libra Records, 2017) del trío Gato Libre, encontramos al trompetista y compositor Natsuki Tamura acompañado de Satoko Fujii (al acordeón), y al trombonista Yasuko Kaneko, realizando un sentido homenaje a Kazuhiko Tumura y Norikatsu Koreyasu, dos miembros de esta formación tristemente desaparecidos en 2011 y 2014. Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2017 HDO es un podcast editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. Toda la información de HDO 294 en http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=31689. Toda la información de HDO en http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?cat=13298. Más podcast de jazz en Tomajazz en http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?cat=12814

Cuatro novedades discográficas y un adiós al sello Pirouet Records, que cesa su actividad dejando tras de sí 98 referencias. Solstice del pianista Frank Kimbrough tiene el honor de ser la última referencia del sello alemán dirigido por Ralph Bürklin. Unas semanas antes de esta obra, se publicaba The White Belt del guitarrista Ronny Graupe. Las otras dos novedades son How To Say Goodbye de la Ken Schaphorst Big Band, y Steppin’ Out del grupo Steps Ahead acompañado por la WDR Big Band Cologne. Presentación y HDO 207: © Pachi Tapiz, 2016 HDO es un podcast editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. En HDO 207 suena: Steps Ahead: Steppin’ Out (JazzLine, 2016) Steps Ahead: Mike Mainieri, Bill Evans, Chuck Loeb, Tom Kennedy, Steve Smith, WDR Big Band Cologne, dir. Michael Albene Ken Schaphorst Big Band: How To Say Goodbye (JCA Recordings, 2016) Ken Schaphorst Big Band, Ken Schaphorst, Michael Thomas, Jeramy Udden, Donny McCaslin, Chris Cheek, Brian Landrus, Tom Kadleck, Dave Ballou, John Carlson, Ralph Alessi, Luis Bonilla, Jason Jackson, Curtis Hasselbring, Jennifer Wharton, Uri Caine, Brad Shepik, Jay Anderson, Matt Wilson, Jerry Leake Ronny Graupe: The White Belt (Pirouet, 2016) Ronny Graupe, Jonas Westergaard, Christian Lillinger Frank Kimbrough: Solstice (Pirouet, 2016) Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, Jeff Hirshfield Toda la información de HDO 207 en http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=28031 Toda la información de HDO en http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?cat=13298

In this episode four great trumpeters: Nadje Noordhuis, Michael Rodriguez, Dave Ballou and Keyon Harrold… The post ANFTD #38: Laurie Frink first appeared on Greenleaf Music by Dave Douglas.

Playlist: Paco & Co- Lotto, Kal David & the Real Deal- Live It Out To The End, Candye Kane- Coming Out Swingin’, Candye Kane- Marijuana Boogie, Chris O’Leary Band- Give It, Delta Generators- Hard River To Row, Ryan Hartt & the Blue Hearts-Call My Name, Paul Gabriel- What’s the Chance, Dennis Gruenling- The Rev, Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones- I Want You To Be My Baby, Anni Piper- Chasin’ Tail, Kate Callahan- Swing Low, Jennifer Hill & Co.- I Decay, Forward Motion- I’ll Understand, Brandt Taylor- Out On A Ledge, Walter Lewis Trio- Let Me Love You, Jim Carpenter & The Hoolios- Sweet Mystery, Mojomatics- Soy Baby. Win $100 in our Feed Our Friends Contest: There was no winner in our Feed Our Friends Contest this week . To win a $100 gift card from Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford simply simply Friend our Facebook Fan page and you’re in the running. Good luck next week!! Black-Eyed News: Janis Joplin is coming to Broadway! A musical based on the life of the late singer will begin previews this fall at the Lyceum Theater in New York City. Titled An Evening With Janis Joplin, the musical has been touring the country since it debuted in Portland in 2011. Mary Bridget Davies, who played Janis in the touring musical, will reprise the role for the Great White Way. The life story of the late, great George Jones is coming to the big screen. An as-of-yet-untitled biopic of the country music legend is currently in the beginning stages of production with a target release date in the next two years. The film had been licensed by Jones himself in 2011; according to his wife Nancy, Jones had hoped to see the film before his death in April of this year. Of the script, which was penned by Dennis Baxter, Nancy Jones said that her husband’s story “would be told the way [George] wanted it told.” e-more@elmoremagazine.com The ezine that I read weekly has their 2013 Best of nominees list out and the voting begins on July 15th. http://www.thebluesblast.com/2013bbmanominees.htm Also Ctnow.com has their Best of Music Awards nominees out as well get out and vote. You have heard almost all of the nominees on this show. The link to all of these stories will be on tomorrows writeup. http://ct-survey.wehaaserver.com/survey-16-the_2013_connecticut_music_awards.html Last up this week On Sunday, August 18th the ashes of music legend Richie Havens will be scattered across Max Yasgur's farm - the field where the Woodstock festival took place in 1969, and today the site of The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. This day of song and remembrance honoring Richie Havens is open to the public, and all are welcome. A ticket will be required for admission and will be made available for free. http://www.richiehavens.com/official_site/news.html Blues In The Area: 7/5 FRIDAY THE HOLMES BROTHERS - CLUB HELSINKI - GREAT BARRINGTON, MA ELI COOK - THEODORES' - SPRINGFIELD, MA JEFF PITCHELL - OCEAN BEACH RIVERFEST - NEW LONDON, CT RICH BADOWSKI W/MARK NOMAD - THE MATTABESETT CANOE CLUB - MIDDLETOWN, CT RIVER CITY SLIM & THE ZYDECO HOGS - MINERAL SPRINGS FAMILY CAMPGROUND (8PM) - STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT ANNUAL FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC FESTIVAL INFO: 860-684-2993 THE WALTER LEWIS BLUES TRIO - BLACK-EYED SALLY'S (9PM) - HARTFORD DAN STEVENS W/CHRIS D'AMATO - THE PRIAM VINYARDS (6PM) - COLCHESTER, CT PETEY HOP - DINOSAUR BBQ - STAMFORD, CT 7/6 SATURDAY KAL DAVID W/THE MOHEGAN SUN ALLSTARS - MANCHESTER COMM. COLLEGE BANDSHELL (7PM) - MANCHESTER, CT FIREWORKS FOLLOW CONCERT POPA CHUBBY - BRIDGE STREET LIVE - COLLINSVILLE, CT THE PETER NOVELLI BAND - CHAN'S (8PM) - WOONSOCKET, RI ELI COOK - THE OUTER SPACE (3-5PM) - HAMDEN, CT A TON OF BLUES - THEODORES' - SPRINGFIELD, MA BASICALLY BLUES - THE NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT & BAR - WESTBROOK, CT 7/7 SUNDAY THE HOLMES BROTHERS - THE KATHERINE HEPBURN CENTER FOR THE ARTS (7PM) - OLD SAYBROOK, CT RIVER CITY SLIM & THE ZYDECO HOGS - CAPTAIN'S COVE SEAPORT (3PM) - BRIDGEPORT, CT FRANKIE & THE KNOW-IT-ALLS - THE WINCHESTER CAFE (4-8PM) - PORTLAND, CT 7/8 MONDAY ROOMFUL OF BLUES - THE GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE - EAST HADDAM, CT SUGAR RAY & THE BLUETONES - MYSTIC RIVER PARK (6PM) - MYSTIC, CT ROCKY LAWRENCE - ANNA LIFFEY'S - NEW HAVEN, CT BLUES JAM W/TOMMY WHALEN - THE HUNGRY TIGER (9PM) - MANCHESTER, CT Black-Eyed Sally’s Weekly Rundown: Friday July 5 Walter Lewis Trio Saturday July 6 The Hoolios Monday July 8 Monday Night Jazz along with Jazz in Bushnell Park we have the Haneef Nelson Sextet at Sally’s 8pm. Bushnell park has: July 8 6 pm RAHSTET - a sextet led by saxophonist Richard McGhee III with vocalist Margaux Hayes 7:30 pm MARIO PAVONE / ORANGE DOUBLE TENOR SEPTET with Jimmy Greene, tenor and soprano saxophones; Noah Preminger, tenor saxophone; Dave Ballou, trumpet , flugelhorn, cornet; Peter Mceachern, trombone; Peter Madsen, piano; Steve Johns, drums; Mario Pavone, bass / compositions. Tuesday July 9 Mike Palin’s Other Orchestra Wednesday July 10 Blues Open Mic hosted by Mike Law I hope to see you out and about this week but if not please continue to support live music wherever you are.

New World Records We will be featuring New World Records in today's episode. New World started in 1975; they were given a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation with a mandate to produce a 100-disc anthology of American music. New world continues to preserve neglected music of the past and support the creative future of American music with over 400 recordings, representing up to 700 American composers. Rick Benjamin from "Black Manhattan: Theater and Dance Music of James Reese Europe, Will Marion Cook, and Members of the Legendary Clef Club" (New World Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Theater and Dance Music of James Reese Europe, Will Marion Cook, and Member of the Legendary Clef Club The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra Rick Benjamin, director The Clef Club of New York City, Inc. was a fraternal and professional organization for the advancement of African-American musicians and entertainers; all of the composers on this recording were members or closely affiliated with the Club. The "Clef Club" was founded toward the end of 1909 in New York by James Reese Europe and his associates. Their mission to highlight the value, dignity, and professionalism of African-American performers was a great success and did much to change racial attitudes at all levels of white society. It quickly became a "who's who" of early twentieth-century black music and show business. With its reputation for reliability, gentility, and quality performances, the Clef Club soon gained the favor of the loftiest of New York's white society; it became the very height of fashion to announce that one had secured a genuine "Clef Club Orchestra" for an upcoming social event. The composers featured on this revelatory recording represent the cream of Black Bohemia's musical life-the movers and shakers who paved the way for the music of the better remembered "Harlem Renaissance" of the 1920s. And while their names are obscure today, all once enjoyed national reputations in white America as well, feeding its burgeoning interest in black music, theater, and dance. Taken altogether, the talent, persistence, cooperation, and courage of these pioneers is an amazing American story that deserves to be better known. The recording features nineteen works by ten composers and is accompanied by a 40-page booklet. In addition to those by Europe and Cook, highlights include works by Will Vodery, an acknowledged influence on Ellington, and the first instrumental rag ever published, Sambo: A Characteristic Two Step March (1896), by Will Tyers. Tom Varner from "Tom Varner: Window Up Above" (New World Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album The Window Up Above: American Songs 1770-1998 Tom Varner, French horn; Pete McCann, guitar; George Schuller, drums; Lindsey Horner, bass; Mark Feldman, violin; Dave Ballou, trumpet; Steve Alcott, bass; Thirsty Dave Hansen, vocals "I wanted to do something different for this record. Instead of playing my own compositions, I wanted to simply explore a variety of songs that have an inner resonance, whether from family, religion, nation, or culture. " - Tom Varner What Tom Varner has attempted on The Window Up Above is nothing less than a survey of the whole American song book, a millenium review of the last three centuries-and he succeeds brilliantly. Every song he has chosen has that American "thing," and his approach to every song is patently jazz, even where he chooses to play the melody "straight" to let its qualities shine through. Highlights abound: The witty, off-center de- and reconstruction of the Revolutionary and Civil War smash hits "Stone Grinds All," "When Jesus Wept," "Kingdom Come, " and "Battle Cry of Freedom" will forever change the way you hear them; his understated, heartfelt renditions of "Lorena," "All Quiet on the Potomac," and "There is a Balm in Gilead" would make a stone weep; to say nothing of his splendid reimaginings of standards like "Over the Rainbow" and "When the Saints Go Marching In." Even Bruce Springsteen gets the treatment, his "With Every Wish" joining George Jonesís "The Window Up Above," Hank Williams's "Ramblin' Man,"(check out Mark Feldman's and Varner's hair-raising solos and closing duet) and Tammy Wynette's "Till I Get it Right" from the country canon. In Varnerís unique arrangements, every song on this collection emerges freshly minted. Once heard, not soon forgotten. Music Amici, Charles Yasskyfrom "Ben Johnston: Ponder Nothing"(New World Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Ponder Nothing, Septet, Three Chinese Lyrics, Gambit, Five Fragments, Trio Music Amici Ben Johnston's (b 1926) music shows the confluence of several traditions of music-making that have flourished within the United States. In the 1950s his output was characterized by the neoclassicism of his teacher Darius Milhaud. In the 1960s he explored serial techniques and, at the end of the decade, indeterminacy. From 1960 onward the overriding technical preoccupation of his music has been its use of just intonation, the tuning system of the music of ancient cultures as well as that of many living traditions worldwide. The six works represented on this disc span Johnston's journey through atonality, neoclassicism, serial technique, and finally, his pioneering use of just intonation. Septet (1956-58) for woodwind quintet with cello and contrabass, marks the height of Johnston's early neoclassic period. Debts to Stravinsky recurring structural figures, ostinatos that repeat pitches in unpredictable rhythms-are obvious. The more direct influence of Johnston's first important teacher, Darius Milhaud, is apparent in the bitonal textures. In his 1955 Three Chinese Lyrics, scored for soprano and two violins, Johnston has set three poems by the Chinese T'ang dynasty poet Li Po (701-762) in translations by Ezra Pound (his early mentor Harry Partch already had set seventeen of the poems; Johnston set the remaining three). Commissioned by choreographer Merce Cunningham, Gambit (1959) is scored for twelve instruments and consists of six movements, three of which-Interlude 1, Prelude 2, and Interlude 2-use twelve-tone rows. Gambit, a mixed-genre work, precipitated the crucial decision of Johnston's career, his switch to extended "just intonation." For most composers, just intonation implies tonality, but Johnston is unique for his works that fuse pure tuning with the twelve-tone system including Five Fragments (1960). Fragments 1, 2, 3, and 5 modulate systematically from one twelve-tone row to another and, here and in general, Johnston's early just intonation counterpoint moves carefully among consonant intervals. A much later work, Trio for clarinet, violin, and cello (1982), is a gem of Johnston's mature style, rhythmically engaging and harmonically subtle. Phrases return, sometimes with altered continuations, or transposed to different pitch levels, or using an undertone scale rather than an overtone scale. As a result, and typical of Johnston's late work, the Trio's lithe counterpoint falls sweetly on the ear; the complexity is below the surface. Ponder Nothing (1989), is a set of solo clarinet variations on the traditional French hymn "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence." If the hymn gives voice to Johnston's Catholicism, the title, taken from the hymn's third line-"Ponder nothing earthly minded"-refers to his interest in the no-mind meditation of Zen. Malcolm Goldsteinfrom "Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources"(New World Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Malcolm Goldstein, solo violin; Radu Malfatti, trombone; Philippe Micol, bass clarinet; Philippe Racine, flute; Beat Schneider, violoncello As a composer/violinist/improviser Malcolm Goldstein (b. 1936) has been active in the presentation of new music and dance since the early 1960s in New York City as a co-founder with James Tenney and Philip Corner of the Tone Roads Ensemble and as a participant in the Judson Dance Theater, the New York Festival of the Avant-Garde, and the Experimental Intermedia Foundation. His "Soundings" improvisations have received international acclaim for having "reinvented violin playing," extending the range of tonal/sound-texture possibilities of the instrument and revealing new dimensions of expressivity. Since the mid-1960s he has integrated structured improvisation aspects into his compositions, exploring the rich sound-textures of new performance techniques within a variety of instrumental and vocal frameworks. Goldstein has been labeled an "improviser" and a "composer-violinist" (or merely a violinist). What this CD once and for all shows is that he is indeed those things, but encompassing them all is the fact that, profoundly, he is a composer. As he points out, "At the core of Baroque music was the integration of composition and improvisation," and Goldstein brings the perspective and focus of a seasoned performer to this undertaking. In this way his music represents a further evolution of that compositional-improvisational dialogue begun in the early 1950s in the aleatoric, "chance" pieces of composers like John Cage, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff and Morton Feldman.