Jazz washes the dust away....

Greg Karukas Aug. 31

Tickets on Eventbrite and suiteatl.com 

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Everything Jazz & More/ Keeping Jazz Alive on TCR

River Raisin Jazz Fesitval 16- Michigan

Hypersleep

Chuck Loeb RIP

INO Hidefumi

Ino was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan in 1970. He began to learn the piano around age 5 his mother took him to a piano class on the pretext of going to a local sweet shop. During his time in secondary school at Totoro Junior High in Nobeoka, he specialised in brass instruments in the school's symphonic band.

After graduating from Kobayashi Prefectural High School in Nobeoka he took two years out, during which he spent attending a university preparatory school in Fukuoka and frequenting the cinemas and second hand records shops. For a time Ino also attended a vocational school for piano tuners. Whilst working at various in places in Fukuoka such as offices, an clothes shop, and food stalls & coffee shops in Nagahama, he created a band dedicated to 60s music in which he took on vocals as well as playing keyboard. 
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Pat Van Dyke

Pat Van Dyke is a drummer, composer, producer, and band leader.  Equally comfortable behind the drum kit, as he is penning compositions at the Fender Rhodes, PVD balances the rhythmic intensity of true-school hip hop with the rich harmony & refreshing subtlety of jazz.  Drawing from a diverse palette of sounds, Pat’s music features live instrumentation alongside analog synthesizers, lush horns, and vintage keyboards, straddling the boundaries of electronic music, jazz, and golden era hip-hop.  

Along with a rotating cast of NYC's finest musicians, PVD has brought his unique LIVE blend of soul-jazz & organic hip-hop to packed houses at The Blue Note, S.O.B's, NJPAC, The Knitting Factory, Southpaw, as well as other venues; large & small, throughout NYC & beyond.   Recent releases include two full length LPs; ‘Technicolor HI-FI’ (Cotter Records), ‘Right On Time’ (Jakarta Records - Germany), a limited edition vinyl 7" with (mc) John Robinson entitled "Miles & Trane": a hip hop tribute to the two jazz legends, as well as a 7” Vinyl Release with the legendary DJ Spinna.

Jazz the Amp 2017

Bobby Timmons

Robert Henry "Bobby" Timmons  was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he was part of Cannonball Adderley's band. Several of Timmons' compositions written when part of these bands – including "Moanin'", "Dat Dere", and "This Here" – enjoyed commercial success and brought him more attention. In the early and mid-1960s he led a series of piano trios that toured and recorded extensively.

Timmons was strongly associated with the soul jazz style that he helped initiate; this link to apparently simple writing and playing, coupled with drug and alcohol addiction, led to a decline in his career. Timmons died, aged 38, from cirrhosis. Several critics have commented that his contribution to jazz remains undervalued.

30th Long Beach Jazz Festival

http://longbeachjazzfestival.com/line-up/

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2017

Special Artist to be announced in June!

Rachelle Ferrell

Jazz Funk Soul featuring  Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp, Paul Jackson Jr.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017

Boney James

Will Downing

Nathan East

Eric Darius

30TH Anniversary All-Stars feat. Ndugu Chancler, Bobby Lyle, Ronnie Laws, Ray Parker Jr.

JAZZ IN P!NK

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017

Poncho Sanchez

Najee

Bob James

Spyro Gyra

Al Williams Jazz Society

…and more!

Wayne Shorter

 

Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Many of Shorter's compositions have become jazz standards, and his output has earned worldwide recognition, critical praise and various commendations.  Wayne Shorter

Grant Green

Grant Green  Wikpedia