Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Massimo DeAngelis was born on April 25, 1958 in Rome, Italy. A self-taught drummer, he began playing at the age of twelve. As a composer he plays and writes in various styles and genres across the musical spectrum, favoring high-energy instrumental jazz fusion.
He has performed with many groups, including I Percussionisti di Roma, a percussion ensemble. Throughout his career he has been invited to perform at several jazz festivals throughout Europe.
In 1986 Massimo emigrated to the United States and has been performing live and recording with numerous bands. Teaching privately for several years, he is now focusing his energy and time on composing, arranging, recording, and producing.
Drawing his inspiration from surrealism and improvisation, drummer, percussionist and keybordist Massimo DeAngelis’ music is intended to fill those many musical voids that exist around us. He continues to composer, record and perform.
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The Jazz Voyager
From Miami to Seattle is where this Jazz Voyager is in flight to Seattle~Tacoma International Airport for some more of the Northwest hospitality and jazz experience. Located in the downtown section of the city, The Triple Door is situated in a historic theater. Radiating urban cool with plush half-moon booths, state of the art sound witha side of colorful cocktails. The venue provides an intimate dimension to the atmosphere between artist and audience.
Pianist and composer Lynne Arrriale takes center stage in the Mainstage Theater for two nights and I’ll be in the audience on the second night. Having seen her over twenty years ago I anticipate hearing her growth as a performer. She won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and has recorded seventeen critically acclaimed albums.
The Triple Door is located at 216 Union Street, Seattle, Washington 98101. For more information contact the venue at https://www.thetripledoor.net.
Tickets: $30.00 General Admission | $38.00 Premium
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Collin Walcott was born on April 24, 1945 in New York City, New York. He studied violin and tympani in his youth, and studied percussion at Indiana University School of Music. After graduating in 1966, he went to the University of California, Los Angeles, and studied sitar under Ravi Shankar and tabla under Alla Rakha.
Walcott moved to New York and blended bop and oriental music with Tony Scott in 1967–69. Around 1970 he joined the Paul Winter Consort and co-founded the band Oregon. These groups, along with the trio Codona, which was founded in 1978, combined jazz improvisation and instrumentation with elements of a wide range of classical and ethnic music.
He played with Miles Davis on his 1972 album On the Corner, had three releases under his own name on ECM Records. He taught at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
Sitar and tabla player Collin Walcott was killed in a bus crash in Magdeburg, East Germany on November 8, 1984 while on a tour with Oregon.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Leonard Arthur Barnard was born on April 23, 1929 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Before forming his own traditional jazz band in the late 40s he played drums in the family band. This band, one of the earliest Australian groups to make jazz records, was so popular that it remained active for more than two decades.
During this same period Barnard played with other groups ranging from jazz to dance music. He gigged and recorded with Ade Monsbourgh and Dave Dallwitz. In the early 1970s his relocation to Sydney, Australia saw him playing with many of the country’s leading musicians including Errol Buddle and John Sangster. Then he joined Galapagos Duck, a band led by Tom Hare.
On occasion Len played with bands led by his younger brother, Bob Barnard. By the late 90s he remained active playing and recording with a variety of artists including Janet Seidel. His playing and able use of brushes made him an accomplished mainstream drummer.
Drummer Len Barnard, whose playing was forceful yet had a discreet and propulsive swing, died on November 5, 2005 in Sydney.
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Jazz Poems
GYRE’S GALAX
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from Jazz Poems ~ Selected and Edited by Kevin Young
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