The Jazz Voyager
Heading to the Buckeye state to catch the Wednesday night performance of the Blue Wisp Big Band at 8:30pm at Urban Artifact, 1660 Blue Rock Street, in Cincinnati, OH 45223 / 513-620-4729.
This craft brewery housed in a historic Northside church built in 1876 became the new home of the legendary big band after the Blue Wisp Jazz Cafe closed its doors in 2014.
Offering a taproom and listening space, the plan is to definitely stay over for more jazz slated for every Thursday night. Be advised, the weekends are relegated to other forms of music. Call ahead to discover the food options, as most, if not all, will be portable.
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Earl Theodore Dunbar was born on January 17, 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas. He became interested in jazz at the age of seven and in the 1950s he joined several groups while studying pharmacy at Texas Southern University and during that period he became influenced by Wes Montgomery.
He trained as a pharmacist at Texas Southern University, but by the 1970s only did pharmacy work part-time. Dunbar was also a trained numerologist and had studied other aspects of mysticism. At one point he received accolades from Ebony and Down Beat.
In 1966 Ted moved to New York City and gained more experience. In 1972 he became one of the first jazz professors at Rutgers University and taught Kevin Eubanks, Vernon Reid and Peter Bernstein, as well as many others. He published four volumes on jazz.
He recorded five albums as a leader and another fifteen albums with Gene Ammons, Kenny Barron, Richard Davis, Gil Evans, Curtis Fuller, Albert Heath, Willie Jackson, Charles McPherson, David “Fathead” Newman, Don Patterson, Bernard Purdie, Sam Rivers, Johnny “Hammond” Smith, McCoy Tyner and Tony Williams among others. Guitarist and educator Ted Dunbar passed away on May 29, 1998 of a stroke in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Phillip Guilbeau was born on January 16, 1926 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Like many of his fellow musicians he took up the trumpet and during World War II served in the Navy, Honorably discharged in 1945 he moved to Detroit, Michigan and successfully became a session player. Throughout his career he recorded on hundreds of albums including sessions with Count Basie, Big Joe Turner, David “Fathead” Newman, Otis Redding, Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones, soloist on Hank Crawford’s recording of What A Difference A Day Makes from his Soul Clinic album and with Ray Charles, he was the soloist on the landmark 1961 album Genius + Soul = Jazz.
By the Seventies Phil moved to Washington, DC and recognizing the evolution of the music, moved into the new sound called funk. He became the trumpeter and manager of the group The Young Senators, the top-rated R&B group in the area after the release of their hit, that Guilbeau penned, The Jungle. With the success of this single they were asked to tour as the backing group of Eddie Kendricks, and recorded his seminal album My People… Hold On with them. The album included what is widely considered the first ever Disco song, Girl You Need A Change Of Mind.
As a manager, Gilbeau would go on to discover another group called Black Heat, get them to Atlantic Records and record three albums before they disbanded. After a lifetime career of playing jazz, funk and rhythm & blues music that spanned five decades, trumpeter and composer Phil Guilbeau passed away on September 5, 2005 in Florida.
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Atlanta Jazz Festival… 1990
Continuing under the direction of Harriet Sanford the 1990 Atlanta Jazz Series was scheduled over three months of weekends through the summer beginning with June 1st at the Fay Gold Gallery and Center Stage Theater. On June 2nd it hosted jazz workshops and lectures in the Rich Auditorium/High Museum of Art, while music was enjoyed in Grant Park, and the 14th Street Playhouse. June 3rd saw films at IMAGE Film/Video and performances in Grant Park.
On July 6th performances were held at Center Stage Theater; July 7th at IMAGE Film/Video and the 14th Street Playhouse and on July 8th music was heard at the Rich Auditorium/High Museum of Art and Piedmont Park.
The summer jazz festivities locations have been lost in history for the August 3rd through the 5th workshops, lectures and performances, however, on August 6th the festival closed out in Piedmont Park.
The Performers: Ran Anderson Quartet, Fusai Abdul-Khaliq Quartet, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Glenn Barbour Quintet, Bazooka Ants, Anthony Braxton, Ray Brown Trio, Betty Carter & Her Trio, Marilyn Crispell, Pierrve Dorge & The New Jungle Orchestra, Envizible Colour, Douglas Ewart Clarinet Choir, Von Freeman Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Griffin Quartet, Danny & Terry Harper Quartet, Joe Henderson-Charlie Haden-Al Foster Trio, Joe Jennings’ Life Force, Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, Gifford Jordan, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, M’Boom, James Moody Quartet, Milton Nascimento, Neighborhood Arts Ensemble, Howard Nicholson quartet, Manny Oquendo & Libre, Ojeda Penn Experience, Orquestra Lyrica, Houston Person/Etta Jones Sextet, Tito Puente Latin Jazz All Stars, Dewey Redman Quartet, Grant Reed Quintet, Max Roach, Michele Rosewoman & New Yor-uba, Simone 7 Company,Cecil Taylor and Randy Weston.
The festival sponsors consisted of Adams Outdoor Advertising, AT&T, Coors Brewing Company, Creative Loafing, Jazziz, National Endowment for the Arts, Pepsi Cola, Technics, The Atlanta Livery Company, WCLK 91.9 FM, WVEE 103 FM and the Wyndham Midtown Atlanta.
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Bob Maize was born on January 15, 1945 in San Diego, California. He played piano from age seven and switched to bass at 13 and began playing professionally. After moving to San Francisco, California in 1963, he worked in the house bands of many jazz clubs in the city, including Soulville and Bop City.
He played with Sonny Stitt, Philly Joe Jones, Vince Guaraldi, Mose Allison, Herb Ellis, Monty Alexander, Anita O’Day, Emily Remler, and Jon Hendricks. He also did a stint in a rock band as a bass guitarist.
A move to Los Angeles, California in the 1970s saw him working with Scott Hamilton, Dave McKenna, and Tal Farlow. Following this, Maize worked with Horace Silver in 1983-84, recorded with Eiji Kitamura on the Concord label, for whom he recorded regularly as a sideman, and toured Japan with Sarah Vaughan in 1985. He continued to play as a sideman in West Coast clubs into the new millennium.
Double bassist Bob Maize, never led a recording session and passed away on November 20, 2004 in Los Angeles.
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