The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is departing Phoenix and jumping on a two hour flight to the West Coast and that city by the bay, San Francisco, California. We will find our destination, the Black Cat, in the heart of the Tenderloin neighborhood. The historic arts and entertainment district was once home to great supper clubs and fabled live jazz venues. Tapping into that legacy, Black Cat is a refined social dining experience featuring a modern American supper club menu.
On the stage for a four day residency is Marc Cary and The Focus Trio. They’ll be celebrating nearly 20 years of synergy, exploring the rich interplay between Native American music and jazz. The pianist enlists tabla drummer Sameer Gupta and bassist David Ewel to the feel of the music as he taps into his multicultural heritage.
For those of you who have never been to this establishment, the venue is located at 400 Eddy Street 94109. For more info go to https://notoriousjazz.com/event/marc-cary-focus-trio.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Oscar Klein was born on January 5, 1930 in Graz, Austria. His family fled the Nazis when he was young. He became known for older jazz like swing and Dixieland.
In the early Sixties he joined the famous Dutch Swing College Band in the Netherlands as first trumpeter and he is to be found on several of their recordings.
He played with Lionel Hampton, Joe Zawinul, Jerry Ricks and others. In 1996 he was honored by the Austrian President Thomas Klestil
Trumpeter Oscar Klein, who also played clarinet, harmonic and swing guitar, died on December 12, 2006 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is departing NOLA for the Mountain Time Zone of Phoenix, Arizona with the next destination being a jazz spot called The Nash. Named for internationally renowned drummer and Phoenix native Lewis Nash. As one of the reat jazz venues in the world, the club is not only a music room but an education facility that is a community of jazz enthusiasts and musicians who build on the past to create a modern musical experience.
Taking the stage for this Saturday’s performance is Beth Lederman with her group Jazz Con Alma. They feature jazz that grooves and draws from latin rhythms, taking standards and pop music and adding their own special twists. From Coltrane and Gershwin to the Beatles and Stevie Wonder, they play anything that embraces the creativity which embodies jazz is fair game. Jazz Con Alma consists of saxophonist Mary Petrich, bassist Jon Murray, Adam Clark on drums and percussionist Frank Valdes.
The Nash is located at 110 E. Roosevelt Street 85004 . For more information visit https://notoriousjazz.com/event/beth-lederman.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager’s next destination is the Big Easy and a venerable jazz nightclub called Snug Harbor. Located in three rooms of a renovated 1800’s storefront situated in the Faubourg Marigny. The venue offers a dining room, a bar, and a music room.
Tonight I’ll be in the audience to witness once again the genius of New Orleans-bred saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and educator Victor Goines. He’ll be taking the stage as the guest bandleader of Snug’s “E-Day” Series. This is when musicians close to their late great Ellis Marsalis present their tribute concerts to his musical legacy on the night of the week that was Ellis’ Snug residency for over 30 years.
Snug Harbor features music 7 nights a week, primarily New Orleans modern jazz. The venue is located just outside the French Quarter, at 626 Frenchmen Street, New Orleans, LA 70116. For more information visit https://notoriousjazz.com/event/victor-goines.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Joseph William Thomas was born on December 3, 1902 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His first professional gig was in his home city with trombone player Joe Harris in 1923. Soon after that, he worked with Jack Carey, Chris Kelly, and Kid Rena. He recorded with Charles Derbigny in 1941, but the recordings were not publicly released until the 1960s, by which time Thomas had become a figure in the Dixieland revival movement.
He led his own ensemble at New Orleans’s H&J Tavern for much of the 1940s, then in 1951, he became a sideman for Papa Celestin. He worked with this ensemble for years, including after Papa French and Eddie Pierson had taken over as leader.
Other associations in the 1950s and 1960s included work with Freddie Kohlman, Punch Miller, the Olympia Brass Band, and on Swedish television with Sweet Emma Barrett in 1968. In the 1970s he worked with the Legends of Jazz, replacing Joe Darensbourg.
Clarinetist and vocalist Joe Thomas, also known as Brother Cornbread and was closely associated with the New Orleans jazz scene, February 18, 1981 in New Orleans at 78.
