Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Robert Cameron Gordon was born June 29, 1941 in Hartford, Connecticut and taught himself by listening intently to the stylings of Jimmie Noone, Jimmy Dorsey and Frank Teschmacher, among others. He studied with Chicago clarinetist Joe Marsala. As a teenager he would go to Eddie Condon’s jazz club in New York’s Greenwich Village, sit at a table near the bandstand and nurse a Coke all night as he listened.
Early in his career, he played with Wild Bill Davison, Bobby Hackett, Zutty Singleton, Muggsy Spanier and had a long run with Jim Cullum’s Happy Jazz Band in San Antonio, Texas. Moving to San Diego, California in the 1970s, he played with numerous groups around the county. By the mid-1970s Gordon frequently recorded and toured with singer Leon Redbone, and appeared on the Johnny Carson Show. In 1979, the two survived injuries in a crash of a twin engine prop jet in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
In the late 1990s, Bobby joined the Roadrunners, a popular quintet on the West Coast festival circuit. During this time, he played with Marty Grosz, the Orphan Newsboys and Destiny’s Tots. His longest gig was at Milligan’s Bar & Grill in La Jolla, California leading a quartet.
Clarinetist and bandleader Bobby Gordon, who had been in poor health for years, transitioned from cardiopulmonary arrest on December 31, 2013.
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Three Wishes
Sun Ra had three wishes for the Baroness when she inquired what his would be:
- “A flexible instrument which could reflect every mood of any being, even a cat’s or a bird’s.”
- “A center where I would be free to present what I am actually doing to the world in the proper manner. Lights, shadows, colors, music would all be working at the same time, and it would be a synopsis of cosmic things so concentrated that, in an hour, you could be enlightened about the entire universe.”
- “The means to do things precisely, directly, and unhampered.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Patricia Adams was born on June 28th in Westchester, New York. She earned a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Business Administration degrees in the 1960’s. She studied music theory, harmony, and improvisation at the New England Conservatory in Boston and at the Performing Arts School of Worcester in the Nineties. Her continued studies have led her to Semenya McCord, Dominique Eade, Frank Wilkins, Jim Carson, Jeannie Lovetri, Sheila Jordan and Kirk Nurock.
Stepping onto a nightclub stage for the first time in 1992 at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, many open mics and pro bono gigs later, she traded her thirty-five year career in human resources management for life as a full time artist. Her venues now attract those who enjoy the jazz and blues standards of the 1930’s and ’40’s. She plays with some of the world’s renowned jazz artists, including Ray Santisi, Marshall Wood, Bob Moses, Joe Hunt, Bill Wurtzel, John Repucci, Frank Wilkins, Fred Hunter, Ross Schneider, Joe Lovano, Stanley C. Swann, III and the late Jimmy Hill, so far.
As an educator she is at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts with her leadership skills workshop for the entrepreneurial musician. Vocalist and bandleader Patricia Adams, who is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, also served on the board of the New England Conservatory, continues to perform.
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ATLANTIC CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Smooth Jazz Festival featuring Brian Culbertson ~ Piano
With:
Najee ~ Saxophone
Jazmin Ghent ~ Saxophone
Althea Rene ~ Flute
Jeff Bradshaw ~ Trombone
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JEN WROBLESKI QUARTET
Having finished her education, Jen Wrobleski honed her vocal talents beginning her singing career with the Walt Disney Company in Orlando, FL portraying Cinderella in Cinderella’s Surprise Celebration and performed the role of Belle in Beauty & The Beast before departing for different pastures.
In early 2005 she formed a jazz quartet and performed throughout Florida and Georgia not limited to Churchill Grounds, Sambuca, House of Blues and Nikki’s Beach. Moving to New York City she performed regularly with Harold Mabern Jr., Joe Farnsworth, Eric Alexander, John Webber, Sharp Radway, and Anthony Wonsey. She has gone on to perform in Greece, Austria, Russia and Italy. She returns to the Velvet Note for another encore performance.
Shows ~ 7:00 & 9:00 pm
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