Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Frederick Walker was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 16, 1942. He received his high school equivalency from the United State Armed Forces Institute, then went on to study criminal justice for two years from 1873 to 1975 at St. Louis Community College.
In 1980, Fred founded Star City/St. Louis Records and produced two 45 releases with the Nightwind Band titled Later For That and Why Can’t We. He eventually formed Star City Enterprise encompassing Star City Productions, Star City/St. Louis Records and Saxy Jazz.
His Star City Productions deals with the production of recorded music and the small studio offers digital recording capabilities, CD label production, graphic design and other services related to the production of recorded sound. It also offers copyright registration assistance, music society membership, ISRC encoding and much more.
Soprano and alto saxophonist Fred Walker continues to perform, record and grow his company with new individuals and groups signing on.
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On The Bookshelf
Jazz historian Reginald Carter and jazz photographer Lenny Bernstein present an introduction to the young lions of jazz. Most of these musicians have decided to forgo post-1960s jazz developments, instead mining the treasures of the bop/hard-bop masters. The profiles include a short biography, photo notes, a wonderful black-and-white photograph, recent interview excerpts, and a select discography.
The artists’ thoughts on the upswing in jazz’s popularity and on balancing performing, composing, and recording, provide an overall sense of where these musicians find themselves within the jazz culture.
Arranged according to instrumental groupings, the book features such musicians as Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Wallace Roney, Branford Marsalis, James Carter, Joshua Redman, Bobby Watson, Don Byron, Craig Handy, Steve Turre, Bill Frisell, Russell Malone, Geri Allen, Cyrus Chestnut, Marcus Roberts, Christian McBride, Reginald Veal, Cindy Blackman, Jeff “Tain” Watts, and vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kevin Mahogany.
In this compendium we see those forty musicians who have individually taken the music to its evolutionary continuance.
Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Luciano Milanese was born on Juy 15, 1950 in Genoa, Italy. Little is known about his family life during his early years, however, he learned to play the bass during his formative years. Over the course of his continual career he went on to play in Italy with numerous American jazz musicians including Harry “Sweets” Edison, Art Farmer, Chet Baker,Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Johnny Griffin, Sal Nistico, James Moody, George Coleman, Steve Grossman, Slide Hampton, Ray Bryant, Kenny Drew, Walter Bishop, Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, Louis Hayes, Alvin Queen, and Bobby Durham, to name a few.
Bassist Luciano Milanese currently continues to perform and record with important Italian musicians like Gianni Basso, Andrea Pozza, Dado Moroni, Tullio De Piscopo.
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GOTHAM YARDBIRD SANCTUARY RENAISSANCE CIRCLE
Gotham Yardbird Sanctuary is a not-for-profit 501 (C)(3) organization that was founded in response to the 2020 global pandemic and it’s impact on NYC’s Jazz community and local businesses.
After gaining strong collaboration experiences with great local nonprofits and businesses, we are planning to take on meaningful projects and campaigns for social justice causes. One venue is Ornithology Jazz Club.
Tonight they present two bands under the auspices of Renaissance Circle: Orfeu Talks Of Sonnets by @Jayshawn LivesLavish Lee
Early Bird Show: 6:30 pm ~ 8:30 pm
Justin Salisbury ~ piano | Matt Stravrakas ~ bass | Angus Mason ~ drums
Late Show: 9:00 pm ~ 12:00 am
Juanga Lakunza ~ trombone | Adam Lamoreaux ~ tenor saxophone | Adan Perez ~ piano | John Benitez ~ bass | EJ Strickland ~ drums
Cover: Free
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HUBERT LAWS
Grammy Nominated NEA Jazz Master Hubert Laws is the premier musician on the flute in jazz. With a career spanning over 50 years, he has also mastered pop, rhythm-and-blues, and classical genres; moving effortlessly from one repertory to another.
Session work also remains a staple of Hubert Laws’ schedule, and includes collaborations and recordings with such artists as Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Freddie Hubbard, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Sergio Mendes, Bob James, Carly Simon, James Moody, Clark Terry, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
He was selected as the #1 Flutist for 24 years: Down Beat readers’ polls ten years in a row and was the critic’s choice seven consecutive years.
Cover: Streaming ~ $15.00 | Tickets: $55.00 ~ $65.00 +fee
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