The Jazz Voyager
Having taken off from JFK in New York, this Jazz Voyager is nine hours into the fourteen hour flight to Tokyo, Japan. Give or take should be landing around one in the afternoon at Haneda Airport with a short drive to the center of the city and one of the moderate hotels within walking distance of the Blue Note Tokyo. First time in the city exploration is on the menu and learning to get around while seeing the sights and sounds alter from day to night is rewarding.
This evening, four-time Grammy-winning drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and Grammy-nominated vocalist Christie Dashiell resurrects Max Roach’s 1960 We Insist release and reimagines his timeless anthem Freedom Day. The single highlights Carrington’s lifelong mission to champion jazz and advocate for inclusivity and raise the voice of women, hence Dashiell supplanting Abbey Lincoln voice.
With a cover of ¥ 10,000 | $67.32, the evening is eagerly anticipated to see how these two ladies update the classic suite.
Blue Note Tokyo is located at 6 Chome-3-16 Minamiaoyama Minato City 107-0062. For more information contact the venue at https://www.bluenote.co.jp/jp.
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Jeno Beamter was born on August 7, 1912 in Budapest, Hungary. Graduating from high school in 1930 he was already trained as a drummer at the age of seven, although he was taught to play the violin. He completed his musical studies privately. From 1930 , he was taught to play the drums by Vilmos Roubal, a member of the Opera House. He soon began to play the vibraphone.
From 1933 he played in various bands, Bubi Vibraphone Ensemble, Solymossy–Beamter Duo, Ernő Vécsey Ensemble, Martiny Band, and Szabó–Beamter Duo. He made his first recordings with the Smiling Boys band.
The various jazz formations of Jenő Horváth’s Radiola Band, the Herrer band, the Durium band, Tabányi and its soloists, János Gaál Gyulai’s small band, and the Deák Big Band were the prominent bands in which he played. He made guest appearances in Austria, Switzerland, the GDR, England, and Yugoslavia.
In the 1970s, he performed with Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra in a joint show at the Kennedy Center. Jeno performed live with Tabányi on Hungarian Radio for fifteen years, almost every Sunday.
Drummer, vibraphonist, composer and educator Jeno Beamter, who performed in the traditional, modern and was one of the legendary figures of Hungarian swing music, died on January 11, 1984 in the city of his birth.
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Victor Louis Goines, born August 6, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from St. Augustine High School in New Orleans and has been a member of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septet since 1993.
Goines has collaborated with Terence Blanchard, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Green, Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, B.B. King, Lenny Kravitz, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, James Moody, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Roberts, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Wycliffe Gordon, and Stevie Wonder.
He has performed on more than 20 recordings, including the soundtracks for three Ken Burns documentaries and the 1990s films Undercover Blues, Night Falls on Manhattan, and Rosewood. He has composed more than 200 original works, including Jazz at Lincoln Center and ASCAP commissions.
He has also served on the faculties of Florida A&M University, University of New Orleans, Loyola University of New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana. Goines is an artist for Buffet Crampon and Vandoren.
Saxophonist and clarinetist Victor Goines, who was director of the jazz program at Juilliard from 2000 to 2007, has served as president and chief executive officer of Jazz St. Louis since September 2022.
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Jemeel Moondoc was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 5, 1946 and studied clarinet and piano before settling on saxophone at sixteen. He became interested in jazz largely due to Cecil Taylor and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and was a student of Taylor’s.
After his time at the university he moved to New York City, where he founded “Ensemble Muntu” with William Parker, Roy Campbell, Jr., and Rashid Bak. The group had its own Muntu record label, but eventually faced financial difficulties.
In 1984, he formed the Jus Grew Orchestra, which secured a residency at the Neither/Nor club on the Lower East Side. He worked with Parker again in 1998’s album, New World Pygmies.
Alto saxophonist, clarinetist and pianist Jemeel Moondoc, a proponent of a highly improvisational style, died on August 29, 2021, at the age of 75 from the effects of sickle cell anemia.
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Lew Davis was born on August 4, 1903 in London, England. His early childhood and education is unknown or when he picked up the trombone. He began playing with Jack Hylton And His Orchestra as the only trombonist on recordings from 1923 to 1928. He then joined Leo Vauchant before moving on to become a part of Paul Fenhoulet’s band.
The Thirties saw Lew with Ray Noble, Ambrose & His Orchestra, Lew Stone & The Monseigneur Band, as well as his own Lew Davis Trombone Trio. He went on to work with Benny Carter And His Orchestra, Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Ronnie Munro & His Orchestra, Savoy Hotel Orpheans, and Louis de Vries And His Rhythm Boys.
Trombonist Lew Davis dided in London on November 24, 1986.
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