KURT ELLING FEATURING CHARLIE HUNTER
Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling returns in style with an album of indelible beats, boisterous funk and unforgettable new lyrics in collaboration with co-producer and guitarist Charlie Hunter and a star-studded band with pianist Kenny Banks Jr., and Marcus Finnie on drums.
After scoring his second GRAMMY Award and 14th nomination in March 2021, the protean vocalist Kurt Elling hangs an unexpected left turn with SuperBlue for Edition Records. Elling has always been a master of grooves, ranging from bebop to pure pop and progressive jazz to neo-soul, but he’s never filled an album with grooves quite like these. Thanks to newly sprung melody and lyrics from Elling, along with Hunter & co.’s fresh grooves, SuperBlue features all-new songs, innovative takes on compositions from jazz lions Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, and a raw and stripped-down treatment of “The Seed,” a still-dynamic, decades-old riff on immortality written by Cody Chestnutt. There is even a slamming new version of a Tom Waits tune.
Early Show Doors: 5:00pm ~ 7:45pm (17:00~19:45 | Standing £27.50 | Restaurant £35~45
Late Show Doors: 8:15pm ~ 11:00pm (20:15~23:00) | Standing £27.50 | Restaurant £35~45
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Johnny Richards was born Juan Manuel Cascales on November 2, 1911 in Toluca, Mexico to a Spanish father and a Mexican mother. He came to the United States in 1919 through Laredo, Texas along with his mother, three brothers and a sister. The family first lived in Los Angeles, California and then in San Fernando, California, where he and two brothers attended and graduated from San Fernando High School.
1930 saw Richards living in Fullerton, California where he attended Fullerton College. Working in Los Angeles from the late 1930s to 1952, before moving to New York City. He had been arranging for Stan Kenton since 1950 and continued to do so through the mid-1960s. He also arranged for Charlie Barnet and Harry James.
He led his own bands throughout his career and composed the music for the popular song Young at Heart in 1953. The song was made famous by Frank Sinatra and was covered by numerous others.
Arranger and composer Johnny Richards transitioned on October 7, 1968 in New York City of a brain tumor.
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Three Wishes
The Baroness approached Al Grey and presented him with the question of three wishes and he replied to her:
- “To have happiness.”
- “Knowledge.”
- “Understanding. I have no more to say.”
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ROY HARGROVE BIG BAND
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Samuel D. Margolis was born on November 1, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts. Early in his career he played locally with Shad Collins, Vic Dickenson, Bobby Hackett, Nat Pierce, and Rex Stewart.
Between 1954 and 1958 Sam worked extensively with Ruby Braff and as sidemen for other musicians, including Pee Wee Russell. He would continue working intermittently with Braff for several decades.
In 1970 Margolis appeared briefly in the parade scene in the Dick Van Dyke movie Some Kind of a Nut. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he played often in the New York area, with Ed Polcer, Buzzy Drootin, Max Kaminsky, Roy Eldridge, Tony Bennet, Claude Hopkins, Dill Jones, Vic Dickenson, and Red Balaban.
Clarinetist and saxophonist Sam Margolis, who near the end of his life moved to Deerfield Beach, Florida, transitioned from prostate cancer on March 27, 1996.
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