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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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 Dave Fathead Newman © Andrea Canter
David "Fathead" Newman, who plays both tenor and flute, is a solid mainstream jazz player who is best known for his long association with Ray Charles. Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas on February 24, 1933. After high school, David found gigs in local bands. He received a scholarship to Jarvis Christian College where he studied theology and music. After two years of college, David decided to go on the road full time with Buster Smith (Charlie Parker's mentor). On one of those tours, David met Ray Charles. They immediately bonded, both musically and as friends. When Ray started his own band, he called on David to be part of his group. In 1954, David began a twelve year association with the Ray Charles Band. David began as the baritone player and soon became the star tenor soloist. |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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“There’s a physical electricity to Hargrove’s performance that is not terribly common in jazz.” –David Adler  Roy Hargrove©Andrea Canter Inspired by gospel, R&B and funk while growing up in Waco, Texas, Hargrove was a trumpet prodigy, already working with Frank Morgan and “discovered” by Wynton Marsalis before he finished high school at the Booker T. Washington School for the Performing Arts in Dallas. Later he dropped his studies at Berklee in Boston to move to New York, enroll at the New School, and concentrate on his career as leader, sideman and major label recording artist. In addition to the funky RH Factor, he has explored Afro Cuban rhythms, pop, and above all, eclectic, straight ahead jazz, in the highly acclaimed company of Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker and the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band, as well as with his own Quintet. |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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 Charlie Hunter © Andrea Canter
A guitarist who has defied classification while pulling in audiences of diverse age and musical tastes, Charlie Hunter has been long known for having one of the hottest grooves in jazz guitar. With his famed custom-made 8-string instrument he managed the roles of keyboard and bass so well that his trio (with sax and drums) sounded like a quintet. But recently Hunter transformed that instrument into a 7-string box with an 8-string sound. This summer, he toured with a new trio featuring keyboard and drums, and (with keyboardist Erik Deutsch and drummer Simon Lott) released his first effort on Concord, Mistico. The instrumentation may have changed, but the result is still pure Hunter. This week, following a gig across the bay at Yoshi's San Francisco, Hunter brings his trio plus guests Steve Bernstein and Curtis Fowlkes into the Oakland venue (December 19-23). |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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 Chick Corea © Howard A. Gitelson
An NEA Jazz Master and groundbreaking artist both as a keyboardist (piano, electric piano, synthesizer) and as a composer-arranger, Chick Corea has moved fluidly among jazz, fusion, and classical music throughout a four-decade career, winning national and international honors including 12 Grammy awards. He ranks with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett as one of the leading piano stylists to emerge after Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, and he has composed such notable jazz standards as "Spain," "La Fiesta," and "Windows." |
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Written by Don Berryman
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"Dr. Lonnie Smith is a phenomenal B3 burner who can light up a room with visceral intensity or lay down some of the nastiest funk ever played on an organ" - Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes
 Dr Lonnie Smith © Andrea Canter
"I can take it anywhere it goes, right? I love to play inside, outside...but the organ swings best when it swings, doesn't it? That's what that organ is good for. You could try to play hip all you want, but when you swing that thing, there's no other feeling like it." - Doctor Lonnie Smith
Hammond B3 artist and master showman Dr. Lonnie Smith has been thrilling audiences since the 1960's. Lonnie was voted the "Organ Keyboardist of the Year" in 2003, 2004 and 2005 by the Jazz Journalist Association. Dr. Lonnie Smith will be grooving his way to the West Coast to play three nights at Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco from Friday, December 14th through Sunday, December 16th. Smith's 1968 debut with Bluenote, Think is solid soulful jazz and his long association with Lou Donaldson resulted in some of the most iconic soul-jazz statements of the era (including Alligator Bogaloo). Dr. Lonnie Smith was born in Buffalo, N.Y. into a musical family. His family had a singing group and a radio show. Smith credits his mother as a major influence in his musical career, introducing him to gospel, classical and jazz music. |
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