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Whatever instrument you are playing, you should study the history of the instrument from the very beginning. Many drummers think jazz drumming started with Elvin Jones and Jeff Watts. You have to find out where theses people learned from and go upstream from there. You can’t put student before the teacher. You have to start at the origin. Listen to Roy Haynes with Lester Young and Bud Powell. Listen to Art Taylor comp with his left hand like Bud Powell. - Joe Farnsworth
 
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Roy Hargrove Quintet at Catalina's, April 4th-8th Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Sunday, 01 April 2007
There’s a physical electricity to Hargrove’s performance that is not terribly common in jazz.” –David Adler

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Roy Hargrove © Ian Gittler
After Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove is probably the best known trumpeter on the planet today. And at only 36, his output as a recording artist (13 sessions as leader) is almost as remarkable as his chops. His most recent project, RH Factor, created a lot of buzz by merging R&B and hip-hop mainstream with jazz, but his past and current efforts are decidedly more Dizzy than Ice-T. As noted by Christopher Jones following a Hargrove Quintet performance at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle, this is “straightforward, no-nonsense modern jazz…with integrity and conviction.” Hargrove brings that conviction –along with his quintet—to Catalina’s, 6725 West Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, April 4th - 8th.

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Cyrus Chestnut at the Jazz Bakery 3/28-4/1 Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Monday, 26 March 2007
Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut
From Wednesday, March 28th through Sunday, April 1st  Cyrus Chestnut will perform at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles. Chestnut will be joined by Dezron Douglas on bass and Neal Smith on drums.

Cyrus Chestnut was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, on January 17, 1963. He first received musical training from his father, McDonald Chestnut, at age five. Cyrus first started playing music publicly at Mount Calvary Star Baptist Church, aged seven. He received further musical training at the Peabody Preparatory Conservatory in Baltimore, where he obtained a Certificate in Piano and Musical Theory. Between 1981 and 1985 Cyrus attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he was awarded the Eubie Blake Fellowship in 1982, the Oscar Peterson Scholarship in 1983 and the Quincy Jones Scholarship in 1984, later graduating with a degree in Jazz composition and arranging.


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Azar Lawence offers a Birthday Tribute to Coltrane, March 31st at Cotton Club West in Long Beach Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Thursday, 22 March 2007
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Azar Lawrence © LeRoy Downs, TheJazzcat.net


Clarion Jazz saxophonist and composer Azar Lawrence, who is an alumnus of both McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones groups, with his quartet will celebrate the legacy of John Coltrane and his music on the 81st anniversary of his birth on Saturday, March 31st at Cotton Club West in Long Beach, California. Mr. Lawrence will be joined by Nate Morgan on piano, Jeff Littleton on bass and Fritz Wise on drums.

Azar's performance of such classic Coltrane compositions as "A Love Supreme", "Crescent", "Chim Chim Cheree", "Impressions", "My Favorite Things", "My One and Only Love" and "Wise One" has the critics saying that after a sabbatical Azar is playing with a renewed vengeance and energy similar to what was manifested the unpredictable and searching solos of John Coltrane.
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Pasadena Jazz Institute's Pasadena Jazz at Paseo Colorado Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007


Jazz at Paseo Colorado
260 East Colorado Blvd. Suite 206
Pasadena CA 91101
(626) 398-3344

With live jazz performances every week-end, Pasadena Jazz at Paseo Colorado is conveniently located near the Garfield Terrace of Paseo Colorado. There is a large, elegant area for entertainment with a raised bandstand that can accomodate large ensembles. There is a separate, modern, fully-staffed bar. A comfortable lounge area is adjacent and a private patio is just outside.  This is a music performance venue with a light appetizer menu.

About the Pasadena Jazz Institute
The Pasadena Jazz Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, comprised of music educators, musicians, and jazz music lovers, dedicated to promoting jazz education, preservation and participation. The Institute was founded in 2000 by Paul M. Lines who serves as the Institute's executive director. www.pasjazz.org
 
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