A short list of some of the master musicians who passed in 2019
A Jazz on the Tube playlist
1. Jim Cullum (1941–2019)- Frog-I-More Rag (00:00)
2. Harold Mabern (1936-2019) – Live at Smalls (03:28)
3. Urbie Green (-2019) – Flight Of The Bumblebee (13:19)
4. Dr. John (1941-2019) – Right Place, Wrong Time (15:59)
5. Dave Bartholomew (1918-2019) – The Making of Big Easy Boogie (20:47)
6. Art Neville (1937-2019) – Neville Brothers – Bro. John, Iko Iko, Jambalaya, Do You Want To Dance (25:39)
7. Joao Gilberto (1931-2019) – Desafinado (36:30)
8. Dave Samuels (1948-2019) – Bemsha Swing (40:04)
9. Larry Willis (1942-2019) – Ethiopia (48:16)
10. Doris Day (1922-2019) – Put It In A Box and It’s You Or No One (56:23)
11. Ed Bickert (1932-2019) – Street Of Dreams (59:28)
12. Michel Legrand (1932-2019) – I Will Wait For You (01:04:33)
13. Bob Wilber (1928-2019) – China Boy (01:12:30)
14. Milcho Leviev (1937-2019) – Imagine and Bulgarian Bulge (01:17:37)
Gilberto Valdés Zequeira was born in Havana on August 16, 1928.
Note: His mother was a milliner (hat), not a millionaire.
As a kid he listened to Chano Pozo’s rehearsals in the Colon neighborhood of Havana.
His vocal group had a weekly gig at the San Souci night club in Havana and he appeared on Cuba’s pioneering television channel twice a week in the 1950s.
Roy Haynes introduced him to American jazz drumming and gave him his first set of drumsticks.
He performed with his old friend Bebo Valdés when the two of them found themselves in Europe in the early 1960s.
He spent time as the #2 man at Egrem.
He was Dizzy Gillespie’s host when Dizzy visited Havana in 1977.
He introduced Irakere to Columbia Records and toured the world with them as their manager.
He helped save Cuba’s most important jazz club La Zorra y el Cuervo from being turned into a pizzeria.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of Gilberto’s remarkable life.
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Andy Gonzalez & Rumbajazz with Jerry Gonzalez, Pedrito Martinez, Perdomo, and Ivan Renta in Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2008.
One of the great musicians of his generation Jerry Gonzalez passed away in accident in Spain. More information coming as we get it.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Maria Hinojosa talks with Bobby Sanabria about “West Side Story Reimagined.”
This is our fourth article about this piece.
We did one before the premier.
One before the free streaming performance at Dizzy’s in New York City.
One before the release of the CD and the free outdoor show at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park.
Why so much attention?
Because it’s going to be one of the cultural forces of the year, if not the decade.
And remember, you heard about it on Jazz on the Tube first.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Hugh Wyatt was part of the group that put the legendary New York radio station WBLS on the air and saved the Apollo Theater.
For nearly thirty years, he wrote and edited for New York Daily News.
And he’s enjoyed a long friendship with Sonny Rollins,
In this landmark book, Hugh not only shares some previously unknown details of Sonny’s life and evolution as an artist, he also goes into depth on a little appreciated fact of jazz history: the serious spiritual seeking that characterizes Sonny’s life and the lives of many of the great artists whose work formed jazz as we know it today.
You can get information on Hugh’s book through his publishing company: Kamama Books
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
Music credit: The Jazz on the Tube podcast theme song is “Mambo Inferno” performed by The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria from the CD ¡Que Viva Harlem!
Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Jackie McLean, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Fortune, Doc Cheatham, Sir Rolland Hanna, Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Chico Freeman, Hamiet Bluiett, and many others have all agreed: Ronnie Burrage.
In this call, we talk about Ronnie’s fascinating family, his career as a top go-to jazz drummer, and his inspiring work using music to serve the community.
Ronnie’s latest project is bringing young people to elder homes so they can enjoy music and talk about it – and life – together. Robbie calls it “gen-to-gen”, generation-to-generation, and we get into why it’s so important on the call.
You can support Ronnie’s community work by voting for his project.
You have to open an account to vote. After, you open the account you’ll be given choices to vote for. Vote for the World Rhythm Academy.
Yes, the process is a pain, but it’s worth doing.
Remember: The rules allow you to vote every day, once a day for the duration of the contest.
Music credit: The Jazz on the Tube podcast theme song is “Mambo Inferno” performed by The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria from the CD ¡Que Viva Harlem!
