“I didn’t choose jazz. It chose me. When I was a teenager I heard Sarah Vaughan sing and I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” said the Dallas-born, Manhattan resident, 27-year-old vocalist extraordinaire Jazzmeia Horn, during a May 28, 2018, interview in a hotel lounge, hours before her seriously …
The great drummer/ educator, Billy Kaye, whose musical career spans close to 60 years, is scheduled to perform in a free, open to the public concert in Wilson, North Carolina, the place of his birth, June 7, 2018, 6:30 pm—8:30 pm, at The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, 301 Goldsboro …
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY CELEBRATION IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 28, 2018 by LARRY RENI THOMAS The Durham Jazz Renaissance Foundation, Inc., African Rhythms and North Carolina Folk, is proud to present International Jazz Day Celebration, April 28, 2018, from 12 noon to 3 p.m., at The Millennium Hotel, 2800 Campus …
Never in a million years would I have thought that the February 1996 taped interview that I conducted in Wilmington, North Carolina, with former Wilmington, North Carolina resident, Ms. Helen Morgan would have resulted in the much-acclaimed documentary movie called “I Called Him Morgan” (www.icalledhimmorgan.com). The 2016 film, which has …
Chamber Soul Media, in association with Sharp Nine Gallery Jazz and Blues Club, presents the screening of the documentary “I Called Him Morgan” (www.icalledhimmorgan.com) and a post-screening panel discussion moderated by musician Shana Tucker with reedman Bennie Maupin and author/radio announcer Larry Reni Thomas, both of whom are featured in …
SMOKIN IN SEATTLE—Wynton Kelly Trio and Wes Montgomery—Resonance Records ALTO MANHATTAN—Steve Slagle—Panorama DREAMS AND DAGGERS—Cecile McLorin Salvant—Mack Avenue FOR THE LOVE OF YOU—Jacques Lesure—WJ3 LIVE FROM STERN GROVE FESTIVAL—Pacific Mambo Orchestra—PMO SERENADE FOR HORACE—Louis Hayes—Blue Note IN THE MOMENT—Johnny O’Neal—Smoke Sessions LET’S GROOVE—Cory Weeds—Cellar Live LATIN JAZZ PROJECT VOL. …
Music fans have been passionately waiting for months since the good news came earlier this year that, the 36-year-old, Inglewood, California-based reedman, Kamasi Washington, one of the most talked about, well-travelled musicians on the scene, would be appearing in concert with his eight-piece group, in Raleigh, North Carolina, December …
Supreme congratulations to Aaron Greenwald, the executive director of Duke Performances, and his staff, for presenting “Monk @100.” They did an impressive, superb job honoring and righteously celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birthday (October 10, 1917) of the internationally-known piano legend, Rocky Mount, North Carolina native, Thelonious Monk, for …
A Different Booklist, 746 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Canada, presents a book signing, September 10, 2016, (from 6:00pm-8:00 pm ), featuring Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based writer/radio announcer, Larry Reni Thomas, who will sign copies and talk about his latest book, The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan. The book is about former …
Larry Reni Thomas, the author of “The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan” (KHA Books) will be interviewed, Sunday, September 4, 2016, at 3:30 pm by Toronto, Canada-based Norman Richmond on Uhuru Radio’s Diasporic Music (http://www.theburningspear.com/uhuru-radio ). Thomas will talk about his book “The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan,” his experience …
