The busy, expanding, thoroughly-satisfying jazz scene in what is called the “Triangle” area of the Piedmont section of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) just keeps getting better and better. Who needs the New York or the D.C. jazz scene when everybody seems to be coming this way? The …
DAVID SANBORN, MARCUS MILLER, PONCHO SANCHEZ, LALAH HATHAWAY and More. The Friends of John Coltrane,Inc., a High Point, North Carolina-based arts organization, presents, The Fifth Annual John Coltrane International Jazz And Blues Festival, September 5 and 6, 2015 from 3 pm to 10 pm, at Oak Hollow Park, 1841 Eastchester …
The Sixth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival will be held on Friday, July 3, 2015, and Saturday, July 4. 2015. from 5 pm until 8 pm, both days. Scheduled performers on Friday, are Fayetteville, North Carolina resident trumpet smooth jazz sensation Willie Bradley; North Carolina Central University Jazz …
“I am not on anybody’s side. I am not on Lee Morgan’s side. I am not on Helen Morgan’s side. I am on the side of history.”–Larry Reni Thomas, author “The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan” (book) (wwww.khabooks.com) LMS Show 5 Lee Morgan Tweet
Larry Reni Thomas, the author of the recently published book, The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan (khabooks) (www.khabooks.com) , is scheduled to be interviewed on “TV Durham Skywriter” http://www.durhamskywriter.com/ by host Patricia A. Murray, December 14, 2014, at 7 p.m. (EST). Thomas will talk about his experience with Helen Morgan, …
Softly, With Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking Of Barriers in American Music (author Edward Berger) (2014) Softly, With Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking Of Barriers in American Music (Temple University Press, 2014) by author /photographer Edward Berger, is an excellent, well-written biography of a pioneer who was an …
GREAT BLACK MUSIC—Kahil El Zabar—Delmark TRILOGY—Chick Corea Trio—Concord GREAT VOICES OF HARLEM—Porter, Scott, Smith—Pao EIGHT TRACK—Dave Stryker—Strikezone SONGS MY MOTHER LOVES–Dee Alexander—Blujazz SALSA DE LA BAHIA (VOL. 1 and 2)—Various Artists—Patois THE ARTISTRY OF THE STANDARD—Misha Tsiganov—Criss Cross THE ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS—Miles Davis—Columbia PUSHING THE WORLD AWAY—Kenny Garrett—Mack Avenue MIDNIGHT …
The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan author, Larry Reni Thomas, is scheduled to be on WNCU-FM, North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Durham, North Carolina, October 22, 2014, from 5 pm to 6pm, during the jazz station’s fall fundraiser, which takes place until October 24, 2014. Thomas, a veteran writer/radio announcer/lecturer, …
“We were so impressed with Mr. Thomas’s book signing when he appeared here on September 13th and 14th that we decided to have our book club read it,” said Ms. Janifer Wilson, the owner of Sister’s Uptown Cultural Center, 1942 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City. “We will be reading it …
THE LADY WHO SHOT LEE MORGAN AUTHOR ON LATE NIGHT JAZZ WITH RUSTY HASSAN ON WPFW-FM, WASHINGTON. D.C., 9/4/2014 Larry Reni Thomas, the author of the recently published book, The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan, (KHA Books) will be interviewed on “Late Night Jazz With Rusty Hassan,” September 4, 2014, …
Preview: The Triangle North Carolina 2014-2015-Jazz Season by Larry Reni Thomas The busy, expanding, thoroughly-satisfying jazz scene in what is called the “Triangle” area of the Piedmont section of North Carolina just keeps getting better and better. Who needs the New York or the D.C. jazz scene when everybody seems …
Sankofa Video Books and Cafe, 2714 Georgia Avenue, Washington, D.C., N.W., presents a book signing, September 11, 2014, (from 6:30pm—7:30 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 …
