Here’s an interesting little slide show posted on BBC news on how Yiddish inspired jazz. I love the ditty on Cab Calloway!

BBC SLIDE SHOW

Yiddish: A Struggle for Survival will be broadcast on Radio 3 at 2140 on Sunday 30 November.
It will be available for seven days on the BBC iPlayer.

Slideshow by Paul Kerley. Production date 27 November 2008.

I will be performing with drummer and composer Jose Cochez’s new group “Bob Hope was a Pedophile,” (Don’t ask me!)on Friday December 5th. The festivities start around 8pm and there will be food and libations. The music is composed mainly by Jose, with some selections by cellist and composer Tom Kersey. The pieces are heavily improvised and draw from a vast group of musical influences.

Café Hey Celebrates One Year of ‘Prosperity’

We will be celebrating our one-year anniversary on Friday, December 5th starting 8pm with Prosperity, a celebration of art, music, and small business.

Over the past year the we’ve been laboring away in Downtown Tampa’s still-emerging North Franklin business district and have started to build a loyal following with out homemade menu items, organic free trade coffee, laid back atmosphere and cutting-edge art exhibitions.

Friday’s anniversary celebration features art and photography from Heather Forsyth, Irma Diaz, Cathy Hughes, Amanda Gahan, Nicole Sutherland, Christina Cedeno, Molly Malnic, and Bradley L’Herou, with music by D.J. Fuego, Hooker and the Cheap Hotels, Bob Hope Was a Pedophile, Various Others and Bill Johnston.

This is fitting for “Unleashed.” Everyone else, this is just sweet!

Passed on from Bob Seymore:

“In her first solo concert in the Tampa Bay Area, pianist Lynne Arriale will perform at Tampa’s historic Springs Theater on Sunday, November 23, at 3:00 PM.

Arriale’s recordings and live shows have earned her international critical acclaim, comparing her in stature to Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans and Ahmad Jamal. The New York Times said, “Lynne Arriale’s brilliant musicianship and bandstand instincts place her among the top jazz pianists of the day.” JazzTimes lauded her “flawless touch,” and “impeccable sense of complex rhythms” while the BBC Music Magazine raved about her “luminous tone and superlative melodic flair.”

Although the November 23 concert, presented by the Tampa Jazz Club, marks Arriale’s first solo performance in the Tampa Bay area, this Florida resident’s trio performances have been among the area’s outstanding jazz events at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival in the past. As noted in Jazz Week: “She pinpoints a song’s power, majesty, and soul simultaneously.”

In early 2009, Arriale releases a new CD/DVD on Motema Music, backed by a new trio of jazz icons featuring Randy Brecker, George Mraz and Anthony Pinciotti. Titled NUANCE, The Bennett Studio Sessions, the studio produced CD will be accompanied by a bonus DVD capturing the group’s debut live performance with a studio audience.

The Spring Theater is located at 8029 Nebraska Avenue. Tickets are $23, $18 for Jazz Society members and $5 for students, and will only be available at the venue on the day of the show. For further information, contact 813/915-0074. For additional information on Lynne Arriale, visit www.motema.com/lynnearriale, or www.lynnearriale.com.

Please contact cary@gomediapr.com for high res images or to schedule an interview with Lynne.”

The Forefront will be performing at the annual USF Winter Wonderland on December 4th at 9:00pm. It will be held on the USF Tampa campus right outside the. There will be music, dancing, a Christmas market, and other holiday festivities. The group will be playing some of it’s usual repertoire, and some new stuff, along with all of your Holiday favorites. We hope to see you all there!

Mark Turner, perhaps one of the most brilliant saxophonists of our time, recently sustained severe injuries to his fingers from a power saw accident. This is a horrifying thought for any musician. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers that he will have a complete and speedy recovery as he plays music for his livelihood.

Updates from Darcy James Argue and Aaron Parks.

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