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Monk America Monk again
I’m only kidding about the janitor actually being an FBI agent, but a lot of the press about Danny’s (Scher) concert with Monk does describe the timing of the event during an era when MLK had been shot and East … Continue reading
Posted in jazz, Plato's Republic
Tagged charlie hunter, Silvana Estrada, steve lacy, thelonious monk
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Fifty Palo Alto jazz tropes
1. Thelonious Monk live at Paly, 1968 A Palo Alto high student organized a concert with Thelonious Monk at Palo Alto High during a time fo racial unrest (soon after murder of Dr. King) cited in Prof. Robin Kelley’s Monk’s … Continue reading
Posted in jazz
Tagged charlie hunter, danny scher, dick fregulia, jason olaine, stanley jordan, t.j. kirk
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I’m struttin’ my stuff y’all VS ‘sits…(and) slouches’ (but BIG FUN, nonetheless); or, I am a ‘transparent eye-ball’ VS I have big ears
Thanks for coming, for reaching out and for raising the question about the staging per se of Earthwise Productions at The Mitchell Park Community Center, El Palo Alto Room. I’ve done 10 shows in the room. My plan — although … Continue reading
Posted in music, Plato's Republic, Uncategorized
Tagged charlie hunter, charlie musselwhite, elvin Bishop, eventBrite, howard wiley, mc lars, the mitch, valerie troutt
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Garage Mahal w. Garage Mahal w. donkey poop news
Local band garage Mahal I was likely the only one expecting to see Fareed Haque at the Father’s Day street music festival (“World Music Day”). Nothing against cute local kids rocking out. This is from June, two months ago, but … Continue reading
Posted in media, words
Tagged ben and jerry's, bol park, charlie hunter, donkey poop, fareed haque, garage mahal, josh code, world music day
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A quantum decoherence of jazz shows
On a Tuesday, from 9:59 a.m. to 11:14, at Coupa Cafe, Palo Alto Twenty years ago, or so, I produced a music series A Quantum Decoherence of Jazz shows. The series (not a festival) comprised five shows and ten … Continue reading
Giant Steps from Stanley to Ted to Plastic Alto
http://www.amazon.com/Friends-Stanley-Jordan/dp/B005EH3D1M Stanley Jordan’s “Friends” cd, from 2011 on Grosse-Point-based Mack Avenue features he and Mike Stern (with Kenwood Dennard restricting himself to the pacing) working thru a unique arrangement of “Giant Steps”, the prodigious contribution to the canon by John … Continue reading
Charlie Hunter new duo cd and interview in LA Times
LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW Guitarist Charlie Hunter talks ‘jam bands,’ jazz and going it alone After nearly 20 years of recording, it’s remarkable how much ground Charlie Hunter has covered. Rising out of the Bay Area jazz scene with a … Continue reading