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Their music lives on, and my versions of their stories

Posted on August 30, 2020 by

Veronica DeJesus recently created a series of portraits, of musicians who I knew from my work as Earthwise Productions, which started in 1994 and continues, although my last concert was March 13 2020, having, like virtually everyone and everything on … Continue reading →

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Matthew Whitaker, right wing VS Matthew Whitaker, right hand

Posted on February 21, 2020 by

I just got news of a jazz rising star named Matthew Whitaker, who plays piano. But when I tried to find more information, I was reminded of a former football player for Iowa who apparently took too many hits to … Continue reading →

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First of the Mohegans

Posted on September 23, 2019 by

I just think that we offer an escape. That people are tired of watching the news. They are so disgusted with the negativity, the daily 24/7 media bombardment of what is wrong; that they can’t wait to have fun, and … Continue reading →

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14 piano players with whom I’vry worked

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

  Taylor been paid since his days of underoos — which is actually a Biggie Smalls line; which I copped from Spider-Man Spider Verse; and sample Herb Alpert. andand: I just got off the phone, eight minutes, with the advertising … Continue reading →

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Feeling his presence

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

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Pinetop and Henry announce four-hand residency* at The Gatehouse: stone angels weep, then ‘boogie’

Posted on August 23, 2018 by

*nina Simone appears on some dates. Always call venue day of show to confirm. Limited seating.

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I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

Billy Taylor wrote “I Wish I Knew” in 1963, before I was born. Nina Simone recorded the most famous version, in 1967, on “Silk and Sumpin’”, released as a single, later used in recent times out of context by some … Continue reading →

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Henry Butler, 69

Posted on July 16, 2018 by

It’s appropriate if the New York Times ran Henry’s obituary on July 4 because he was an American original. I just sent out some thoughts to another of his former agents or managers, and left two voice mail to total … Continue reading →

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Henry Butler is no small, Japanese woman although Mimi Jones is a West Indian ram

Posted on March 25, 2015 by

I was Henry Butler’s manager, for six months. (blind piano player from New Orleans) Malcolm Papa Mali Welbourne (who actually got his moniker from his reggae days, dubbed such by Burning Spear himself, because Malcolm or Mali had four kids … Continue reading →

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Tiny conductors

Posted on November 25, 2014 by

I just got noted that in Philly coming up, thanks to Mark Christman’s excellent Ars Nova series, two great jazz or out music events. The first is called Ballrog which is a Tolkein reference — the ballrog was a monster … Continue reading →

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