Friday, January 31, 2003

Dave and Neal From The Big Mo Band and WalkUp Music Visit The New Jazz Thing Live

A quick thank you to Neal Wauchope and David Mosby of The Big Mo Band and http://www.WalkUpMusic.com for coming on the show and debuting two cuts from a special release for Jazz 88 of a batch of New! We'll get some audio clips from the interview up for all to hear. And we'll write a bit more about my friend, Big Mo, but if you get a chance to check them out Live, DO IT!!

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Here's a shot of the boys with Jazz 88 DJ Ron Dhanifu.
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The New Jazz Thing Live Tonight on Jazz 88, KSDS San Diego, 88.3 FM, 6-9 pm PT

Music and guests, if you care to scroll down a bit. Lots of other goodies and lots of New Jazz Things!

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Much Love....VO
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Terri Lyne Brings Spirit To The New Jazz Thing Live Tonight!

Terri Lyne Carrington, Jazz Drummer extrodinaire and seeker of spiritual answers, will be joining us by phone tonight at 7:35 pm PT, on The New Jazz Thing Live on Jazz 88, KSDS San Diego 88.3 FM (finally). We'll get an update on her own quest for answers at the recent IAJE Conference 2003 and her panel discussion, "Jazz Is A Spirit - Exploring The Spiritual Process of Jazz Artist". In her panel proposal (HTML, MS Word), she set's the stage nicely for tonight's discussion by describing the beginnings of her journey, which could be said for non-players such as myself who feel the 'spirituality' and want to share it with other and newer listeners,

"As a kid playing jazz, I constantly heard people referring to certain artist’ music as being spiritual. (i.e. John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, …) I understood this on an intellectual level, but could not relate this to my own playing. Sometimes I even felt that it was a “catch all” category to say that someone’s music was spiritual. If someone said that about a player, I wanted to say, “What does that mean?” especially since a lot of jazz is without words. I came to understand this as simply how it affected the listener. But I wanted to be spiritual in my life and in my music too. I felt somewhat left out of “the club.” So, thus started my search for my own spiritual identification."

I'll use the Comment[] link below to post any questions or subjects I may come up with before the show tonight. You can Comment[] too! Just click the Comment[] link.

Check out Terri Lyne's site for bio and other info! And check out the show tonight!! OK, here a little bio-bit here...

"Drummer, composer, producer and clinician, Terri Lyne Carrington, developed a reputation as a child prodigy, jamming with jazz veterans. At 11, she received a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music and in 1983 began working in New York with Clark Terry, Stan Getz and Cassandra Wilson. In 1989, she became the drummer for the "Arsenio Hall Show” and later for the “Vibe” show in 1997. Her debut CD, "Real Life Story," was nominated for a Grammy Award, though Terri is most noted for touring and recording with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Her current CD, “Jazz Is A Spirit” has been released on the ACT Music label."

The real deal!
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