Posted by Ricky Santiago
Don Hill still remembers his first professional gig playing saxophone on a Mardi Gras float in New Orleans, the city he grew up in. “I was 14,” Hill said. “I played 14 hours and got paid $15. I’m 91½ now.” Hill moved to Sunrise Manor full-time in 1977, and he’s still playing. He performs a reg...
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Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) In a musical genre dominated by musicians five times his age, an 11-year-old from Binghamton is making his mark. Kenijah Georges has been playing the saxophone for just a few years, but he's already hitting a note with seasoned jazz professional ...
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Welcome Home, Heath: Legendary Heath Brothers return to their childhood roots There is no other genre like jazz. No type of music compares to the vivacious tones of a show-stealing saxophone or the gentle yet boisterious rhythms of be-bop percussion. Jazz can only relate to feelings, like ...
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The River Falls Saxophone Quintet will be live in concert Friday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Barron Area Community Center. The performance leads up to the group’s England/Scotland tour in August. There is no cover charge. One member of the group, Amanda Arnold, is a Barron High S...
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Newton native set to rock the Covington Square with free jazz concert Because acclaimed saxophonist Antonio Chand Bennett hails from Newton County, it should come as no surprise as to whom he considers his musical mentor. "T.K. Adams is pretty much the reason why I still play," Bennett said of...
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THE Cecilian Singers will be performing at the Djanogly Recital Hall, Lakeside Arts Centre on Saturday, June 22. Fair Exchange is directed by Jeremy Jackman, a former member of the Kings Singers, and will feature guest Alistair Parnell on saxophone. &...
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James Carter is a master of all members of the saxophone family. Saxophonist James Carter tends to approach music as though it were an extreme sport. Yes, he can play pianissimo, but these moments of restraint are typically followed (and preceded) by an extravaganza of fierce blowing and dazzling...
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It seems fair to say that by the time most of us approach an 80th birthday – if we're fortunate enough to get that far – we've become rather set in our ways. Not Wayne Shorter. In two months, the legendary saxophonist-composer will celebrate the great milestone, but Friday nig...
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The cultural center 92Y Tribeca closes this summer after five years, but not before one more double-bill fromThe Checkout: Live. Clarinetist and saxophone player Don Byron has a way of homing in on a departed artist’s legacy and transforming it with intelli...
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Bert Wilson, an Olympia resident and famed saxophonist, died Thursday night of a heart attack at Providence St. Peter Hospital. He was 73. Wilson was known for multiphonic sax playing, getting as many as four notes at once from his instrument, which was designed for one note at a time, said his w...
