Bill Cosby Discusses The Late Trumpeter Lester Bowie

I had the great fortune of managing Lester Bowie for a short period of time during the early 1980s. He was an extremely bright and funny man. He gave me advice which i still use today. May he rest in peace.
John H. Armwood

Events > Jazz Musical: "It's a Hardbop Life" > New Brunswick, NJ > My Central Jersey

Events > Jazz Musical: "It's a Hardbop Life" > New Brunswick, NJ > My Central Jersey

6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 8. Touring nationwide, the jazz musical “It’s a Hardbop Life” will make a stop in New Brunswick for a one-night live performance. Written and performed by Broadway trombonist Gregory Charles Royal, “It’s a Hardbop Life” is the story of a rapper who, in a dream, is brought back to 1964 and the life of his father, a jazz musician. Free; co-produced by the American Youth Symphony and the American Federation of Musicians' Music Performance

Don Byron: Jazz musician puts his faith in gospel - thestar.com

Don Byron: Jazz musician puts his faith in gospel - thestar.com

American clarinetist Don Byron didn’t hesitate when the Markham Jazz Festival’s new artistic director asked him to be the event’s first-ever artist-in-residence.

“He is one of my dearest friends; any excuse that I have to be around him, I’ll take it,” said Byron of the overture from Toronto composer/guitarist Michael Occhipinti, curator of the 13th annual program of free and ticketed concerts that runs Friday to Sunday.

Each day of the festival will find Byron performing in a different configuration: at Friday’s gala with bassist Cameron Brown’s Hear & Now quartet; helming his own New Gospel Quintet on Saturday; and Sunday with Occhipinti’s new band Triodes.

Longtime fans will be keen on the Canadian premiere of Byron’s year-old gospel project, which primarily plays the music of Chicago composer Thomas A. Dorsey who was known as “the father of gospel music.”

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