Fillmore Jazz Festival 2015 – July 4 and 5
Two great days of music, art, and family fun in the Fillmore District. See you there! Fillmore Jazz Festival Schedule Downloadable Entertainment Schedule Poster Credit: Craig Frazier Studio
Since I Fell For You – James Knox
Happy 2014 Everyone! Happy Lunar New Year! I have not had a new post here in quite a while. I really promise to write more often :). Since the last time I have been here, I turned 50 years old, had an awesome birthday celebration and photography exhibit at The Sound Room in Oakland (we […]
Rest In Peace, Miss Etta James
I took this photo of Etta James on very warm Sunday afternoon in September at the Russian River Jazz Festival in 2006. She was serving up her music hot and pulled no punches. This is how I will remember her. Two of my favorite Etta James releases were from the mid 90’s. She did an […]
Fillmore Jazz Festival 2011 – July 2 & 3
The 27th Annual Fillmore Jazz Festival Expands Entertainment With Outstanding 2011 Musical Program (San Francisco, CA) Every summer on July 4th weekend in San Francisco, Fillmore Street is home to the largest free jazz festival on the West Coast: The Fillmore Jazz Festival. The 27th Annual Fillmore Jazz Festival will showcase the Bay Area’s best […]
Hears Looking At You Photo Exhibit – A Visual Essay of Jazz and Blues – Now thru July 31
Hears Looking At You Photo – A Visual Essay of Jazz and Blues Jazz and Blues Art Photography of Kamau Amen-Ra, Tasin Sabir, Edward Miller, Charles Rhone, James Knox Location: San Leandro Public Library Street: 300 Estudillo Avenue City/Town: San Leandro, CA Exhibit Dates: July 1 – 31 2010 Artists’ Reception: Thursday, July 15, 6:30PM […]
Singer Ernestine Anderson needs your help
From www.ernestineanderson.com ERNESTINE NEEDS YOUR HELP Dear Friends, We hear stories daily of people who are being forced to foreclose on their homes and it is truly heartbreaking. Recently, celebrities such as Ed McMahon and Evander Holyfield are in foreclosure. Unfortunately, that is a reality for many in this troubled economy and now, it has […]
2006 Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival Lineup Announced
SAN JOSE JAZZ SOCIETY ANNOUNCES HEADLINE ACTS FOR 2006 COMCAST SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL, PRESENTED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 17th Annual Festival in Downtown San Jose to features Tribute to New Orleans Jazz; Neville Brothers, Dr. John, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Bud Shank and Eldar Scheduled to Perform SAN JOSE, Calif., April 26, 2006 — The […]
Hammond B3 innovator Jimmy Smith dies
From LiveDaily.com by Rob Evans liveDaily Editor Jimmy Smith credited with a style that revolutionized the Hammond B3 organ in the ’50s and ’60s, died at his Phoenix home on Tuesday (2/8), apparently of natural causes, his Verve Music Group publicist confirmed. He was 76. Jimmy Smith was truly without peer,” said a statement issued […]
Flashback Friday – Aretha Franklin – Aretha Sings The Blues
Drinking music is in a class all of its own. We know it as the music that has helped us just to make it through a situation. It has soothed the pain of a broken heart or a failed romance. You put that record of your choice on and slide on down to bluesville with […]
