
Per Wikipedia, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (1955) is a popular song with lyrics by Fran Landesman, set to music by Tommy Wolf. The title is a jazz rendition of the opening line of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, “April is the cruelest month”. I first heard Patti Austin sing this wonderful […]
Jun 30, 2016 | Categories:I Sing Too, Music News/Info, Podcasts, Singers | Tags: Berkeley, education, Faye Carol, Joe Warner, The School of the Getdown, vocal music | Leave A Comment »

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 […]
Feb 03, 2014 | Categories:I Sing Too, Music News/Info, Podcasts, The Sound Room | Tags: blues, Dante James, Ellen Hoffman, Faye Carol, James Knox, jazz, Joe Warner, The School of the Get Down, The Sound Room, Valerie Troutt, Vocal Workshop | Leave A Comment »

My Picks for the Weekend: Sonoma Valley Jazz Society Presents SF Jazz Giants – Friday @ 8pm (Frank Jackson, Larry Vuckovich, and Al Obidinskl) Ranzel Merritt Quartet on Friday at 8pm and Stephanie Crawford on Saturday at 8pm at 57th Street Art Gallery in Oakland John Santos Sextet – Birdland Jazzista Social Club – Friday […]
May 20, 2011 | Categories:Groovin' Around The Bay, Music News/Info | Tags: 57th Street Art Gallery, Ambrose Akinmusire, Birdland Jazzista Social Club, Brian Ho Trio, Buster Williams, Calvin Keyes, Disco Volante, Hiromi, Jimmy Cobb, Joe Warner, Jon Santos, Malcolm X JazzArts Festival, Mike Stern, Poncho Sanchez, Ranzel Merritt, SF Jazz Giants, Sonny Fortune, Sonoma Jazz +, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Valerie Troutt, YBCA Forum, Yoshi's | Leave A Comment »