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GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO TO PERFORM IN NEW YORK CITY!
Grammy Award-winning American musical legend Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr. - along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco - is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. Buckwheat Zydeco will perform at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts in Bay Shore on Friday, February 24 and at...
Tony Bennett Celebrates 50th Anniversary of His Recording "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" on Monday, Jan 23
Tony Bennett's signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," marks its 50th anniversary from its original recording date on January 23, 1962. The song garnered Bennett his first Grammy Award for "Record of the Year," and as a Grammy nominee this year...
Raindrop Patterns
From the album "Autumn: In Moving Pictures -- Jazz-Chamber Music Volume II." Billy Childs won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for the signature piece from this album, "A Path Among the Trees."
Billy Childs Live at Jazz Standard!
Jazz it Up With Billy Childs
Multi-talented composer and jazz pianist Billy Childs was born in 1957 in Los Angeles. Childs was already playing professionally while he earned a composition degree from University of Southern California in 1979. Since then, he has played solo and with several different ensembles around the world. He has played alongside Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, Kronos Quartet, Winton Marsalis, and Chris Botti to name a few. Childs has won three Grammy Awards in the past ten years, his most recent being the 2011 Grammy Award for best Best Instrumental Composition The Path Among the Trees (from his ArtistShare release, Autumn: In Moving Pictures Vol. 2). I spoke with Billy over the phone the...
Jamie McLean Band at Gramercy!
Jamie McLean: A Music Man With Pure Passion
Back in 2006 Jamie McLean made the difficult decision to leave the well-known Dirty Dozen Brass Band for a less secure endeavor. With nothing but love for his band mates, McLean decided it was time to strike out on his own, so, he formed the Jamie McLean Band and began to write and record his own music. Fans of the band have yet to be disappointed as the Jamie McLean band continues to put out records that sound almost as good as the band sounds live. Not to mention, you can get any of the band’s records on their website http://jamiemcleanband.com/band/ through a “pay what you can” deal. I found this to be just the tip of the iceberg of love McLean has for his fans. As a music fiend...
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