Jazz in Barbados March 29 – April 5, 2013
“Jazz is a living music; since its beginning Jazz has expressed the feelings, dreams & hopes of the people.” Dexter Gordon – American jazz tenor saxophonist, and one of the earliest tenor players to translate the language of bebop to the instrument. Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . . . Friday […]
Jazz in Barbados March 22 – 31, 2013
“You can’t explain Jazz to anyone without losing the experience because it’s feeling, not words.” Bill Evans – American jazz pianist and composer; the most influential post-World War II jazz pianist and widely considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . . . […]
Jazz in Barbados March 15 -21, 2013
“Jazz music is a special skill that has brought pleasure to millions throughout the world.” Benny Green – jazz pianist, hailed as the most exciting hard-swinging, hard-bop pianist to ever emerge from Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . . . Friday March 15 JAZZ3 @ The Waterfront […]
Jazz in Barbados March 8 -14, 2013
“Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called Jazz, there is a stepping stone towards all of these.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . […]
March 2013 – BJS presents new bass amplifier to the Music Program at Barbados Community College
Members of the BJS, at their March mingle, presented a Roland Cube 120XL bass amplifier to the Music Program at the Barbados Community College. Roger Gittens, Head of Music Department writes . . .music programs are expensive to run, and the cost increases as you move from primary school where one piano may suffice, to […]
Jazz in Barbados March 1-7, 2013
“Jazz has such great feeling and emotional content; it really doesn’t require technical understanding.” Dave Holland – English double bassist, composer, and bandleader Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . . . Friday March 1 JAZZ3 @ The Waterfront Café starting at 8pm, featuring percussionist Mario Porchetta with Wendell Mason on […]
Jazz in Barbados February 22 – 28, 2013
“Jazz is in the moment, and it’s non-judgmental; when you’re playing on the stage you’re not judging what the other musician plays. What you have in mind is to enhance it –whatever a musician plays your job and your desire is to help it to blossom . . .” Herbie Hancock – American pianist, keyboardist, […]
Jazz in Barbados February 15 – 21, 2013
“The first time I heard Bird play it hit me right between the eyes. Through Dizzy & Bird I began to learn about musical structures & the more theoretical aspects of music.”John Coltrane – an American jazz saxophonist and composer who helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and was at the forefront of […]
Jazz in Barbados February 8 – 14, 2013
“Some players get very philosophical & cerebral about jazz. You don’t need any prologues, you just play.” Oscar Peterson – Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Called the “Maharaja of the keyboard” by Duke Ellington, “O.P.” by his friends. Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . . . Friday February 8 CiCi […]
Jazz in Barbados February 1 – 7, 2013
“It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz.”Art Blakey – American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader and one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. Here’s what’s happening this week on the jazz scene . . . Friday February 1 CiCi and friends @ The Waterfront Café starting at […]
