Dancing to the Blues at Houston’s, Mr. Gino’s Lounge (03/09/08) — Image by kenne
The Blues
“The fundamental form in all of American music — that’s what the blues is. It’s in every folk song, The sound of the banjo and the sound of the guitar. It’s in the sound of ragtime, it’s in the sound of John Philip Sousa’s marches. It’s hard to get the blues out of your sound. Blues is also call and response, which is democratic form. It generally has lyrics that described something tragic or sad. But many times it reverses that and gives you something that’s hopeful.”
Tucson Jazz Institute, Evening Under the Stars — Image by kenne
The Tucson Jazz Institute is the home of the TJI Ellington Big Band, voted #1 Community Band in the USA, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, performed October 31, 2010, at St. Phillips Plaza as part of the Tucson Jazz Society’s fall “Evening Under the Stars” series.
Tucson Jazz Society, Jazz Under the Stars — Image by kenne
The Tucson Jazz Institute is home of the TJI Ellington Big Band, voted #1 Community Band in the USA, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, performed October 31, 2010, at St. Phillips Plaza as part of the Tucson Jazz Society’s fall “Evening Under the Stars” series.
This is the second of three videos from the evening.
Tucson Jazz Society, Jazz Under the Stars — Image by kenne
The Tucson Jazz Institute is home of the TJI Ellington Big Band, voted #1 Community Band in the USA, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, performed October 31, 2010, at St. Phillips Plaza as part of the Tucson Jazz Society’s fall “Evening Under the Stars” series.
This is the first of three videos from the evening.
Dancing to the Blues at Houston’s, Mr. Gino’s Lounge (03/09/08) — Image by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 