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Tedeschi Trucks Band hosted its curated Sun, Sand and Soul weekend in Florida where the band collaborated with Bonnie Raitt.
Photo: Marc Millman On Thursday, May 1, Tedeschi Trucks Band participated in their initial festival commitment during Sun, Sand, and Soul weekend at the ...
"Don't forget John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter and Rahsaan Roland Kirk's jazz, too," the guitar icon added excitedly. "Babatunde Olatunji, Mongo Santamaria and Motown." ...
When Dorthaan Kirk (widow of jazz legend Rahsaan Roland Kirk) approached Marsalis on behalf of her employer WBGO about starting a jazz program, the composer/trumpeter was intrigued. Tapping close ...
No pretensions here. These thirty something yupsters are throwing down heartily after a hard day's work on Wall Street. Power ties are removed, and correct blazers are peeled and draped around ...
Ford started to play drums, and then changed to tenor saxophone at the age of 15, inspired by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Ran Blake heard him playing in a Boston Club and persuaded him to study music at the ...
Featuring Davis on keys and vocals, Evan Flory-Barnes on bass, and D’Vonne Lewis on drums, the Josh Evans-produced offering recalls artists like Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk in ...
Alongside these hardest-working-men-in-showbusiness is Icebreaker Chuck Williams, whose special gift is an ability to play two horns simultaneously, a la Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Then, off on the ...
Warm Vintage Jazz Via Verve Acoustic Sounds Series 180-gram Vinyl Reissues Feature Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges and Roland Kirk When reviewing albums by legends like Duke Ellington and Roland Kirk, I ...