That horn was no less beautiful on Wednesday night. At London’s Barbican the diminutive Masekela, now 68, picked up the entire London Symphony Orchestra, swirled it above his head and rammed it full of electricity. “It is not true,” he cried in delight, “that symphony orchestras can’t swing.” The concrete acres and bleak empty decks [...]
Spearheaded by Councilwomen Penny M. Nigh and Alesia Parson-McBean, the Utility Relief Benefit Concert will be Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale for $10 each at City Hall.
I was thinking about the movie when I was the guest lecturer at my son’s school, Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School. I was such a hit on career day, they invited me back. This time I was expected to talk to a sixth-grade class about copyright law.
The company Nova Ars invested 10 million, or $14.8 million, to produce the opera. “We think the project is valid for this time of uncertainty,” said Gabriele Gravina, president of Nova Ars. The point of the poem - the need to seek out love and oneself - he added, “is finding fertile territory to [...]
Pianist Tad Weed migrated from Michigan to California in 1978. While living in L.A., Tad played in the bands of Woody Herman, Carmen McCrea and Charles Lloyd. Since returning to Michigan in 2000, Tad has, of course, become the go-to pianist on the Detroit/Ann Arbor scene. Tad is a magnificent sound-painter at the piano, [...]
It was the ultimate paradox: teens dressed in gowns and tuxedos, but what they were doing wasn’t elegant. They were freak dancing — bumping and grinding to a hip-hop song. Before I knew it, I embraced my partner from behind. My hands crept down her pelvis, and I joined my classmates in the most [...]
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We have been witness to great concerts over the years so we finally decided to take a look at the music area and its highly skilled teacher, Mr. Gary Lindner. It is a spirited session on this day with the first song we’re listening to called “Buffalo Head” a jazz classic. The veteran Sec. [...]
Have you ever watched “Malcolm in the Middle” Have you played “Dance Dance Revolution 3” for Xbox? Are you familiar with the 1999 film “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me?” If you have partaken in any of these media experiences, you’ve probably heard their music. Whose, you might ask? This Saturday, Dec. 1, [...]
Major label contracts are much less attractive to modern artists with the advent of “360″ deals, which allow labels to siphon off revenue streams previously only enjoyed by the artists themselves, such as from touring income and publishing. Subsequently, going it on one’s own is not such a bad option. In fact, artists like [...]