#Sunday Afternoon Jazz Concert

[lumenouarp]

Below is the Kings Hill Coronation itinerary

Thursday

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

4 PM-8 PM @ The Hideaway

Welcome cocktail reception for guest for those who are seeking a nice way to settle-in and ease into the long weekend filled with celebrations and festivities!

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

7 PM-10 PM @ The Pavilion

A summer jamboree filled with Kings Hill's local and greatest talents. Bring your favorite blanket, grab some ice cream, and get ready to jam the night away.

THEATER PERFORMANCE

7 PM-10 PM @ The Grand Hall

Kings Hill presents the Play That Goes Wrong. A classic murder mystery tale that goes "Oh, so wrong!" You have to see it to believe it!

Friday

FRIDAY'S MARKET

10 AM-3 PM @ The Marketplace

Find some fresh good, treats, and I trinkets from our local vendors and businesses. Make for a perfect souvenir during your visit here!

HORSE RACING

2 PM - 5 PM @ The Cleary Fields

Take some time to mingle, drink, and bet on the top horses in the arena. Who knows? If you're lucky, a bag full of winnings might not be the only thing you get to take back home this afternoon

HIGH TEA & GARDEN TOUR

10 AM - 3 PM @ The Botanical Gardens

Have some tea in Kings Hill's renown gardens and conservatory. Enjoy some of our finest brewed teas and treats, followed by a walking tour of our luscious and beautiful gardens.

WELCOME DINNER

7 PM - 10 PM @ Domaine Benoit Vineyards

Dress to impress at the black-tie dinner party. Say hello to old faces, rub some elbows with new friends. Wine and dine in preparation for the big day tomorrow!

JOUSTING TOURNAMENT

2 PM - 5 PM @ The Cleary Fields

Do you think you're worthy to prove your strength in front of the masses? Are you better off gawking as a spectator? Come ready to cheer and enjoy mounted knights, beautiful horses, and lances.

SILENT DISCO

10 PM - 2 AM @ Nirvana

Dance the night in a the best club in town. Off-key singing, four music genres, dancing and vibing on your feet, while listening with headphones to the beats

Saturday

ROYAL PARADE

8 AM - 10 AM @ Kings Chapel

Join along the parade route from the castle to the chapel in preparation for King Sebastian's arrival.

CORONATION*

10 AM - 12 PM @ Kings Chapel

Watch as the new heir, Sebastian Isley, officially becomes crowned king.

LUNCH & CONCERT*

1 PM - 4 PM @ Kings Hill Garden

Celebratory lunch accompanied by a classical and jazz music presentation at the garden of the majesty's humble abode.

CELEBRATION DINNER & PARTY*

7 PM @ Kings Hill Castle

The festivities continue with a celebratory gala to welcome the new king into his bless-filled and sustainable reign. Fireworks, bonfires, and yard games at the ready!

(*Access to these events are by invitation only. Airing of the coronation, concert, and fireworks will be made available to the public within Kings Hill only.)

Sunday

SEND OFF BRUNCH

10 AM - 3 PM @ The Riverview Inn

A farewell brunch to thank all visiting guest for your presence and company in King's Hill. We hope that you had a wonderful stay, wish you safe travels, and hope to see you again in the future!

[kokiafans]

KOKIA blog: June 20, 2023

Summer concerts

(Source: KOKIA.com/blog, June 20, 2023)

It’s raining in London today.

The air is a little damp, just like it would be if I were in Japan.

Just as we were going to school, the rain came down by the bucketload, and we made it to the entrance of a building going ‘ah~ this is bad’. When my son Leo looked up, there was a neighbor living in that same building who owns a car and called out the window: ‘Please wait for a bit, I’ll take you to school!’.

The morning turned out quite nicely in the end.

Entering the car, Leo said: ‘When I grow up, I want to become an adult like David!’.

Again, one more point to make it a nice morning.

Starting today in high spirits, I sat behind my computer for a day and prepared my ‘25th anniversary best album’.

In summer, I’m returning to Japan!

I’ve got live performances, concerts and releases lined up, as if to say it’s been waiting for me...

I’m making preparations for this summer to light many fireworks. 

I have information about two concerts, for which general ticket sales have already started.

Both Billboard Yokohama and Suntory Hall Blue Rose are memorable venues that I managed to find just the right timing for to perform there, when that had gotten difficult due to the pandemic. In the summer of my 25th anniversary, I’m returning to Japan, and when I’m giving my gratitude performances in these two venues that managed to keep running even during a difficult time for us musicians, I hope to make all of you smile with the sounds that are still gushing out! These two concerts will be performances to repay the favor. Please, come over to have fun.

Now that (it feels like) corona is gone, whether my fans are coming to my concerts like before to meet again will hugely influence my activities from hereon, so please come!

♪ I’ll be performing at Billboard Live Yokohama on August 18 (Friday).

It’ll be my first performance after returning to Japan, and moreover, it’s also my first one after my 25th anniversary performances; won’t you come over to savor the joy that is enjoying music and having a drink, which has been sealed off for so long?

I’d also like to sing plenty of jazz numbers, which I haven’t done in a while.

Please visit this page for more information about tickets.

♪ I’ll be performing at Suntory Hall Blue Rose on August 20 (Sunday).

I’ve made string arrangements for a tie-in work that I got to do recently. In the time I was composing that, the wish to hold a concert with a piano trio started to grow.

Well, I don’t know which songs I can prepare for this performance at Suntory, but if time allows, I’d like you all to hear a piano trio arranged by me. I hope you’ll enjoy the sound world of KOKIA as I’m little by little adding some change to the things that won’t change.

The afternoon performance is already fully booked, but there are still some tickets for the evening performance.

Please visit this page for more information about tickets.

While I’m looking forward to getting to meet you all at my August concerts, I continue my preparations for the release of my KOKIA 25th Anniversary Best Album, which will be a show piece for my 25th anniversary year. I realized I’d actually written a lot of new songs in the period between my 20th and 25th anniversary, and this time, I set out to create my best of album with the perspective of: what would the selection be if I handed you this album now instead of a business card? I’m planning to also include new songs, so please look forward to it.

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day. Welcome to the working week although, for those of you working in the NHS, welcome to just another day.

Many thanks to everyone that listened to the show live and to everyone that will listen to the show on MixCloud. On Saturday afternoon, an English man named John Dodds came to visit me in the studio. He currently does a jazz show on a community radio station in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Every Saturday morning at 8.00 am, he listens to ‘The A-Z Of Mi-Soul Music’ (and watches English football if there’s a game on!) It’s always good to be around people that genuinely love radio. He was fascinated by our systems and gear but talked most of all about our 24-hour-a day dialogue with our audience and the level of interaction. I sometimes take it for granted but I am well aware: no audience = no radio station, so I try to show my appreciation of my listeners whenever (and however) I can. I guess we must be good broadcasters? Our audience hear, receive and respond to our messages. The amount of love I receive literally makes a grown man weep.

Your weekend may be continuing but I have to work today. I have a one-hour seminar with my students at 2.00, then I’m sitting in for my brother Ronnie Herel on Mi-Drive. Get your requests in now, so we can do a ‘Picks At Twenty Six’. Hardly ‘work’, though, as you know, I love doing radio. My buddy Paul came to see me at The White Lion on Sunday and said, “I love your giggle!” Yeah, I absolutely adore doing live radio!

Congratulations again to Theresa and Devon for getting married on Saturday. So much love and good will for them in the room. I was fortunate enough to be asked to DJ and Theresa chose a lot of the tunes I played. She knows her tunes, so the music was good.

On Sunday, I was back at The White Lion (Streatham) for another bank holiday all-dayer. I love these events as they really keep up the musical tradition of UK all-dayers. Those big old anthems sound so good on a Sunday evening! Yes, some of those tunes are very obvious but, on that day, in that setting, they are perfect!

Plus, of course, we had the weather with us this weekend. I made sure I slapped on the Nivea Sun ‘Protect & Moisture’. I don’t have time to contract sunstroke.

My diary has suddenly gone barmy and there is lots to look forward to. We have one dinner date on May 31st, a steel band concert on June 2nd, another dinner date on June 3rd, a fabulous 60th birthday party on the June 9th and it’s The Trouble’s birthday on June 11th. We are having dinner with two of our favourite people on June 17th, ‘The A-Z Of Mi-Soul Music’ is coming live from Summer Soulstice on June 24th, there’s another birthday party on June 25th, we have a yummy BBQ on July 1st and then I’ll be doing the Mi-Soul ‘Concert At The Castle’ event in Windsor on July 9th. I shall be whipping it out at every opportunity and adding more selfies to my collection!

Have a marvellous and momentous Monday. I love you all.

[brookston]

Holidays 1.30

Holidays

Bloody Sunday (a.k.a. Bogside Massacre Anniversary Day; Northern Ireland)

Cash Register Day

Change Your Voicemail Greeting Day

Congressional Brawl Day

CTE Awareness Day

Day of Azerbaijani Customs (Azerbaijan)

Day of Saudade (Brazil)

Denise D’Ascenzo Day (Connecticut)

Draw A Dinosaur Day [ website ]

Escape Day

Festival of Peace

Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)

Hi-Yo, Silver Day

Inane Answering Message Day

International Day of Electronic Technicians

Ka Moloka’i Makahiki (Hawaii)

Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi

Martyrs' Day (India)

National Escape Day

National Flirt A Little Bit Day

National Maxwell Day

National Write to Congress Day

Primate Day (Indonesia)

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (Spain)

Season for Nonviolence begins [thru 4.4]

Social Media Day (UN)

Teacher’s Day (Spain)

Women Peerage Day (UK)

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

Yodel For Your Neighbors Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Croissant Day

5th & Last Monday in January

Aukland Day (New Zealand) [Monday closest to 29th]

Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day [Last Monday]

Independence Days

Republic of Westland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Adelelmus of Burgos (Christian; Saint)

Aldegondes (Christian; Saint)

Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)

Armentarius of Pavia (Christian; Saint)

Barsimaeus (Christian; Saint)

Balthildes (Christian; Saint)

Charles, King (Various Provinces of the Anglican Communion; Martyr)

Exercise Your Brain Day (Pastafarian)

Februalia begins (Purification Festival; Ancient Rome) [through 2.2]

Fox, Chicken & Bear (Muppetism)

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Hyacintha Mariscotti (Christian; Saint)

Ice T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Martina (Christian; Saint)

Matthias of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Christian; Saint)

Pax (Ancient Roman Festival of Peace)

Saraswati Day (Goddess of Knowledge; Bali)

Savina (Christian; Saint)

Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox)

Tyrtæus (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because Hitler was elected.)

Premieres

The Americans (TV Series; 2013)

Around the World in 80 Days (Novel; 1873)

Blue Suede Shoes, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

City Lights (Film; 1931)

The Darktown Strutters’ Ball, recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Song; 1917)

The Double: A Petersburg Poem, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1846)

Great Expectations (Film; 1998)

Honey, recorded by Bobby Goldsboro (Song; 1968)

I Fall to Pieces, by Patsy Cline (Song; 1961)

The Lone Ranger (Radio Show; 1933)

Outrageous Fortune (Film; 1987)

Red Hot, recorded by Billy Lee Riley (Song; 1956)

Rooftop Concert, by The Beatles (Live Concert; 1969)

Taken (Film; 2009)

Today’s Name Days

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef, Valerius (Austria)

Tvrtko, Valerije, Zdeslav, Zdravko (Croatia)

Zdislava (Czech Republic)

Valerius (Denmark)

Valmo, Valter (Estonia)

Valtteri (Finland)

Gildas (France)

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef (Germany)

Varsamia (Greece)

Adél (Hungary)

Aquilino, Costanzo, Valerio, Vitale (Italy)

Aivars, Valērijs (Latvia)

Aivaras, Girkantas, Valerijus, Žibutė (Lithuania)

Herdis, Hermann, Hermod (Norway)

Franciszek Salezy, Gilda, Hanna, Walerian, Waleriana, Waleriusz, Zdzisław (Poland)

Ignatie (Romania)

Gašpar (Slovakia)

Valerio, Valero (Spain)

Diana (Sweden)

Gilda, Goldie, Sheldon, Shelley, Shelly, Shelton, Ophrah, Oprah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 30 of 2023; 335 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 5 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 9 (Wu-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 8 Shevat 5783

Islamic: 8 Rajab II 1444

J Cal: 30 Aer; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 16 January 2023

Moon: 71%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Homer (2nd Month) [Tyrtæus)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 40 of 90)

Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 9 of 30)

[theloniousbach]

LIVESTREAM: TYSHAWN SOREY with Aaron Diehl and Harish Ragavan, BLUE LLAMA JAZZ CLUB/UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY, Ann Arbor, 16 NOVEMBER 2024, both sets

This show fell into my lap through social media advertising when the sponsors opted to stream free this sold out gig. TYSHAWN SOREY is too big even for Smoke, so I’ve seen him perhaps once back when the Village Vanguard had its streams. Aaron Diehl doesn’t go slumming to my outlets, though he now directs Y92’s Jazz in July. Both have composed through (classical?) chops as Sorey is a significant composer and Diehl performs with orchestras including for Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite.

This project, this trio, through recordings like Mesmerism, Continuing, and Susceptible Now is NOT composed through, but takes storied jazz compositions and Great American Songbook tunes for serious rides. It is inventive and challenging, but not harsh nor prickly. A touchstone, a melody or song structure, gets heavily refracted. I sensed rather than heard Autumn Leaves in the first sense and recognized that a pop-py tune was going on at the point Vividry’s Your Good Lies was to be expected.

One nod to the other concert tradition was that Sorey announced the program at the start of the set and explained that it would be one through performance. Highly improvised and in the moment, they eschewed standard solos. They each got plenty of showcases and the focus shifted around the bandstand, but they didn’t lean on that element of jazz performance.

Sorey is in another trio with Vijay Iyer and Linda May Han Oh which I know but haven’t absorbed. But I have seen Iyer embark on intended suites but also emphasize compositions. I sense him to be a denser pianist than Diehl, so there’s an interesting contrast there. That said, Diehl more than filled the space with differently spun complexity. Yet the orchestral-ity of this collaboration suggests a different layering.

I have seen Harish Ragavan be almost overpowering in other trios. Here was complex, but more restrained. But, Diehl commanded a lot of attention, but Sorey was even more compelling. He struck me as much a percussionist coloring the music as much as a drummer in the familiar sense. He plays with only one cymbal beside the high hat and his floor tom holds sticks, brushes, and mallets. He often was playing with one mallet in his left hand and stick or brush in the other. Cymbals shimmered and the small tom and unsnared snare drum had an orchestral quality. He’s a big man, probably bigger than Johnathan Blake, but equally deft, lithe, and effortless.

I think it says something about his view of the drums that they opened the first set with Max Roach’s Sunday Afternoon and the second with Paul Motian’s From Time To Time. Ellington’s REM Blues from the trio album with Roach and Charles Mingus was a possible closer to the first set, but I was at dinner at that point and can’t say that’s I’d recognize it anyway. I suppose the second tunes of the set were meant to be touchpoints—Autumn Leaves and the r’n’b/pop tune. Making pianist’s tunes—Ahmad Jamal’s Seleretus and Brad Mehldau’s Bealtine—the way the suites end. Jamal/Mehldau make as interesting a comparison as Roach/Motian.

But, those comparisons also invite including Sorey with Roach and Motian and Diehl with Jamal and Mehldau. Sorey has Roach’s gravitas and Motian’s coloration of the music; Diehl has openness and melodicism with complexity.

I’m going to be puzzling over this gig for a bit. I find myself not rushing to test out their recordings or even possibly taking another run at the band with Iyer and Oh, but Sorey is important.

[zouberi]

Festival-Mediaval CZ II, 2023

In the course of the Bavarian-Czech Friendship Weeks, Festival-Mediaval once again moved from Selb to Aš to take place there as a warm-up exactly one week before the main festival. As promised, we were there from 1st to 3rd September 2023 as a two-headed team to report. Although the first day was rainy, you get to see photos of all the bands and more on Zouberi’s Facebook page.

In addition to the music line-up, jugglers and a medieval market, a huge dragon bouncy castle right behind the entrance was a highlight for young and old, inviting them to romp around not only during the concert breaks.

Day 1: Friday, September 1st

After the opening by Bläcky and the mayor of Aš – thanks to the translator, all visitors could understand both the German and the Czech speech – the music started on the big stage. Krless, a medieval crossover band from Prague, set the mood for the three-day festival with oriental sounds. Followed by BrAagas with a performance of traditionals from all over Europe, which captivated the audience in several voices and with historical instruments. A band baby, who joined them on stage in his carrier, visibly enjoyed himself and bobbed happily to the music. The headliner of the first evening was Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr, whose music made the visitors dance to elements of rock, folk and jazz.

Day 2: Saturday, September 2nd

The second day was opened by the German band Wyst, who performed their stories accompanied by electronic sounds and medieval instruments, providing entertainment already in the early afternoon. They were followed by Delva, another German band, whose folk music is inspired by Irish influences and put the audience in a dancing mood on this sunny Saturday. The dancing continued with Za Horyzontem, a pirate band from Poland, who performed many well-known and not so well-known traditionals in maritime folk garb. The headliner was eagerly awaited: Corvus Corax. As in 2022 at the Festival-Mediaval in Selb, the musicians from Berlin performed their "Era Metallum" show, in which they underlay their otherwise medieval sounds with metal. The band was accompanied by the monsters of the "Schattenwelt Südharz", which they incorporated into their show. The mythical creatures already roamed the market during the day and were a popular photo motif.

Day 3: Sunday, September 3rd

In order to attract not only music-loving visitors but also families to the market, the festival was one day longer this time. So, Sunday turned into family day, on which the big stage was not played, but there was a variety of artists on the market. Eleya Folk performed traditionals and shanties as a walking act several times on this day and alternated with the juggler duo Forzarello and the oriental dance shows of Kahira.

Conclusion on the Festival-Mediaval CZ 2023

The Czech version of the Festival-Mediaval was small but beautiful and we had a lot of fun there. According to organiser Bläcky, it will not be the last FM CZ, even if it will take another break next year. Until then, its big brother will take place as usual – from 6th to 8th September 2024.

Text by Nadine aka Kreativhörnchen. Find her on her Instagram or her Website.

[outandaboutnycmag]

6/11/23 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Jazz Icons - Oscar Peterson - Live In '63, '64, '65

This release contains sixteen songs performed by the legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson with the assistance of some stellar sidemen. Culled from three different live appearances, the setlist includes Reunion Blues, But Not For Me, It Ain’t Necessarily So Soon and Yours Is My Heart Alone. Continue reading Untitled

[irguardian]

Gifford Youth Orchestra fundraising concert April 16

arts & entertainment On Sunday April 16th the Gifford Youth Orchestra will host an afternoon Jazz concert fundraiser at the Gifford Community Center located on 43rd Ave at 4855 at 3pm. Doors open at 2pm with food by Phatz Restaurant. Muffy Charles Ms. Muffy Charles and the ASAP band (AS Smooth As Possible) will headline “For the Love of Gifford” Concert. Tickets are only $60, include food,…

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.30

Holidays

Bloody Sunday (a.k.a. Bogside Massacre Anniversary Day; Northern Ireland)

Cash Register Day

Change Your Voicemail Greeting Day

Congressional Brawl Day

CTE Awareness Day

Day of Azerbaijani Customs (Azerbaijan)

Day of Saudade (Brazil)

Denise D’Ascenzo Day (Connecticut)

Draw A Dinosaur Day [ website ]

Escape Day

Festival of Peace

Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)

Hi-Yo, Silver Day

Inane Answering Message Day

International Day of Electronic Technicians

Ka Moloka’i Makahiki (Hawaii)

Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi

Martyrs' Day (India)

National Escape Day

National Flirt A Little Bit Day

National Maxwell Day

National Write to Congress Day

Primate Day (Indonesia)

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (Spain)

Season for Nonviolence begins [thru 4.4]

Social Media Day (UN)

Teacher’s Day (Spain)

Women Peerage Day (UK)

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

Yodel For Your Neighbors Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Croissant Day

5th & Last Monday in January

Aukland Day (New Zealand) [Monday closest to 29th]

Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day [Last Monday]

Independence Days

Republic of Westland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Adelelmus of Burgos (Christian; Saint)

Aldegondes (Christian; Saint)

Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)

Armentarius of Pavia (Christian; Saint)

Barsimaeus (Christian; Saint)

Balthildes (Christian; Saint)

Charles, King (Various Provinces of the Anglican Communion; Martyr)

Exercise Your Brain Day (Pastafarian)

Februalia begins (Purification Festival; Ancient Rome) [through 2.2]

Fox, Chicken & Bear (Muppetism)

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Hyacintha Mariscotti (Christian; Saint)

Ice T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Martina (Christian; Saint)

Matthias of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Christian; Saint)

Pax (Ancient Roman Festival of Peace)

Saraswati Day (Goddess of Knowledge; Bali)

Savina (Christian; Saint)

Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox)

Tyrtæus (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because Hitler was elected.)

Premieres

The Americans (TV Series; 2013)

Around the World in 80 Days (Novel; 1873)

Blue Suede Shoes, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

City Lights (Film; 1931)

The Darktown Strutters’ Ball, recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Song; 1917)

The Double: A Petersburg Poem, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1846)

Great Expectations (Film; 1998)

Honey, recorded by Bobby Goldsboro (Song; 1968)

I Fall to Pieces, by Patsy Cline (Song; 1961)

The Lone Ranger (Radio Show; 1933)

Outrageous Fortune (Film; 1987)

Red Hot, recorded by Billy Lee Riley (Song; 1956)

Rooftop Concert, by The Beatles (Live Concert; 1969)

Taken (Film; 2009)

Today’s Name Days

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef, Valerius (Austria)

Tvrtko, Valerije, Zdeslav, Zdravko (Croatia)

Zdislava (Czech Republic)

Valerius (Denmark)

Valmo, Valter (Estonia)

Valtteri (Finland)

Gildas (France)

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef (Germany)

Varsamia (Greece)

Adél (Hungary)

Aquilino, Costanzo, Valerio, Vitale (Italy)

Aivars, Valērijs (Latvia)

Aivaras, Girkantas, Valerijus, Žibutė (Lithuania)

Herdis, Hermann, Hermod (Norway)

Franciszek Salezy, Gilda, Hanna, Walerian, Waleriana, Waleriusz, Zdzisław (Poland)

Ignatie (Romania)

Gašpar (Slovakia)

Valerio, Valero (Spain)

Diana (Sweden)

Gilda, Goldie, Sheldon, Shelley, Shelly, Shelton, Ophrah, Oprah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 30 of 2023; 335 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 5 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 9 (Wu-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 8 Shevat 5783

Islamic: 8 Rajab II 1444

J Cal: 30 Aer; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 16 January 2023

Moon: 71%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Homer (2nd Month) [Tyrtæus)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 40 of 90)

Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 9 of 30)

[providencepeakrp]

MUSIC, ART, FOOD, AND MORE...

On behalf of The Blue Wolf and Holy Spirits with a little help from our friends over at the Fine Arts Club we present a Jazz/Art festival. Throughout the day, come join us at Providence Peak Park and enjoy all your favorite local jazz artists with our concert stage in the park. Bring your own seating (blankets, folding chairs, pillows, etc.) and find a spot to enjoy the music. There will also be art for sale at various booths around the park. During the afternoon you will find a selection of food trucks as well as a tent with drinks provided from The Blue Wolf and Holy Spirits. Try handcrafted cocktails that were made to be paired with jazz. Enjoy the last of summertime and enjoy what music and art we have to offer in Providence Peak.

IC EVENT DETAILS...

In game, this event is taking place over three nights; Friday September 9th, Saturday September 10th, and Sunday September 11th.

Each day kicks off at 11am and will conclude at 10pm.

There will be food trucks available on sight, as well as a tent with drinks provided from The Blue Wolf and Holy Spirits.

OOC DETAILS…

This event will start on Friday, September 9th at 12:00pm EST and will run until Friday, September 16h at 11:59pm EST.

This event is optional and threads are not required to be dropped, but we do encourage everyone to participate.

As always, please be sure to tag your threads accordingly.

As a member-hosted event, specific event questions can be sent to @camxle, @dylan-westwick or posted in the event channel on Discord.

Most importantly, have fun!

[fuckyeahvanhalen86-95]

Van Halen had more than their share of contradictions.

They began life as a party band but were also home to one of rock's most inventive musicians in guitarist Eddie Van Halen, who spent countless hours toiling in isolation perfecting both his craft and instruments. Their fun-loving music, videos, fashion sense and personalities served as the template for a generation of bands, yet they were also at the center of two of the nastiest breakups in rock history.

So, yeah, things could get weird around Van Halen sometimes. They had an unparalleled gift for blending hard-rock chops and pop smarts and a knack for staying creatively ahead of their peers. Bold and sometimes strange musical experimentation played a role in that success, as you'll note in the below chronological look at the 10 Weirdest Van Halen Songs.

"IN A SIMPLE RHYME/GROWTH" (1980 - WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST)

Van Halen's first two albums were comprised of songs written during their club-performance days. On 1980's Women and Children First, they took advantage of their chance to write new material, expanding their palette and exploring more complex arrangements. One of the clearest and most distinctive examples is the LP's closing track, "In a Simple Rhyme." It's a poppy, progressive and somewhat weird rock song that sounds like Rush attempting to write a romantic ballad. After the song's gentle fade-out comes another surprise: a 30-second instrumental featuring a brontosaurus-sized guitar riff. According to The Van Halen Encyclopedia, the plan was for "Growth" to be expanded into a full song that would kick off the band's next album. That didn't happen, but they would occasionally play the song at their concerts, including a 1986 version featuring both Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar on guitar.

"SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PARK/ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR" (1981 - FAIR WARNING)

After sneakily replacing his guitar with an electric piano on Women and Children First's "And the Cradle Will Rock...," Eddie Van Halen dove deeper into synthesizers with the following year's Fair Warning, using an inexpensive Electro-Harmonix micro-synthesizer to come up with "Sunday Afternoon in the Park." It's a funky and creepy two-minute instrumental that sounds like George Clinton's idea of a John Carpenter film score. The tempo switches to a hyperactive electro-boogie for the conjoined "One Foot Out the Door," as David Lee Roth tries not to get caught with somebody else's wife. It's all topped with one of Van Halen's fiercest guitar solos, which fades out too quickly.

"BIG BAD BILL (IS SWEET WILLIAM NOW)" (1982 - DIVER DOWN)

One of the main sources of friction between David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen was over the latter's use of keyboards. Roth feared it would upset the band's fans, who wanted only to see Van Halen in "guitar god" mode. (As "Jump" and the band's string of keyboard-based '80s hits proved, Roth was wrong.) But it was Roth who suggested that Van Halen's father, Jan, play jazz clarinet on the band's cover of the 1924 Milton Anger and Jack Yellen song "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" on 1982's covers-heavy Diver Down. "He was nervous as shit," said Van Halen, recalling his dad at the recording session. "We're just telling him, 'Jan, just fuckin' have a good time. We make mistakes! That's what makes it real.' I love what he did."

"HOT FOR TEACHER" (1984 - 1984)

The final single of David Lee Roth's first tenure with Van Halen was the sorta weird "Hot for Teacher." How many hit songs can you think of that start with a 30-second drum solo, followed by an extended guitar solo? Roth doesn't appear until more than a minute into the song, speaking to his "classmates," rather than singing, as Eddie Van Halen suddenly shifts to chicken-pickin' rhythms. A traditional verse-and-chorus structure finally appears, but the band never stays in one place for long, blending speed-metal riffs with high school humor and a big Broadway-worthy chorus. It was all too perfect to last: Soon after the song's release, everything went to hell.

"INSIDE" (1986 - 5150)

"Man, what kind of crap is this?" That's the opening question Sammy Hagar asks on the closing track of his first album as Van Halen's new singer. After using the first eight songs on 5150 to establish the new lineup as a commercial and artistic force, Van Halen cracks open the fourth wall and directly if obliquely addresses the controversy that ensued after Hagar was hired to replace Roth. Over a thumping synth-rock groove, Hagar gets meta about what he's learned from his new bandmates: "Now me, look, I got this job not just being myself," he says. "I went out I brought some brand new shoes, now I walk like something else." He gets more serious as the song goes on, hitting some wild vocal heights while singing about feeling the need for "something special, someone new, some brand new group to sink my teeth into."

"MINE ALL MINE" (1988 - OU812)

After proving they could use keyboards to craft hit pop singles and ballads, Van Halen took a more serious step with the opening track of 1988's OU812. Clocking in at over five minutes, the complex "Mine All Mine" treads near jazz-fusion territory and showcases a new lyrical depth that almost drove Hagar past the breaking point. "It was the first time in my life I ever beat myself up, hurt myself, punished myself, practically threw things through windows, trying to write the lyrics," he told writer Martin Popoff in 2010.

"PLEASURE DOME" (1991 - FOR UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE)

For the most part, 1991's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge marked a return to straightforward guitar rock for Van Halen. The hit single "Right Now" was the only song to feature keyboards; almost everything else follows a Standing Hampton-on-steroids formula. But the seven-minute "Pleasure Dome" takes a weird turn into progressive rock, with the Van Halen brothers and Michael Anthony daring each other to go deeper into King Crimson-style madness. Hagar's cosmically themed vocals are fine but seem almost beside the point. When the band performed the song live, it was usually instrumental.

"STRUNG OUT" (1995 - BALANCE)

Ever wanted to hear Eddie Van Halen destroy a piano? According to the Van Halen Encyclopedia, while renting composer Marvin Hamlisch's beach home in 1983, Van Halen "threw everything he could find into the piano and raked various items across the strings, including ping-pong balls, D-cell batteries and even silverware." Supposedly, there are hours of tapes documenting this, but Eddie Van Halen mercifully selected the best 90 seconds for inclusion on the band's final album with Hagar.

"CROSSING OVER" (1995 - BALANCE [JAPAN IMPORT])

Van Halen released only one non-album B-side, and it was a pretty strange one. In 1983 Eddie Van Halen composed "David's Tune," a tribute to a friend who died by suicide, handling all the instruments and vocals. After joining Van Halen in 1985, Sammy Hagar was eager to flesh out the track, but Van Halen kept "Crossing Over" in the vaults for nearly a decade, until the death of the band's manager, Ed Leffler. A full-band take was recorded and then blended with the guitarist's original version, which can be heard in the left channel of the released recording. The sonic effect is otherworldly, a perfect match for the song's subject matter.

"HOW MANY SAY I" (1998 - Van Halen III)

Van Halen III is the most criticized album of Van Halen's career, and much of the scorn is directed at the closing "How Many Say I," which features Eddie Van Halen on his only lead-vocal performance. The piano-based track is reminiscent of a late-era Roger Waters ballad and is an odd creative choice for the band, which was in the process of introducing its third singer, Gary Cherone. "They forced me," Van Halen told Billboard at the time. "Don't be shocked when you hear the vocal." "Maybe we were being too artsy-fartsy," Cherone later admitted to Rolling Stone. "But I thought it was great."

[jow99]

A routine of sorts

Sunday morning after coffee and social media time in bed we went for our ritual swim, coffee and croissants. With it now being summer there are buoys across the beach to stop boats coming in. We probably could have still ventured out to the island but decided to stay within the buoy line, particularly as it’s been a few weeks since we last swam.

Later in the morning we did some grocery and other shopping before heading home for lunch and Tour watching. It was looking very much like a sprint stage so we both got some chores done throughout the afternoon while listening to the commentary. We did have intentions of going for a snorkel but got sidetracked (well me anyway) by what I was doing.

Nibbles and dinner were out on the balcony. We were treated to a jazz concert in front of a restaurant/bar on the point next to us. The music wafted across to us so we could enjoy it on the balcony.

Monday morning we headed to the pebbly beach next door and tried out our new snorkeling gear. It’s certainly not Coral Bay but a nice way to spend some time in the water checking out the fish.

Home for coffee and to change and it was out to do some errands. Then back home for lunch.

This afternoon we started the cleaning and repacking before we head off tomorrow. This year for some reason our July bookings have languished, hence the coming and going between bookings and the need to clean and pack everything up in case a booking does come through. Thankfully we seem to be booked out from the last week in July to September just before we return from the Pyrenees with Rob and Wend.

Late this afternoon we went for a dip at the beach followed by a sangria at one of the local bars.I have to say we absolutely adore our life here in L’Escala, particularly when the weather is behaving as it is now. I only wish we could spirit our loved ones from Australia over to here to share this with us ❤️

We eventually shoved off home (the sangria had gone to our heads 😳) for nibbles and dinner on the balcony - bliss!

[mikedelferro]

#sunday #august 25 in #Germany with the #great @mayafridman_cellist #sebastiannetta #uliwentzlaff and #flavionunes , #afternoon #free #concert #classic #meets #jazz https://www.instagram.com/p/B1i_3VEpcDd/?igshid=hhoc0g1l4q3i

[liarsweapon]

weekly schedule at the D/imitrescu residence (Summer edition)

Mondays: Cassandra’s main hunting day, she’s not home.

Tuesday: Pick which servant is going to the dungeon this week

Wednesday: Morning, family hunting. All three girls have to hunt together or not at all. Afternoon through evening, game night, so Daniela feels included. Cassandra hates it.

Thursday: Girls can visit aunt/uncle’s residence of their choosing (most often Heisenbergs, much to his chagrin). Mostly because they have to deliver Alcina’s hand written invites for Sunday. They are not optional.

Friday: Music practice. Writing. Generally furthering your manners, training, etc. Music mostly, it is basically practice night for Sunday.

Saturday: Free time to do whatever tf the girls want.

Sunday: The family is invited to opera night. Alcina does her jazz concert. It is every sunday. Every. Sunday. Everyone of her siblings is required to come or the next sunday Cina is given permission to kidnap them, tie them in a collar (non metal @ heisy) and force them to stay overnight. Moreau and Donna/Angie always attend. Heisenberg is always forced to. Miranda never shows up but is not required to, even though she forces Heisenberg to go. He’s not allowed in the opera room and his chair is situated right outside the room. Bela and Daniela perform the music with their Mother. Cassandra hangs out with unkie heisenberg, as her mother puts it, ‘to ensure he is miserable’. This concert lasts for hours on end. Donna and Moreau enjoy the family bonding time. Heisenberg hates every second of it. It’s absolutely hilarious to watch.

[poetunias]

{an excerpt from improv: Love, Fame, and All That Jazz: The Rise of Jazz-Pop Duo Jana&Jon}

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(January 2018) It’s an unusually quiet Sunday afternoon at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City, where Josephina Johns - better known by her stage name, Jana - is packing up a couple of bags for the Grammys later today. At 26, she and husband Jon Edwards are nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album for their first album, Storybook, as duo Jana&Jon. The nomination is the couple’s first after exploding onto the music scene last year. 

For a Grammy-nominated celebrity, she approaches her position with a bashfulness, almost afraid to touch tonight’s dress hanging on the wall, nervously adding bits of makeup to her purse, stepping lightly across the room. She’s dressed in a flowy blouse (a deep red shade, her favorite color) and dark jeans, her short hair clipped back. Her demeanor is unassuming in the least practiced way possible.

As casual as she seems, her words are careful and thoughtful. Concerning her career: “looking at the past is like looking on a patchwork of dreams and moments and wonderful music and even more wonderful people, but you’re so close to the quilt that even though you know it’s beautiful, you can’t really see it. I think, at some point, when we are further ahead, it’ll be easier to look back and appreciate this time, but right now, our eyes are just wildly jumping from one patch to another in our memory.” Regardless of these considerations, she gathers herself and attempts to tell the story of Jana&Jon and their sudden rise to fame.

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It’s an unusually loud Friday afternoon in Candlewood, Illinois, a small town about an hour from Chicago. Attractions include City Square, five blocks of quaint shops; Candlewood Memorial Cemetery, which houses the graves of every important family going back six generations; and Kandler Hall, a concert hall that has hosted a variety of rising stars, including Peter Flackens, the Autry-Gardner quartet, and even Karlie Davis (“a few friends and I tried to skip school to catch a glimpse of her entourage around town,” Jana recalls. “I think all we caught a glimpse of was our detention slips.”).

Jana and Jon met at the hall when they were four, duetting “Chopsticks” in a recital culminating their first year of study in group lessons together. “It’s more of an embarrassing-baby-story that our parents like to tell at family reunions than an actual epoch in our relationship, because neither of us really remember that concert,” Jana says. She recounts the story anyways because it’s a clear beginning: of their relationship and of her love for music.

That trip to Kandler Hall inspired many more, solidifying her admiration for live music from a young age. In an attempt to increase youth interest in music, the hall had put on a series of short matinee performances from local musicians and offered local music studios free tickets. Jana recalls attending her first one and being enamored by the sensation of live music. “I craved the feeling of song flowing under my feet and dancing around me. The sensation was just irreplaceable. I was hooked,” she says.

One duo in particular - James and Kristin Kelsey, a local husband-wife team who played the piano and poured out rich harmonies side-by-side - inspired her. “Something about their performance flicked a switch in me. I had always loved live performances as an attendee. Maybe it was their casual outfits, their humor, I don’t know what it was. But I watched them and for the first time, it was more than just enjoying the role of an observer. I thought, ‘I want to do that.’”

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[outandaboutnycmag]

5/7/23 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Untamed Elegance Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (Full Concert) 

Watch the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis commemorate the Jazz Age with Untamed Elegance, a suite composed by master saxophonist and veteran JLCO member Victor Goines. The Roaring Twenties were defined by jazz. A grand decade when “the parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser.”  Continue reading Untitled