LOCAL WINE EVENT
South Jersey, New Jersey
(That's Us)
http://www.localwineevents.com/events/detail/259107/bubba-mac-blues-band
This appears to be a weekly event - every Thursday maybe.
What an invite:
Bubba Mac Blues Band
July 16, 2009 (Thu)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LOCATION:
Atlantic City Country Club
1 Leo Fraser Dr
Northfield, NJ 08225
ph. 609-236-4465
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EVENT DETAILS:
Bring the Family for Blues, BBQ, and Atmosphere!
Flip Flops, Shorts, and a Silk Shirt.…
Weekly Raffle Prizes for Golf and Brunch!
Join us outside on the patio overlooking beautiful views of the AC Skyline.
Free Line & Jitterbug Dance Lessons!
Enjoy our NEW BBQ patio food menu.
Compete in family fun games and Dance to the Bubba Mac Blues Band.
Recreate the memories from the Bubba Mac Shack!
WEBSITE: www.ACcountryclub.com...
Friday, July 10, 2009
Chickenbone Beach Concert Series 2009
MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009
Chickenbone Beach Concert Series 2009
[http://www.chickenbonebeach.org/]
It used to be that you would catch the jazz in the nightclubs at night, and then see the musicians, bartenders and waiteresses sleeping on the beach in the day. At least that's the way it was in the hey day.
Kentucky Avenue is where the clubs were in Atlantic City, and not far away, on the other side of the boardwalk, was Chickenbone beach was where the musicans were during the day.
With the clubs now gone, and in memory of the Chickenbone Beach heyday, they began this free jazz concert series a decade ago so it should endure into a real Atlantic City tradition.
Held on the boardwalk between Mississippi & Georgia Avenues, in front of Boardwalk Hall at Kennedy Plaza, this year they will hold six free concerts featuring twelve classic acts.
With the opening act beginning at 7 and going to 8 PM, the headliners will perform from 8:30 to 10 PM on select Thursdays beginning July 2 when the Eddie Morgan Trio opens for trombonist Steve Turre, a Mexican-American from the San Francisco Bay area. Steve's played with Ray Charles, the Saturday Night Live band and in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – The School of Bop. He also plays the shells – The Sanctified Shells – shell choir. Turre has recorded: Lotus Flower (1999 Verve)and In the Spur of the Moment (2000, Telarc). [http://www.steveturre.com/].
On July 9 Dan Fogel opens for legendary Philadelphia jazz man Bootsie Barnes, who we all know from his many appearances at the Cape May Jazz Fest.
Dan was one of the regulars at the Kentucky Avenue nightclubs, beginning as a patron when he snuck in as a kid, and later on as a keyboard player in some of the makeshift bands they would put together for the shows, which ran from 9 pm until the end of the "Breakfast Show" early in the morning when the sun was up. Then it was time to grab some bibs and chicken at Jimmie's take out across the street from the Club Harlem, and hit the beach. Chickenbone Beach.
Danny and Bootsie on the same bill is something. Bootsie comes from the Old School in Philadelphia, where he is the mainstay of a long jazz tradition, and one of the regular members of the Cape May Jazz Fest Sunday afternoon jam sessions when they end each fest in a rousing fashion.
You can get more info about Dan here: [http://www.danfogel.org/]
And Bootsie can be found at: [http://www.bootsiebarnes.com/]
On July 16 – Hassan Abdullah Quintet opens for the First Lady of Jazz Guitar Monnette Sudler, who runs the guitar workshop at the Cape May Fest, encouraging young people to play jazz on the guitar. These two acts will be double dynomyte.
[http://www.monnettesudlermusic.com/]
On August 6 the CBB Youth Jazz Ensemble – Camp by IDEA of Camden, New Jersey, my Hometown [http://www.idea-arts.org/], will open for pianist Orrin Evans. Now from Philadelphia by way of Trenton, Evans moved to NY in 1995. A teacher, producer and arranger at the Girard Academy and the Mason Gross School of Arts Rutgers, Orrin has recorded Luvpark; Live in Jackson, Mississipi,(on Imani).
Check them out: [http://www.myspace.com/orrinevans]
On August 13 there's Tony Day Trio and flute and sax queen Tia Fuller, a composer and educator, who graduated Magna Cum Laude in college and got a Masters degree in Jazz Pedagogy and Performance from University of Colorado at Boulder (Summa Cum Laude). She's part of the Bayonce Experience and has recorded Pillar of Strength (2005 Wambui) and Healing Space (2007 Mack Avenue). Tia also plays with the T. S. Monk Septet, and other bands and orchestras (ie Nancy Wilson, Jon Faddis, Rufus Reid, Sean Jones) and gave keynote address at the Jazz Institute of New Jersey – “Journey to Success." The daughter of Denver teachers, she has taught at Stanford, played Duquesne and the Panama Jazz Fest.
On August 20 there's Mysterious Traveler with pianist/composer Helen Sung.
Helen is from Texas, UT Austin, where she teaches San Antonio public school students.
[Helen@helensung.com ] She's recorded Songbird (after Albeniz) and teaches at the Helenistique T. Monk Institute of Jazz at New England Conservatory. With Kennedy Center honors, she is a Chinese classical pianist who switched to jazz while a student at UTAustin.
More on Ms. Helen: [http://www.helensung.com/]
Now that's some lineup of great jazz, and every one of those acts is also involved, somehow, in teaching jazz to young people. Hell, you should get school credit for just going to the show.
And it's at Kennedy Plaza, where you can also take in some real art - a sculpture of President John F. Kennedy, dedicated at the 1964 Democratic National Convention when his brother Bobby delivered a famous eulogy.
I will get more on the sculpture - the artist is from Texas, and unlike the bla, nothing, box memorial for JFK just off Dealey Plaza in Dallas, this bronze JFK bust is a very real and almost moving likeness. I have photos somewhere - and find some links to Bobby's speech, since if we're going to learn something about jazz we might as well learn something about why they call the venue JFK Plaza, right?
If you agree, let me know
billkelly3@gmail.com
Chickenbone Beach Concert Series 2009
[http://www.chickenbonebeach.org/]
It used to be that you would catch the jazz in the nightclubs at night, and then see the musicians, bartenders and waiteresses sleeping on the beach in the day. At least that's the way it was in the hey day.
Kentucky Avenue is where the clubs were in Atlantic City, and not far away, on the other side of the boardwalk, was Chickenbone beach was where the musicans were during the day.
With the clubs now gone, and in memory of the Chickenbone Beach heyday, they began this free jazz concert series a decade ago so it should endure into a real Atlantic City tradition.
Held on the boardwalk between Mississippi & Georgia Avenues, in front of Boardwalk Hall at Kennedy Plaza, this year they will hold six free concerts featuring twelve classic acts.
With the opening act beginning at 7 and going to 8 PM, the headliners will perform from 8:30 to 10 PM on select Thursdays beginning July 2 when the Eddie Morgan Trio opens for trombonist Steve Turre, a Mexican-American from the San Francisco Bay area. Steve's played with Ray Charles, the Saturday Night Live band and in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – The School of Bop. He also plays the shells – The Sanctified Shells – shell choir. Turre has recorded: Lotus Flower (1999 Verve)and In the Spur of the Moment (2000, Telarc). [http://www.steveturre.com/].
On July 9 Dan Fogel opens for legendary Philadelphia jazz man Bootsie Barnes, who we all know from his many appearances at the Cape May Jazz Fest.
Dan was one of the regulars at the Kentucky Avenue nightclubs, beginning as a patron when he snuck in as a kid, and later on as a keyboard player in some of the makeshift bands they would put together for the shows, which ran from 9 pm until the end of the "Breakfast Show" early in the morning when the sun was up. Then it was time to grab some bibs and chicken at Jimmie's take out across the street from the Club Harlem, and hit the beach. Chickenbone Beach.
Danny and Bootsie on the same bill is something. Bootsie comes from the Old School in Philadelphia, where he is the mainstay of a long jazz tradition, and one of the regular members of the Cape May Jazz Fest Sunday afternoon jam sessions when they end each fest in a rousing fashion.
You can get more info about Dan here: [http://www.danfogel.org/]
And Bootsie can be found at: [http://www.bootsiebarnes.com/]
On July 16 – Hassan Abdullah Quintet opens for the First Lady of Jazz Guitar Monnette Sudler, who runs the guitar workshop at the Cape May Fest, encouraging young people to play jazz on the guitar. These two acts will be double dynomyte.
[http://www.monnettesudlermusic.com/]
On August 6 the CBB Youth Jazz Ensemble – Camp by IDEA of Camden, New Jersey, my Hometown [http://www.idea-arts.org/], will open for pianist Orrin Evans. Now from Philadelphia by way of Trenton, Evans moved to NY in 1995. A teacher, producer and arranger at the Girard Academy and the Mason Gross School of Arts Rutgers, Orrin has recorded Luvpark; Live in Jackson, Mississipi,(on Imani).
Check them out: [http://www.myspace.com/orrinevans]
On August 13 there's Tony Day Trio and flute and sax queen Tia Fuller, a composer and educator, who graduated Magna Cum Laude in college and got a Masters degree in Jazz Pedagogy and Performance from University of Colorado at Boulder (Summa Cum Laude). She's part of the Bayonce Experience and has recorded Pillar of Strength (2005 Wambui) and Healing Space (2007 Mack Avenue). Tia also plays with the T. S. Monk Septet, and other bands and orchestras (ie Nancy Wilson, Jon Faddis, Rufus Reid, Sean Jones) and gave keynote address at the Jazz Institute of New Jersey – “Journey to Success." The daughter of Denver teachers, she has taught at Stanford, played Duquesne and the Panama Jazz Fest.
On August 20 there's Mysterious Traveler with pianist/composer Helen Sung.
Helen is from Texas, UT Austin, where she teaches San Antonio public school students.
[Helen@helensung.com ] She's recorded Songbird (after Albeniz) and teaches at the Helenistique T. Monk Institute of Jazz at New England Conservatory. With Kennedy Center honors, she is a Chinese classical pianist who switched to jazz while a student at UTAustin.
More on Ms. Helen: [http://www.helensung.com/]
Now that's some lineup of great jazz, and every one of those acts is also involved, somehow, in teaching jazz to young people. Hell, you should get school credit for just going to the show.
And it's at Kennedy Plaza, where you can also take in some real art - a sculpture of President John F. Kennedy, dedicated at the 1964 Democratic National Convention when his brother Bobby delivered a famous eulogy.
I will get more on the sculpture - the artist is from Texas, and unlike the bla, nothing, box memorial for JFK just off Dealey Plaza in Dallas, this bronze JFK bust is a very real and almost moving likeness. I have photos somewhere - and find some links to Bobby's speech, since if we're going to learn something about jazz we might as well learn something about why they call the venue JFK Plaza, right?
If you agree, let me know
billkelly3@gmail.com
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Marine Mammal SC Benefit
Benefit Show for the Marine Mammal Stranding Center -
McLoone's Rum Rummer Deck - Thursday, June 25 - from 5:30 to 7;30 pm.
$25 per person. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the MMSS
816 Ocean Ave. Sea Bright, NJ. 07760
http://www.mmsc.org/
http://www.mcloones.com/rumrunner/images/bottom2_address.jpg
"McLoone's Rum Runner chose this charity because of their connection with the dolphins that have been in The Shrewsbury River. For two seasons, the staff and customers on our deck have enjoyed spectacular views of these beautiful animals as they frolic in the river. However, we have always had the outmost concern for the dolphin's safety in our minds as we observe them. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center has been instrumental in this cause and we would like to show our appreciation to them for their efforts."
McLoone's Rum Runner will serve passed hors d'oeuvres and a sampling of the deck menu. Also included in the price will be beer, wine, sangria and soda.
The entertainment for the evening will be "Roland Eckstein and The Rum Runners", a group of employees that have put together their own band and recently have had local recognition with their appearance at The Stone Pony.
To make reservations for this rain or shine event, you may call McLoone's Rum Runner at 732-842-2894.
http://www.mcloones.com/rumrunner/images/abouttext.jpg
For further information, call 732-212-9910 or visit the website at www.mcloones.com.
Dottie Cooper Public Relations McLoone's Restaurants
155 Markham Place Little Silver, NJ 07739
PH: 732-212-9910
FX: 732-212-9912
www.mcloones.com
McLoone's Rum Rummer Deck - Thursday, June 25 - from 5:30 to 7;30 pm.
$25 per person. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the MMSS
816 Ocean Ave. Sea Bright, NJ. 07760
http://www.mmsc.org/
http://www.mcloones.com/rumrunner/images/bottom2_address.jpg
"McLoone's Rum Runner chose this charity because of their connection with the dolphins that have been in The Shrewsbury River. For two seasons, the staff and customers on our deck have enjoyed spectacular views of these beautiful animals as they frolic in the river. However, we have always had the outmost concern for the dolphin's safety in our minds as we observe them. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center has been instrumental in this cause and we would like to show our appreciation to them for their efforts."
McLoone's Rum Runner will serve passed hors d'oeuvres and a sampling of the deck menu. Also included in the price will be beer, wine, sangria and soda.
The entertainment for the evening will be "Roland Eckstein and The Rum Runners", a group of employees that have put together their own band and recently have had local recognition with their appearance at The Stone Pony.
To make reservations for this rain or shine event, you may call McLoone's Rum Runner at 732-842-2894.
http://www.mcloones.com/rumrunner/images/abouttext.jpg
For further information, call 732-212-9910 or visit the website at www.mcloones.com.
Dottie Cooper Public Relations McLoone's Restaurants
155 Markham Place Little Silver, NJ 07739
PH: 732-212-9910
FX: 732-212-9912
www.mcloones.com
Monday, June 15, 2009
Point Beach Concerts 2009
2009 SOMERS POINT BEACH CONCERTS
Thanks to Mike from Wilmington for writing to me asking about the Somers Point Beach concerts, letting me know that there are people out there who are reading this stuff, and acting on it. A weekend warrior, Mike likes the blues, and he stops in Somers Point for the free Friday night concerts on his way to Wildwood. Well he'll get his share of the blues this season.
After previously beginning on Memorial Day, the traditional beginning of summer, and then struggling a few weeks with the weather and crowds, the free Friday night Somers Point Beach concerts are starting late this year, but getting better and extending the summer at the other end of the season.
As usual, it's a good mix of different styles, local and traveling recording acts, and bands that have played every year and keep getting invited back because they really are that good.
The beach blanket bingo begins Friday, June 19, with The Snake Brothers, who have basic blue grass roots, but extend that into classic folk, folk Rock & pop, and should set the right tone for the summer.
The following week, on June 26 Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Pack come back again after blowing everybody away the past few years. The legendary Saxman from the Howlin Wolf Band, is still on the Chitlin' Circuit, has played Somers Point, Atlantic City and Cape May Jazz Fest and can swing through here anytime and always find a gig.
The following week is when the real summer begins, as any local will tell you, so there's the Friday night July 3 gig with Hawkins Road, a country rock band with Danny Eyer on lead guitar, giving it a Rock n Roll twist.
The next night, Saturday, July 4 The Bob Campanell Band will play for the Holiday, a gig that Bobby can write on his calender for next year too. He'll bring his band of friends and play classic Rock n' Roll, pop, a few originals and a special patriotic salute accompanied by fireworks.
The following Friday, July 10, Bobby's old band The Shakes return to the beach, with their funky, Motown, party pop.
July 17 it's two incredible local guys - Dr. Bobby Fingers on keyboard and Howard Isaacson on horns, mixing your Sing-a-Long favorites with Isaacosn's Jazz Rock Fusion, Soupy Sales and Grover Washington, Jr.
On Friday July 24 Curtis Salgado Band, "the World Famous Artist who “Taught the Blues to the Blues Brothers" will put into the beach with the music that inspired Jake and Elwood to hold the benefit concert to save the orphanage and destroy every police car in Chicago.
July 31 is the Friday night that Chris Sooy brings his Swing Band to the beach, and featuring Lew London, the swingman, whose "Swingtime in Springtime" album is a classic. They feature Swing, Traditional Jazz & Great American Standards.
On August 7 things get hot and funky with The Kinsey Report, a comparative analysis of the best Caribbean, Funk, Reggae, World Beat and R & B music in one place, in which subjects are required to dance under an horizonal stick to pass the Kinsey test.
Friday August 14 will be a real special night since it will feature the return of the original "Eddie & the Cruisers" Saxman Michael "Tunes" Antunes, who won't have any trouble jamming with The Billy Walton Band, Walton being the best of the new generation of local guitarists.
In the Eddie & the Cruisers movie, as everyone will recall, "Tunes" ends up dead of an overdose in his MacArthur Blvd. motel room, which at first put a damper on getting solo gigs, though he did continue touring with the Beaver Brown Band. "Hell, I ain't dead," Tunes said on his earlier return to the Point with the BBB. Now he's back solo, and will fit right in with Billy Walton, who most certainly knows how to play, "Wild Summer Nights," "On the Darkside" and what's the name of that other song?
On August 21 the legendary Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, still on their never ending tour of the Gallaxy, will put into the Somers Point beach to play their unique blend of Sixties rock, classic swing and good old boogie woogie piano.
The following Friday, August 28, it's back to the best of the local jazzmen, with The Magnificent Seven featuring Bob Ferguson & Michael Pedicine, Jr., playing contemporary Jazz with a Big Band Sound. With Bob on trumpet and Mike on sax, both touring professionals who have played with the best jazz orchestras of our times (Maynard Ferguson, Dave Brubeck, et al),these guys are going to really jazz things up and keep the good vibs going. Pedicin played a toy sax at the feet of his father playing "Shake A Hand" at Bay Shores in the fifties, and now he's back as the senior sax man whose been around.
Another guy we're becoming familiar with is Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
who bring their New Orleans, Grammy Award Winning Zydeco and World Beat Music music to the Point beach after playing the Good Old Days picnic a few years ago. Boy is this guy good.
You don't want to the summer to end when on September 11, the final show of the season features Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers - officially billed as One of the World’s Greatest Guitarists, who plays classic rock and blues. A hard billing to live up to, but hey, we've been impressed before and look forward to hearing this guy.
MORE TO COME ON THIS
Thanks to Mike from Wilmington for writing to me asking about the Somers Point Beach concerts, letting me know that there are people out there who are reading this stuff, and acting on it. A weekend warrior, Mike likes the blues, and he stops in Somers Point for the free Friday night concerts on his way to Wildwood. Well he'll get his share of the blues this season.
After previously beginning on Memorial Day, the traditional beginning of summer, and then struggling a few weeks with the weather and crowds, the free Friday night Somers Point Beach concerts are starting late this year, but getting better and extending the summer at the other end of the season.
As usual, it's a good mix of different styles, local and traveling recording acts, and bands that have played every year and keep getting invited back because they really are that good.
The beach blanket bingo begins Friday, June 19, with The Snake Brothers, who have basic blue grass roots, but extend that into classic folk, folk Rock & pop, and should set the right tone for the summer.
The following week, on June 26 Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Pack come back again after blowing everybody away the past few years. The legendary Saxman from the Howlin Wolf Band, is still on the Chitlin' Circuit, has played Somers Point, Atlantic City and Cape May Jazz Fest and can swing through here anytime and always find a gig.
The following week is when the real summer begins, as any local will tell you, so there's the Friday night July 3 gig with Hawkins Road, a country rock band with Danny Eyer on lead guitar, giving it a Rock n Roll twist.
The next night, Saturday, July 4 The Bob Campanell Band will play for the Holiday, a gig that Bobby can write on his calender for next year too. He'll bring his band of friends and play classic Rock n' Roll, pop, a few originals and a special patriotic salute accompanied by fireworks.
The following Friday, July 10, Bobby's old band The Shakes return to the beach, with their funky, Motown, party pop.
July 17 it's two incredible local guys - Dr. Bobby Fingers on keyboard and Howard Isaacson on horns, mixing your Sing-a-Long favorites with Isaacosn's Jazz Rock Fusion, Soupy Sales and Grover Washington, Jr.
On Friday July 24 Curtis Salgado Band, "the World Famous Artist who “Taught the Blues to the Blues Brothers" will put into the beach with the music that inspired Jake and Elwood to hold the benefit concert to save the orphanage and destroy every police car in Chicago.
July 31 is the Friday night that Chris Sooy brings his Swing Band to the beach, and featuring Lew London, the swingman, whose "Swingtime in Springtime" album is a classic. They feature Swing, Traditional Jazz & Great American Standards.
On August 7 things get hot and funky with The Kinsey Report, a comparative analysis of the best Caribbean, Funk, Reggae, World Beat and R & B music in one place, in which subjects are required to dance under an horizonal stick to pass the Kinsey test.
Friday August 14 will be a real special night since it will feature the return of the original "Eddie & the Cruisers" Saxman Michael "Tunes" Antunes, who won't have any trouble jamming with The Billy Walton Band, Walton being the best of the new generation of local guitarists.
In the Eddie & the Cruisers movie, as everyone will recall, "Tunes" ends up dead of an overdose in his MacArthur Blvd. motel room, which at first put a damper on getting solo gigs, though he did continue touring with the Beaver Brown Band. "Hell, I ain't dead," Tunes said on his earlier return to the Point with the BBB. Now he's back solo, and will fit right in with Billy Walton, who most certainly knows how to play, "Wild Summer Nights," "On the Darkside" and what's the name of that other song?
On August 21 the legendary Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, still on their never ending tour of the Gallaxy, will put into the Somers Point beach to play their unique blend of Sixties rock, classic swing and good old boogie woogie piano.
The following Friday, August 28, it's back to the best of the local jazzmen, with The Magnificent Seven featuring Bob Ferguson & Michael Pedicine, Jr., playing contemporary Jazz with a Big Band Sound. With Bob on trumpet and Mike on sax, both touring professionals who have played with the best jazz orchestras of our times (Maynard Ferguson, Dave Brubeck, et al),these guys are going to really jazz things up and keep the good vibs going. Pedicin played a toy sax at the feet of his father playing "Shake A Hand" at Bay Shores in the fifties, and now he's back as the senior sax man whose been around.
Another guy we're becoming familiar with is Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
who bring their New Orleans, Grammy Award Winning Zydeco and World Beat Music music to the Point beach after playing the Good Old Days picnic a few years ago. Boy is this guy good.
You don't want to the summer to end when on September 11, the final show of the season features Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers - officially billed as One of the World’s Greatest Guitarists, who plays classic rock and blues. A hard billing to live up to, but hey, we've been impressed before and look forward to hearing this guy.
MORE TO COME ON THIS
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Atlantic City Pop Fest 1969
ATLANTIC CITY POP FEST 1969 - 2009
When Buddy Miles played the Hard Rock Cafe he mentioned the fact that he had played the Atlantic City Pop Fest, which he said made a lasting impression on his life.
He played that night for hours, hours beyond the 2 am time he was supposed to stop, and by the time he had finished, the room was half-empty, but those who were sitting in the back moved up to the front and the back was lined by casino dealers and executives in their suits, listening to the seemingly endless jam that rocked into the early morning hours.
When Buddy Miles played the Hard Rock Cafe he mentioned the fact that he had played the Atlantic City Pop Fest, which he said made a lasting impression on his life.
He played that night for hours, hours beyond the 2 am time he was supposed to stop, and by the time he had finished, the room was half-empty, but those who were sitting in the back moved up to the front and the back was lined by casino dealers and executives in their suits, listening to the seemingly endless jam that rocked into the early morning hours.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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