Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Monday, May 19th, 2014
A. Travis Reed, aka Renfro Jenkins, performed a Stevie Wonder cover during an open mike night at Transitions 658 on Sunday.
The Sound of Syracuse is alive and well at the new Transitions 658 venue on North Salina Street. We got wind about this joint from one of our friends, and was pleased to see and experience a cadre familiar local musicians letting their hair down and groove everything from Stevie Wonder, D’Angelo, Bob Marley, Erykah Badu, Toni Braxton, and even some H-Town last night.
There was also an open mike segment that included some original poetry that reminded us of the musicology served up at the old OnaJava’s Soul Food Sundays.
Emanuel “never miss a beat” Washington
Tags:2014, Drums, Emanuel Washington, Music, North Salina Street, OnaJava Cafe, R&B, Renfro Jenkins, Syracuse, Transitions 658, Travis Reed
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Saturday, April 26th, 2014
Hot Tones/Warm Reception: Camille Thurman finds a score of new fans after her blazing vocals on the cover of Roy Ayers “Everybody Loves the Sunshine.”
All About Strings: Anthony and Eric McGriff with Mimi Jones
Tags:2014, Camille Thurman, CFAC, Connective Corridor, Eric and Anthony McGriff, Jazz, Mimi Jones, Music, Syracuse
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Saturday, April 26th, 2014
Shout out to WAER’s Joe Lee for hooking up with CFAC to bring Mimi Jones and her jazz fusion experience to Syracuse last night. Jones came to CNY previously to play along side Tia Fuller. This time she came with her own band, made up of Camille Thurman (sax and flute), Justin Faulkner (drums) and Luis Perdomo (keys).
In addition to being band leader, Jones is also the head of her own music label.
This show was a great way to put an exclamation point on Jazz Appreciation Month and adds another great show to the legend of CFAC.
Mimi and Camille
Tags:2014, Camille Thurman, CFAC, Connective Corridor, Jazz, Jazz Appreciation Month, Joe Lee, Justin Faulkner, Luis Perdomo, Mimi Jones, Music, Syracuse, WAER-FM 88.3
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Saturday, April 26th, 2014
Philly Justin Faulkner
Justin Faulkner, who played with the Mimi Jones band last night at CFAC, and who is currently a member of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, is DWA: a drummer with attitude. This young cat is definitely one to watch. And don’t let his urbane fashion sense fool you, Faulkner can roll up his sleeves, work those sticks and funk you right out of your chair.
We would love to see him return to Central New York very soon (maybe even with Marsalis, Revis and Calderazzo).
Tags:2014, CFAC, Connective Corridor, Drums, Jazz, Justin Faulkner, Mimi Jones, Music, Syracuse
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Monday, April 21st, 2014
Zeke Leonard, musician
Here is an idea whose time has come.
We look forward to more music/concerts and live shows at Forman Park along the Connective Corridor. Today we witnessed professor Zeke Leonard climb atop a car to perform “This Land is Your Land,” complete with a recycled ukulele and a NY-made-kazoo.
Leonard’s lunchtime performance was part of the Corridor’s Green Streets and Local Eats festival.
Let’s find a way to keep the music going at Forman Park.
Tags:2014, American Kazoo Company, Connective Corridor, East Genesee Street, Flash mob, Forman Park, Green Streets & Local Eats, Kazoo, Midtown, Music, Neighborhood in Transition, Parkview Hotel, Syracuse, Zeke Leonard
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Friday, April 18th, 2014
Professor Colleen Kattau performed Thursday at Punto de Contacto for the Cruel April Poetry Series.
Let’s file this under the things we’d like to see index…
Tags:2014, Art, Colleen Kattau, Connective Corridor, Cruel April, Music, Musicians at Google, National Poetry Month, Oana Avasilichioaei, Poetry, Punto de Contacto, Seth Godin, The Warehouse
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Thursday, April 10th, 2014
Congratulations to the Syracuse New Times for the redesign, re-org, and also for recognizing the story behind the music of our friend Drummer Byron Cage. We particularly enjoyed the local connections column (Melissa Gardiner, Alex Boatman and Jesse Collins) that accompanied the article.
Tags:2014, Alex Boatman, Byron Cage, Drums, Jesse Collins, Melissa Gardiner, Music, NewTimes, Syracuse
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