Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Monday, January 27th, 2014
2014 Producer of the Year Pharrell Williams played SUs Block Party in 2010
Some of our favorite producers are (in no particular order) Kashif,Stevie Wonder, Sly & Robbie, The Bomb Squad, Jam & Lewis, Gamble & Huff, as well as Leon Sylvers, Rick Rubin and Syracuse’s Seth Marcel. It comes to no surprise to us that Pharrell Williams won a handful of Grammy Awards last night, including Producer of the Year. Check out his work ethic, which was chronicled in this Fast Company article a few months ago. Also shout out to Gregory Porter, who won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Syracuse Jazz Fest Producer Frank Malfitano (right) presents an award to Gregory Porter in 2013.
Tags:2014, Grammy-Award, Gregory Porter, Jazz, Music, Pharrell Williams, producer, Seth Marcel
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Sunday, January 26th, 2014
Dino Losito played keys for Joe Magnarelli and Nancy Kelly on Sunday.
Here’s a short list of musicians we saw in the audience during a few of the performances at the January Jazz Fest: JT Hall, John Dancks, George Feltman, John Spillett, Kirsten Tegtmeyer, Jeff Stockham, John Michael Heagerty (aka Tots), TK Howard, Tom Witkowski, Phil Flanagan, Dave Solazzo, Joe Carello and many more. Great to see musicians support each other at the Mohegan Manor, which we didn’t know was designed by Ward Wellington Ward.
And we can’t forget to give a shout out to graceful CNY dancers such as Mike Colabufo and Margaret Luttinger, who were also in attendance.
Tags:2014, Dave Solazzo, Dino Losito, George Feltman, J.T. Hall, January JazzFest, Jazz, Jeff Stockham, Joe Carello, John Dancks, john spillett, Kirsten Tegtmeyer, Melissa Gardiner, Michael John Heagerty, Mohegan Manor, Music, Phil Flanagan, TK Howard, Tom Witkowski
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Sunday, January 26th, 2014
Nancy Kelly & Joe Magnarelli played Mohegan Manor Sunday afternoon.
Thanks for Larry Luttinger at CNY Jazz for the invite to the January Jazz Fest program at Mohegan Manor. Outside it was freezing, but inside the performers such as Kelly and Magnarelli kept it feeling hot, hot, hot by transforming the spacious Morris Ballroom (with its 22-foot ceilings) into a more intimate, cabaret-type atmosphere.
Tags:2014, January JazzFest, Jazz, Joe Magnarelli, Mohegan Manor, Music, Nancy Kelly
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Monday, January 20th, 2014
Joe Magnarelli
Nancy Kelly
The CNYJAF will produce their annual January JazzFest next week. One of the highlights of the all-day fundraiser will be a melodious collaboration between trumpeter Joe Magnarelli and the first lady of CNY Jazz, Nancy Kelly. For more information about the show, click here. Here a short clip from Nancy Kelly live at the Sitrus Lounge (2012) below.
Tags:2014, CNYJAF, January JazzFest, Jazz, Jazz @ Sitrus, Joe Magnarelli, Mohegan Manor, Music, Nancy Kelly, The Sounds at Sitrus
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Thursday, December 12th, 2013
Jazz Central Holiday Reception
The annual holiday party at Jazz Central continues to be a great after work mixer (and not just to get a taste of Judy Murphy’s meatballs).
The intimate theater provides a great opportunity to catch up with all those folks you’ve seen through the year at jazz shows sponsored by the CNYJAF (from Sitrus, Jazz in the City and the Cabaret series as well as the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival).
A few years ago, despite a snow storm, we caught an impromptu piano performance by Cookie Coogan, Chris Jones and Jeff Stockham. Last night the mood was just as festive with Dave Solazzo providing the musical ambiance.
Jazz Patrons: Assemblyman Sam Roberts, Lanessa Owens and Mike Atkins attended the party.
Tags:Chris Jones, CNYJAF, Connective Corridor, Cookie Coogan, Dave Solazzo, Holiday, Jazz Central, Jeff Stockham, Music, Sam Roberts
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Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
Our Reality, the Lyrical Phenom
You can have Justin Bieber; you can have Katy Perry, you can have Miley Cyrus; and you can even have Daft Punk. What excited us most this year in music was the return of our friend, Michael “Our Reality” Childs to the stage. We got to preview the Our Reality album at the beginning of 2013. He spent most of the summer touring. It has been 20 years since we’ve seen him perform, and we finally caught him ripping up the stage and kicking knowledge to a younger generation at the Westcott Theater last night. Ironically, Childs was on the bill with fellow West Coast Hip Hop heads Blackalicious.
Tags:2013, Adult contemporary hip hop, Blackalicious, Hip Hop, Music, Our Reality, Rap Music, Year in Review
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Monday, December 9th, 2013
Gift of Gab
The Westcott Theater served up a dose of West Coast positivity with the anticipated arrival of Blackalicious in Syracuse last night. The group was founded in the 1990s by Tim Parker (aka Gift of Gab) and Xavier Moseley (aka DJ Chief Xcel). Gift of Gab had a health scare with kidney failure last year, so it was good to see him back on stage.
The duo was joined on stage by the Portland team Lifesavas, made up of Vursatyl and Jumbo the Garbage Man (who wore a “Less Drama, More Music” t-shirt).
Their hour-long set included the first Blackalicious single “Swan Lake” and some new material, including the song “Blacka,” from their upcoming album (due out in March).
In the mean time, check out the East Bay Funk from this song.
Openers for the show were Our-Reality and Chaz Ultra.
Vursatyl from the Lifesavas
Tags:2013, Blackalicious, Chief Xcel, Hip Hop Culture, Life, Lifesavas, Music, The Westcott Theater, Vursatyl
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