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23:12:09 02/08/12
Valentine's Day Cocktail: Nutty Caramel Bonbon
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Our first cocktail for the upcoming lovely holiday of Valentines. If there is any disappointment, it's the lack of good spice, but that can be fixed by changing up some brands or proportions. The recipe: 1 oz. Spiced Rum, 1 oz. Irish Cream, 1 oz. Frangelico
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23:12:09 02/08/12
Valentine's Day Cocktail: Nutty Caramel Bonbon
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Our first cocktail for the upcoming lovely holiday of Valentines. If there is any disappointment, it's the lack of good spice, but that can be fixed by changing up some brands or proportions. The recipe: 1 oz. Spiced Rum, 1 oz. Irish Cream, 1 oz. Frangelico
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21:15:51 02/06/12
Wild Child - "Pillow Talk": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Wild Child - "Pillow Talk": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Wild Child, indie-folk pop band from Austin, Texas, began as an acoustic duo consisting of Kelsey Wilson and Alexander Beggins singing ukulele love songs written and shared over red wine and old photographs. The two met for the first time just three days prior to a six-week tour with a Scandinavian band and instantly became enamored with their new life on the road. With northern US parks and fields as their backdrop and a tour van as their practice studio, Kelsey and Alexander formed their first ten songs, flawlessly documenting the ups and downs of a less than idealistic yet enchanting romance. Wild Child has evolved since then into a six-piece band, accenting the soulful vocals and folk-influenced instrumentation with lush strings, keys, bells, banjo and percussion. After returning from the tour in November of 2010 and recording lo-fi demos of their songs on an old 8-track recorder, Kelsey and Alexander spent the next few months working on pre-production with the help of Anthony Erickson of Eye in the Sky Collective. San Francisco producers Evan Magers and Alex Peterson traveled to Austin at the beginning of March 2011 to begin recording the full-length album. Following a month of rehearsing, recording, and making their SXSW debut, Kelsey, Alexander, Evan and Alex returned to San Francisco to finish tracking the album and spent the subsequent months mixing at Major Nation Studio in Austin. In the midst of the recording process and in anticipation of their SXSW debut ... From: sxsw Views: 74 7 ratings Time: 04:23 More in Entertainment
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21:15:51 02/06/12
Wild Child - "Pillow Talk": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Wild Child - "Pillow Talk": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Wild Child, indie-folk pop band from Austin, Texas, began as an acoustic duo consisting of Kelsey Wilson and Alexander Beggins singing ukulele love songs written and shared over red wine and old photographs. The two met for the first time just three days prior to a six-week tour with a Scandinavian band and instantly became enamored with their new life on the road. With northern US parks and fields as their backdrop and a tour van as their practice studio, Kelsey and Alexander formed their first ten songs, flawlessly documenting the ups and downs of a less than idealistic yet enchanting romance. Wild Child has evolved since then into a six-piece band, accenting the soulful vocals and folk-influenced instrumentation with lush strings, keys, bells, banjo and percussion. After returning from the tour in November of 2010 and recording lo-fi demos of their songs on an old 8-track recorder, Kelsey and Alexander spent the next few months working on pre-production with the help of Anthony Erickson of Eye in the Sky Collective. San Francisco producers Evan Magers and Alex Peterson traveled to Austin at the beginning of March 2011 to begin recording the full-length album. Following a month of rehearsing, recording, and making their SXSW debut, Kelsey, Alexander, Evan and Alex returned to San Francisco to finish tracking the album and spent the subsequent months mixing at Major Nation Studio in Austin. In the midst of the recording process and in anticipation of their SXSW debut ... From: sxsw Views: 113 9 ratings Time: 04:23 More in Entertainment
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05:01:30 02/03/12
TLDR: Valentine's, Invoicing, Reinstalls, and Elected Officials
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Five Ways to Make Online Invoicing Easier http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/02/five-ways-to-make-online-invoicing-easier/ How Elected Officials Should Be Using Social Media http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2012/02/02/how-elected-officials-should-be-using-social-media/ Geeky Valentine's Day Gifts http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/02/geeky-valentines-day-gifts/ How to Do a Clean Reinstallation of OS X Lion http://www.lockergnome.com/osx/2012/02/02/clean-install-os-x-lion/ Back Link of the Day http://jknproductions1212.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/chris-pirillo-and-the-gnomies/ Thanks to Josh Noyce of jknproductions1212 for writing about Gnomies and linking to us -- more than once, even! If you'd like to be mentioned as a Back Link of the Day, link to one of our posts on LockerGnome.com from your site and -- this is the important part -- tell us about it! Webinar: YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution http://www.gnomies.com/youtube-webinar/ The other night, we had our first official Gnomies webinar, and the topic was "YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution." Being able to participate in future events like this is just one of the many, many perks of being a registered Gnomie! http://www.lockergnome.com/subscribe/ Join us when the countdown ends! http://www.gnomies.com https://profiles.google.com/chris.pirillo http://twitter.com/ChrisPirillo http://www.facebook.com/chrispirillo
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05:01:30 02/03/12
TLDR: Valentine's, Invoicing, Reinstalls, and Elected Officials
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Five Ways to Make Online Invoicing Easier http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/02/five-ways-to-make-online-invoicing-easier/ How Elected Officials Should Be Using Social Media http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2012/02/02/how-elected-officials-should-be-using-social-media/ Geeky Valentine's Day Gifts http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/02/02/geeky-valentines-day-gifts/ How to Do a Clean Reinstallation of OS X Lion http://www.lockergnome.com/osx/2012/02/02/clean-install-os-x-lion/ Back Link of the Day http://jknproductions1212.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/chris-pirillo-and-the-gnomies/ Thanks to Josh Noyce of jknproductions1212 for writing about Gnomies and linking to us -- more than once, even! If you'd like to be mentioned as a Back Link of the Day, link to one of our posts on LockerGnome.com from your site and -- this is the important part -- tell us about it! Webinar: YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution http://www.gnomies.com/youtube-webinar/ The other night, we had our first official Gnomies webinar, and the topic was "YouTube, Live Streaming, and Optimizing Video Distribution." Being able to participate in future events like this is just one of the many, many perks of being a registered Gnomie! http://www.lockergnome.com/subscribe/ Join us when the countdown ends! http://www.gnomies.com https://profiles.google.com/chris.pirillo http://twitter.com/ChrisPirillo http://www.facebook.com/chrispirillo
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17:34:09 02/02/12
Wesley Bray - "Mother's Prayer": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Wesley Bray - "Mother's Prayer": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Surrendering all Praises, Glory, and Honor to God almighty! Through His Son, and my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ for allowing me, Wesley Bray, to be used as an instrument of Praise. I have been working in the Gospel Music Ministry for many years. At the age of 16, I developed a love for Gospel Music, after walking through the house one day, and hearing for the first time, my mother and my sisters trying to form a family quartet. At that time, the Lord put in my spirit that I could do this. Well, needless to say, my mother and sisters did not see it that way. But the seed was planted. I was given my first chance to play with a Gospel Group not long after. The Group was called the Soul Revivers. God gave me such a love for music, that within the three years that I stayed with the group, I learned to play a guitar, sing, and write songs. Before I left the Group I had become the Music Director. I didn't realize at the time, that God was preparing me for things to come. In 1985 I moved to Austin, Texas. I became co-founder of a Gospel Group called Malachi. I worked with this Music Ministry until 1999. Within that time we recorded a 45 single, an Album, a CD, a 10 song cassette tape, and a video. Our first Album was chosen as Album of the week on the nationally syndicated Bobby Jones show. Our last CD in 1998 was put in the running for a Grammy Award. Malachi disbanded in 1999. By this time, my wife, Cynthia Bray, who had sung with me in the Group Malachi, was expecting our ... From: sxsw Views: 40 0 ratings Time: 04:20 More in Entertainment
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17:34:09 02/02/12
Wesley Bray - "Mother's Prayer": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Wesley Bray - "Mother's Prayer": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Surrendering all Praises, Glory, and Honor to God almighty! Through His Son, and my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ for allowing me, Wesley Bray, to be used as an instrument of Praise. I have been working in the Gospel Music Ministry for many years. At the age of 16, I developed a love for Gospel Music, after walking through the house one day, and hearing for the first time, my mother and my sisters trying to form a family quartet. At that time, the Lord put in my spirit that I could do this. Well, needless to say, my mother and sisters did not see it that way. But the seed was planted. I was given my first chance to play with a Gospel Group not long after. The Group was called the Soul Revivers. God gave me such a love for music, that within the three years that I stayed with the group, I learned to play a guitar, sing, and write songs. Before I left the Group I had become the Music Director. I didn't realize at the time, that God was preparing me for things to come. In 1985 I moved to Austin, Texas. I became co-founder of a Gospel Group called Malachi. I worked with this Music Ministry until 1999. Within that time we recorded a 45 single, an Album, a CD, a 10 song cassette tape, and a video. Our first Album was chosen as Album of the week on the nationally syndicated Bobby Jones show. Our last CD in 1998 was put in the running for a Grammy Award. Malachi disbanded in 1999. By this time, my wife, Cynthia Bray, who had sung with me in the Group Malachi, was expecting our ... From: sxsw Views: 36 0 ratings Time: 04:20 More in Entertainment
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15:43:22 01/30/12
Prime Minister Welcomes Melbourne Chinese New Year
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Prime Minister Welcomes Melbourne Chinese New Year
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The Prime Minister of Australia was among tens of thousands of people to pack Melbourne's China town in celebration of Chinese New Year on Sunday. Our reporter Rhett Burnie was there and filed this report. Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard became the country's first leader to attend Melbourne's Chinese New Year celebrations on Sunday. Members of Melbourne's Federation of Chinese Association welcomed Ms Gillard to the festival, performing the traditional dragon dance. [Julia Gillard, Australian Prime Minister]: "I am absolutely delighted to be here in Chinatown, not just a place loved by every Melburnian, But said to be some of the oldest continuous Chinese settlement in the world." Several federal and state politicians also attended the festival, with Victorian Premier Ted Bailliue trying his hand at the Chinese language. [Ted Bailliue, State Premier, Victoria]: "Happy New Year, all your wishes come true. Have a good day, thank you." Melbourne's Lord Mayor Robert Doyle took the opportunity to thank the Chinese community for their contribution to the city. [Robert Doyle, Mayor of Melbourne]: "But the contribution of the Chinese community to Melbourne cannot be overstated, they're an interwoven part of the fabric. I thank you for all the work you've done for our beautiful city, and a very happy new year." But the real festivities kicked off with the ... From: NTDTV Views: 35 3 ratings Time: 01:51 More in News & Politics
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19:25:16 01/27/12
Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band - "Off-screen": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band - "Off-screen": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
As Kevin Devine started work on his sixth solo album, Between the Concrete & Clouds, he decided to make some fundamental changes. The first notable difference was the way he structured his day when he woke up each morning. Having spent most of his time on the road during the last few years, he needed some adjustment when he was stationary, at home in Brooklyn. "As odd as it is, there is a routine to your day as a touring musician, so it's always jarring when I come home from being on tour," he says. "So I started to go into our rehearsal space almost like someone going in to his office, from like 2 to 7 o'clock every day. I was coming up with melodies and multi-tracking ideas, and not worrying about lyrics right away." And this marked the second big change for the New York City-born singer and songwriter. Rather than starting his process with a tight focus on the words, he allowed himself to follow "the things you unconsciously stumble upon%mdashalmost like the lyrics are a color more than a narrative." Not, of course, that it meant any less of a commitment to that element of his writing. "I love words so much," he says, "that I think I've kind of overstuffed my songs sometimes, at the expense of melodic strength or concision. I tend to write songs that are complicated, in terms of the people in them and what they're going through. So the point this time was to make a record that still dealt with those themes, with what was happening in my head, but to do it in four-minute pop ... From: sxsw Views: 98 3 ratings Time: 04:18 More in Entertainment
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19:25:16 01/27/12
Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band - "Off-screen": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band - "Off-screen": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
As Kevin Devine started work on his sixth solo album, Between the Concrete & Clouds, he decided to make some fundamental changes. The first notable difference was the way he structured his day when he woke up each morning. Having spent most of his time on the road during the last few years, he needed some adjustment when he was stationary, at home in Brooklyn. "As odd as it is, there is a routine to your day as a touring musician, so it's always jarring when I come home from being on tour," he says. "So I started to go into our rehearsal space almost like someone going in to his office, from like 2 to 7 o'clock every day. I was coming up with melodies and multi-tracking ideas, and not worrying about lyrics right away." And this marked the second big change for the New York City-born singer and songwriter. Rather than starting his process with a tight focus on the words, he allowed himself to follow "the things you unconsciously stumble upon%mdashalmost like the lyrics are a color more than a narrative." Not, of course, that it meant any less of a commitment to that element of his writing. "I love words so much," he says, "that I think I've kind of overstuffed my songs sometimes, at the expense of melodic strength or concision. I tend to write songs that are complicated, in terms of the people in them and what they're going through. So the point this time was to make a record that still dealt with those themes, with what was happening in my head, but to do it in four-minute pop ... From: sxsw Views: 98 3 ratings Time: 04:18 More in Entertainment
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22:28:05 01/26/12
Xoel López - "Hombre de Ninguna Parte": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Xoel L%oacutepez - "Hombre de Ninguna Parte": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Xoel L%oacutepez is one of the most representative artists of the independent scene in Spain. Though always he has moved between the sounds of the pop-rock indie and the folk of the 60%acutes, he is defined as a free artist. He has edited 11 albums with 3 bands: Elephant Band, Lovely Luna and Deluxe Xoel has left behind a career consolidated in his Country under the pseudonym of \"Deluxe\" to cross the sea and to begin a new stage with his name. He seeks to recover the essence of the first days playing in different clubs, theatres and festivals with musicians of the different Countries that he visits. In his new stage he has played already in several occasions in San Francisco (USA), Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Dominican Republic... Last October realized with notable success in Madrid, Bilbao and Vigo his project \"Xoel L%oacutepez and The American Caravan\", accompanied of more than 20 musicians of between many that he has known in his American adventure. New album in 2012 From: sxsw Views: 125 7 ratings Time: 03:47 More in Entertainment
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22:28:05 01/26/12
Xoel López - "Hombre de Ninguna Parte": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Xoel L%oacutepez - "Hombre de Ninguna Parte": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Xoel L%oacutepez is one of the most representative artists of the independent scene in Spain. Though always he has moved between the sounds of the pop-rock indie and the folk of the 60%acutes, he is defined as a free artist. He has edited 11 albums with 3 bands: Elephant Band, Lovely Luna and Deluxe Xoel has left behind a career consolidated in his Country under the pseudonym of \"Deluxe\" to cross the sea and to begin a new stage with his name. He seeks to recover the essence of the first days playing in different clubs, theatres and festivals with musicians of the different Countries that he visits. In his new stage he has played already in several occasions in San Francisco (USA), Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Dominican Republic... Last October realized with notable success in Madrid, Bilbao and Vigo his project \"Xoel L%oacutepez and The American Caravan\", accompanied of more than 20 musicians of between many that he has known in his American adventure. New album in 2012 From: sxsw Views: 125 7 ratings Time: 03:47 More in Entertainment
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18:30:20 01/24/12
Seal Talks Split From Heidi Klum on Ellen 1-24-12
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Seal Talks Split From Heidi Klum on Ellen 1-24-12
VIDEO: Seal visits The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Tavis Smiley to talk about his new album, Soul 2, and spills on his recent split from his supermodel wife! WHEN SOME COUPLES BREAK UP, IT COULD BE MONTHS BEFORE WE HEAR THEM OPEN UP ABOUT IT... BUT NOT SEAL... ONE DAY AFTER BREAKING THE NEWS THAT HE AND HEIDI KLUM ARE SPLITTING UP...HE HIT THE TALK SHOW CIRCUIT... "We have a tremendous amount of love and respect for each other..." DESPITE THE SHOCKING NEWS THAT THE COUPLE WAS SEPARATING, SEAL DIDN'T BOW OUT OF HIS SCHEDULED APPEARANCES THIS WEEK TO PROMOTE HIS NEW ALBUM, "SOUL 2." FIRST UP, AN INTERVIEW WITH PBS' TAVIS SMILEY... "Just because you decide to separate you all of the sudden stop loving each other, I don't think you all of the sudden stop becoming friends. Especially when there are other things to take into consideration like family. To be honest, it's not really that difficult. What one has to do in this situation is remain civil and to retain one's dignity and to be professional and to understand that we are not the only people on this planet that go through this. It is just unfortunately a chapter of life." NEXT...AN APPEARANCE ON ELLEN, WHERE THE SINGER WAS STILL WEARING HIS WEDDING RING. "Yes, I am still wearing my ring. I think it's just pretty much a token of how I feel about this woman. We have eight years. Eight wonderful years together. Just because we have decided to separate doesn't necessarily mean you take off your ring and you're no longer ... From: CelebTV Views: 1110 11 ratings Time: 02:52 More in Entertainment
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18:30:20 01/24/12
Seal Talks Split From Heidi Klum on Ellen 1-24-12
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Seal Talks Split From Heidi Klum on Ellen 1-24-12
VIDEO: Seal visits The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Tavis Smiley to talk about his new album, Soul 2, and spills on his recent split from his supermodel wife! WHEN SOME COUPLES BREAK UP, IT COULD BE MONTHS BEFORE WE HEAR THEM OPEN UP ABOUT IT... BUT NOT SEAL... ONE DAY AFTER BREAKING THE NEWS THAT HE AND HEIDI KLUM ARE SPLITTING UP...HE HIT THE TALK SHOW CIRCUIT... "We have a tremendous amount of love and respect for each other..." DESPITE THE SHOCKING NEWS THAT THE COUPLE WAS SEPARATING, SEAL DIDN'T BOW OUT OF HIS SCHEDULED APPEARANCES THIS WEEK TO PROMOTE HIS NEW ALBUM, "SOUL 2." FIRST UP, AN INTERVIEW WITH PBS' TAVIS SMILEY... "Just because you decide to separate you all of the sudden stop loving each other, I don't think you all of the sudden stop becoming friends. Especially when there are other things to take into consideration like family. To be honest, it's not really that difficult. What one has to do in this situation is remain civil and to retain one's dignity and to be professional and to understand that we are not the only people on this planet that go through this. It is just unfortunately a chapter of life." NEXT...AN APPEARANCE ON ELLEN, WHERE THE SINGER WAS STILL WEARING HIS WEDDING RING. "Yes, I am still wearing my ring. I think it's just pretty much a token of how I feel about this woman. We have eight years. Eight wonderful years together. Just because we have decided to separate doesn't necessarily mean you take off your ring and you're no longer ... From: CelebTV Views: 1110 11 ratings Time: 02:52 More in Entertainment
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13:32:12 01/21/12
The Pace Report: "The 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Cememony Highlights"
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One of the most important jazz events took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center during the week of APAP last week. The 2012 National Endowment for the Arts held their 30th anniversary of the Jazz Masters Ceremony and Concert to a sold-out crowd. The event pays tribute to the architects of jazz music both living and deceased. More importantly, the NEA gives the current inductees as well as music programs and centers all over the country, grants and funding to continue the legacy of providing the community jazz programming and education to keep the music viable to public. Including this year’s inductees, the NEA has celebrated the work and lives of 128 jazz musicians, awarded more than 2,400 jazz grants, and given over $32 million dollars over the last 30 years. A very important feat for the music that very seldom gets the notoriety or praise like other American black music such as hip-hop, soul, and the blues. This year’s 2012 NEA Jazz Masters inductees include: Sheila Jordan, vocalist and educator; Von Freeman, tenor saxophonist and bandleader; Jack DeJohnette, drummer and pianist; Jimmy Owens, trumpeter, educator, and advocate; and Charlie Haden, bassist and bandleader. The festivities kicked off this year in regal fashion as Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts gave the opening comments about how rich the NEA’s tradition of celebrating and commemorating of America’s only art form. 2007 NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis and last year’s inductee Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, also gave opening comments of the historical implications of the 30th Anniversary of this year’s jazz masters ceremony. NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods along with alto saxophonist Grace Kelly played “Things To Come” composed by former NEA Jazz Master Dizzy Gillespie. The two were backed by the stellar Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra lead by Wynton Marsalis. Drummer Jack DeJohnette was inducted by his mentor and fellow NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard Abrams. Abrams helped Jack as a teen study and play both the piano and drums while growing up in Chicago, Illinois. Through Abram’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Jack developed a love and passion to play both classical and jazz music which helped him decide to play music professionally. In the mid-1960’s Jack decided to move to New York City where he played with the late Rashied Ali in the John Coltrane Quintet. He got his first taste of success when he joined saxophonist Charles Lloyd in his first quartet where he played with a young pianist named Keith Jarrett. During the late 1960’s into the 1970’s, Jack backed and recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Special Edition, New Directions, and his long association with the Keith Jarrett Trio with bassist Gary Peacock. Today, Jack is still very active and just released his latest disc “Sound Travels” on the the eOne Music label. NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson gave the induction speech of 2012 inductee Von Freeman. Freeman, who couldn’t make this year’s ceremony due to illness, was given some praise and adoration by his sons Chico and Mark Freeman, who gave his induction speech. Earle Lavon Freeman, Sr, was born in Chicago, Illinois where he’s been a musical icon for the last 70 years. Von comes from that elite class of Chicago tenor saxophonists like Gene Ammons, Clifford Jordan, and the late Johnny Griffin. During the 1950’s he and his brothers George and Bruz were the house band at the famed Pershing Hotel in Chicago. Von played with a slew of great local musicians that included Jimmy Witherspoon, Sun Ra, and Andrew Hill. In 1972 he recorded his debut recording “Doin’ It Right Now” produced by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Currently Von plays weekly at the New Apartment Lounge and Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago. Bassist and bandleader Charlie Haden has given the world of music and jazz his unique blend of originality and heart. Since he made his way on the bandstand during the late 1950’s, Haden has been a trailblazer and relentless musician always striving to take music to the next level as well as always create new forms of roots music. From his days with saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s group, the quartet recorded the landmark recording for Atlantic Records, “The Shape of Jazz to Come.” But in 1969 Haden would record one of the most ambitious jazz recordings of the time. “Liberation Music Orchestra” was a record that fused the social themes of the times as well as free jazz that spoke volumes in the jazz community. The music was arranged and composed by Carla Bley and the orchestra has been recording sporadically over the last four decades. In addition to Haden’s orchestra, the three-time Grammy Award winner also fronts Quartet West. Charlie couldn’t attend the jazz masters ceremony due to his recovery from a recent surgery. His daughter Patra read his acceptance speech and acknowledged his many accomplishments on Charlie’s behalf. Vocalist, musical visionary, and NEA Jazz Master Jon Hendricks gave one of the most poignant speeches for his friend and contemporary, vocalist Sheila Jordan. Hendricks praised her accomplishments as a vocalist as well as keeping the vocal tradition alive by teaching the next generation of vocalists. Jordan, a Detroit native, comes from a great tradition and legacy of musicians that have made great and important strides in the world of jazz music. She developed her vocal style while singing in a local group named Skeeter, Mitch, and Jean. But it was her drive and determination that got her to move to New York City where she decided to throw herself into the thriving music scene. When she moved here she learned music theory and harmony by bassist Charles Mingus and pianist Lennie Tristano. Pianist George Russell discovered and recorded her on his “The Outer View” recording in 1962. Sheila made history by recording the first vocal record for Blue Note Records titled “Portrait of Sheila.” Throughout her career she’s recorded and performed with the Steve Kuhn Quartet and Harvie Swartz. Today she continues to teach jazz vocal workshops as well as perform all over the world. Trumpeter and educator Jimmy Owens is having a stellar 2012 so far. His latest IPO Recordings release “The Monk Project” celebrates and focuses on the compositions of pianist Thelonious Monk. In his 50 years in the business, the 68 year-old musician has been on the front lines for the betterment for working jazz musicians. As a board and active member of the Jazz Foundation of America, part of Jimmy’s lifework has been to help musicians seek funding for medical expenses, legal assistance, housing, and steady work. He founded the Musicians Emergency Fund due to the lack of support from the arts community and serve as a means to never negate the lives of many musicians that haven’t had the support or the able means to survive. Musicians that have benefited from this generous program were Odetta, Fats Domino, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Cecil Payne, and Sweet Georgia Brown. In addition to his dedication to the JFA, he’s also been a supporter and advocate for the Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians here in New York City. It’s Jimmy’s drive and passion that he’s fought State Politicians to repeal the 8.25% admission tax for clubs and major venues and to take those funds and contribute them to the AFM’s pension fund.This and his dedication to education in jazz music is why he’s been honored as one of this year’s NEA Jazz Master Inductees. Jimmy, who hails from the Bronx, New York, was exposed to jazz music when he was kid when his parents played the music. He wanted to play the trumpet and one of his first teacher’s as well as mentor, Dr. Donald Byrd, got him to take the instrument and studying it seriously. Over the years he’d back and play with some of jazz music’s leading innovators and icons. Musicians like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillispie, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. Today he still teaches as well as serves as a mentor to many of today’s current jazz musicians and composers. Some of highlight performances of the evening included two separate duo performances including NEA Jazz Masters bassist Ron Carter and flutist Huber Laws in their rendition of “Little Waltz”/”Memories of Minnie.” Also, Jazz Masters vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and pianist Kenny Barron’s rendition of Dave Brubeck’s “In Your Own Sweet Way.” The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis did an outstanding job in arranging tributes throughout the concert to NEA Jazz Master Horace Silver featuring Dave Liebman, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Candido Camero, and the new trumpet sensation Ambrose Akinmusire. The Benny Carter and Frank Foster tribute also turned a lot of heads featuring saxophonists Frank Wess and Benny Golson. I must add that the National Endowment for the Arts have dedicated to the works and mission to keep the jazz legacy alive via the grants they award every year. Also, they’ve been in tune with the jazz community via journalists, the musicians, and the many jazz associations to help educate and get the word out about America’s only original art-form. The NEA has more info for fans to reach out into their community to support the arts. For more info please visit them on the web at arts.gov.
