Amen to that.
A few weeks ago Richard saw this in our local snowbirds’ paper The Mullet Wrapper.
Who Hoo. How exciting. Love the music of both Louis and Ella.
The band was terrific. Five pieces: trumpet, trombone, double bass, piano, and drums. All superb musicians.
This is a long post but I’m including this info for you musicians and music lovers out there who enjoy knowing the musicians’ backgrounds.
Trumpet
Longineu Warren Parsons II is a classically trained trumpeter who plays in a wide variety of styles including jazz, blues, jazz fusion and classical. He is currently an Associate Professor of Music at Florida A&M University(FAMU).[1]
Parsons played for Nat Adderley, Cab Calloway, Doc Severinsen, Herbie Mann, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Branford Marsalis and many more. He appeared in the national production of Satchmo. He was a featured soloist in the Great Performances special “Three Mo’ Tenors.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longineu_Parsons_II
Drums
Longineu Warren “LP” Parsons III is a French-born American rock musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the American rock band Yellowcard.
Parsons has been playing the drums since he was five; he played with his father, Longineu W. Parsons II, in his band The Longineu Parsons Ensemble.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longineu_W._Parsons_III
Trombone
Robert U. Griffin is an American jazz trombonist and an assistant professor of music at Florida A&M University. As a musician, Griffin performed with jazz, rock and funk bands at shows and festivals across the United States and at French and Italian jazz festivals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_U._Griffin
Double Bass
Brian Hall is a bassist and composer with a deep knowledge of and passion for diverse styles of music spanning jazz, classical, and world musics. His active performing and touring calendar sees him collaborating with international artists and regional symphonies. As Associate Professor of Music at Florida A&M University since 2014, he brings his wealth of knowledge and performance experience to his teaching practice. Mr. Hall holds an MM in Jazz Studies from Florida State University and a BM in Jazz Studies from Georgia State University.
Based in Tallahassee, FL, Mr. Hall has toured as a performer and educator up and down the East Coast for over 25 years and played with other renowned artists, including Nat Adderley Jr., Marcus Printup, Charles Davis, Longineu Parsons, Michael Bakan, Carmen Bradford, Scotty Barnhart, and Winard Harper.
Piano
Dr. Joanna Sobkowska graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin National Conservatory in Warsaw and earned a Master’s and a Doctoral Degree at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida…Joanna has performed on the concert series of the Warsaw Philharmonic, Poland, at the Festival Internacional del Piano in Bucaramanga, Columbia, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, the FSU Festival of New Music in Tallahassee, Florida, and CASMI International Summer Program in Prague, Czech Republic…Joanna is half of Duo Paloma with her husband, trumpeter Longineu Parsons II and they perform frequently in the United States and in Paris, France. Currently, Dr. Sobkowska is Associate Professor of Music at Florida A&M University.
https://www.javacyaarts.com/joanna
First half of the concert was the band. They were fine. Tight group. Loved their improvisational solos (most of them). Trumpeter was also the vocalist as it should be. He was a real showman. Great rapport with the audience.
BUT
Where was the female vocalist they advertised?
Not there.
And no mention of her. No apology for appearing without her.
Disappointed doesn’t even half cover how I felt.
Being a singer myself she was of course the main reason we wanted to go to the concert.
Here’s who we missed.
Tina Fabrique
From growing up in Harlem to midtown recording studios and New York City Cabarets, Tina has built a career as an actress and singer respected by her peers and in demand by playwrights, producers and directors alike.
Equally at home in musicals on Broadway: ” Gospel at Colonus”, “Bring In The Noise Bring In The Funk”, “Ragtime”, and others…or straight dramatic roles such as: “Trouble In Mind”, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Glass Menagerie”. She was honored to have received the Kevin KlienAward and Florida’s, Carbonell Award for her performance as Ella Fitzgerald in “ELLA”…
Tina’s television experience is just as varied; from the drama of “BLUE BLOODS” and “NEW AMSTERDAM”, to singing the original theme for “READING RAINBOW”, and much in between. She is also pleased to have been chosen to sing the title song for the Award Winning film “Mad Hot Ballroom.”
I feel we missed out on hearing quite a performance. What a shame.
Two music selections today.
Reading Rainbow Theme – Tina Fabrique
I’m sure lots of you remember that PBS children’s television series. (1983-2006)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Rainbow
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
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