Chris Turner Jazz YUMMY
I wrote about Chris and his jazz group a while back after I was smitten with his music and piano player Jon Baptiste. He is performing this Sunday in NYC you don't want to miss him, really!
Yummy is anything and anyone that appeals to 3 or more of my senses at once.
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OH THE AMAZING SONNY, THIS RECORD IS IN HEAVY ROTATION AT MY PLACE NOW. I LOVE HIM AND HAVE HEARD WONDERFUL FIRST HAND STORIES ABOUT HIM FROM THE ELDERS IN BROOKLYN...WAGON WHEELS IS MY FAV TRACK
If you remember I mentioned the YUMMY music review months ago. Well that was no idle threat. Here is the lead from Little Dragon in her other group Koop. Spring is in the air and ilove it!
I wanted to get this post up asap but didn't have time to find proper images of the people I wanted to speak about. So I picked this photo of tulips in my kitchen window in LA. This picture looks like a Chris Turner Band tune. Now on to the business. This week I was in NY and stopped in at the Jazz Gallery. Funny thing about this place is when ever I go to see someone I always discover someone. Once I went to check Gerald Clayton and was introduced to Jaleel Shaw. This time I went to see a cat from my hometown Chris Turner. A young dude from New School who has the most crisp and clean voice I have ever heard live ever. His voice is like nothing you hear today. I mean he is appropriately a jazz artist. And when he sings he's so sincere. His honesty about love and smiles is so refreshing. And more intriguing is that when you look at him you get a sense that he is holding some creative genius back. Like he's not ready to unleash it all just yet. Or maybe he's just so young and hasn't quite realized that he's got "IT" I espically loved reading the tattos on his neck. One side said "love made" the other "trust love" how simple. I love it. But the best thing about going to see Chris Turner and his band play at the jazz gallery was discovering this piano player named Jonathon Batiste, Thelonius' little nephew (not literally.) I mean I have seen a lot of piano players live before, tons and believe me when I tell you this cat is genius. I know great when I see it and Batiste will get there one day. The man is just exceptional. Do y'all selves a favor and get up on these cats. Let the googling begin now.
So today I was googling Rasta traditions, it was random. In my internet efforts I discovered the Church of St John Coltrane. This was the most amazing thing I have ever discovered on the internet. Music for me has always been about emotions, healing and love. What better way to fuse the too than in a worship house. The video and other picture is of my very dear friend Jaleel Shaw. A smart jazz player who plays the sax in the most incredible way.
To perceive again and this time it must be said, for all who read to know that no matter what, it is all with God. He is gracious and merciful. His way is in love, through which we all are. Wherever and whoever you are, always strive to follow and walk in the right path and ask for aid and assistance...herein lies the ultimate and eternal happiness which is our through His grace. "
John William Coltrane
http://www.coltranechurch.org/
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NOT TO MANY WORDS TODAY, JUST SHARING MY FAVORITE THINGS, THIS VIDEO PEAKS MY VISUAL AND AUDIO SENSES.
