“Live at the Lighthouse” was to be the start of a new chapter for Lee Morgan in 1970. As someone who hasn’t slowed down much since he first picked up the trumpet in his early teens and is become a star of the jazz scene of the 1960s. , theRead More →
Venue owners and promoters have been scrambling to get the live entertainment stream going again at the end of the summer. Whether it’s the delta variant, government restrictions or national reluctance to be among the people, everyone is moving with caution. I spoke with American jazz musician, singer and trumpeterRead More →
Comment this story Comment “Live at the Lighthouse” was to be the start of a new chapter for Lee Morgan in 1970. As someone who hasn’t slowed down much since he first picked up the trumpet in his early teens and is become a star of the jazz scene ofRead More →
There were plenty of trumpeters in the 1960s, but the Big Four were Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan. Davis was most outwardly obsessed with innovation and constant forward movement: his 1965-68 quintet blew hard bop to smithereens, and while people were still absorbing that group’s ideas,Read More →
Nineteen months after the Lighthouse shows captured on the new box set, Lee Morgan has been shot. He was 33 years old.Joel Franklin “So we’ll just go on and do our usual thing,” trumpeter Lee Morgan announces before the first of four Friday night sets at the Lighthouse, a renownedRead More →
This could be the gift of the year for hard bop fans. Long considered one of the finest live albums in Blue Note’s historic catalog and the iconic trumpeter’s only live recording Lee Morgan as a frontman, his date at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California, July 10–12, 1970, wasRead More →
A teenager who dismembered and buried the body of a vulnerable jazz musician before stabbing a second man to death days later has been named for the first time. William Algar, 53, was found decapitated in his flat in Nowell Road, Barnes, on January 3, 2020, before his limbs wereRead More →
Pascal Bokar Thiam.Afro Blue Grazz Band by Pascal Bokar / Courtesy Image Pascal Bokar Thiam thinks that there are many things listeners don’t know about the music they hear. “A lot of people don’t realize how complex, deep, and socially and culturally interesting American music is,” he said in aRead More →
Lee Morgan, the incandescent trumpeter, led one of the greatest groups of the early 1970s – a short-lived but multi-faceted quintet, expansive in attitude and approach. With multi-reedist Bennie Maupin, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Jymie Merritt and drummer Mickey Roker, this ensemble spent a productive weekend in Hermosa Beach, CaliforniaRead More →
Molly Ringwald’s father, jazz musician Bob Ringwald, died on August 3. He was 80 years old. Molly, 53, announced the news on Instagram on Saturday by sharing a handful of photos of her late father over the years. “It is with heavy hearts that my family says goodbye to myRead More →
instagram In a touching note accompanying throwback photos of the father-daughter duo, the former ‘The Breakfast Club’ star considers herself “very lucky” to have Bob Ringwald in her life. AceShowbiz – Molly Ringwald still mourns the loss of his father Bob Ringwald. Almost a week after the death of hisRead More →
Robert “Bob” Ringwald, jazz musician and father of actress Molly Ringwald, died August 2 at the age of 80. Ringwald shared the news via Instagram on Saturday along with a selection of photos. No cause of death has been revealed. “It is with heavy hearts that my family says goodbyeRead More →
The inauguration Black Documentary Film Festival was scheduled for April 10 and 11, 2020 at the Central Library. A grand opening ceremony and a fashion show were planned to celebrate the feature film “Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution”, and 20 films celebrating black life and culture were on the program.Read More →
‘Bitchin’: The Sound & Fury of Rick James Documentary Film Trailer by Alex Billington August 4, 2021Source: Youtube “This man was a genius.” You certainly know his name! But do you know the story of his life? The true story? Showtime has unveiled a first official trailer for a documentaryRead More →
Become Led Zeppelin, a documentary that delves into the rise of the vintage rock band, has come to an end. It is the only documentary of its kind in which the group itself has taken part. The documentary, which was first announced in 2019, includes new interviews with Jimmy Page,Read More →