Peace, Love, and Harsh Reality: Chet Baker: One Cool Jazzy Okie

I think it would be nice to have been cold in the fifties. First look at a photo of Elvis. See what I mean? To look so good when the modern popular culture was simply pressing the cruise ---- intoxicating only imagine!...

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Late Night Music Club with Herbie Hancock | Late Nite Music Club

Recorded live at Town Hall, New York City February 22, 1985

This was switch back to jazz with a touch funky. By the time of this performance took place in 1985, 'Cantaloupe Island' was a standard jazz for over 20 years, after being freed in 1964 the 4 albums of Hancock, 'Empyrean Isles.' But it still sounded modern in 1985, as almost 25 years later....

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Welcome to the new RVAJazz!

RVANews is the new home of RVAJazz. We have been very excited about this transition, and today marks the launch of the new site! I’m proud to be a part of the RVANews team and think this collaboration is a great fit.

Regular readers of this blog have a special connection (affinity, obsession) with local Richmond music. It’s been RVAJazz’s goal since its creation in December 2007 to keep followers of the scene abreast on what’s going on. Now, with this launch, we suddenly have a much greater responsibility: to not only update those connected to the scene but also those who may have heard there’s something cool about jazz in Richmond and who have no idea where to begin, or even those Richmonders who randomly happened upon a post here. This is a great opportunity for each and every artist whose name appears here.

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