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About Me

.. When I was in grade school, everybody I knew who was musically conscious wanted to be the next Beatle. I wanted to be the next Louis Armstrong. As it turned out, I had neither the talent nor the pigmentation of my hero. But at least I knew what I liked. Years of trumpet lessons and bands later, I pretty much drifted away from playing music and became preoccupied with adult concerns like a wife, kids, jobs, houses, cars and loans. But that changed a few years ago when a friend who runs a local grassroots jazz group coaxed me to pick up the horn again. These days besides being a music journalist I also play in three jazz bands which span Kid Ory to Sinatra. I'm sure I'll never reach their stature, but you'd have to pry a horn or a mike out of my hands these days. Music, once again, is that big a part of my life.VISIT MY DAILY Jazz E-zine/blog/calendar at http://sunchronicle.ning.com/profile/RickFoster or my other jazz-related blog www.grassrootsjazz.blogspot.com

My Interests

Dixieland, swing, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Fats Waller, George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, George Cohan--all the great 20th Century songwriters.

I'd like to meet:

Bix, Louis, Frank, Ella...maybe in the next life!The Dixie Diehards Play 'Royal Garden Blues' in June 2007 at Ma Glockner's Restaurant in Bellingham, Ma. For booking: [email protected]

Music:

Jazz, country, bluegrass, Celtic, in more or less that order.

Movies:

Anything Bogart or Cagney

Television:

What's that? I listen to radio. Does it have pictures?

Books:

Nonfiction. Mostly popular culture.

Heroes:

Anyone who has the power of conviction, is determined to use it as a power for good, and possesses the courage to act on it in spite of public cynicism, personal criticism or general disapproval. That's a rare quality in this day and age.

My Blog

JAZZ NEWS FOR JULY

stand by for jazz!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />.... Your guide to jazz in SEMass/RI for July, 2008.... .. .. It's 80 degrees, there's no one i...
Posted by rick on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:24:00 PST

Your Jazz Guide for June

View our video of the month! WASHINGTON BLUES www.youtube.com/watch?v=waStkvpLHEI stand by for jazz! Jazz in SEMass and RI for June, 2008 It's almost time t...
Posted by rick on Sun, 25 May 2008 07:00:00 PST

YOUR JAZZ NEWSLETTER/CALENDAR FOR MAY

stand by for jazz Your Jazz Newsletter for Southeastern Mass and R.I. They say June is Bustin Out All Over. But not before we take care of some unfinished jazz business in May! The coming month will b...
Posted by rick on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:37:00 PST

DONATE GUITARS FOR NEEDY KIDS/SERVICEMEN ABROAD

Give A Gift of Music: No Strings Attached for Needy Kids, Troops OK, so you're never really going to learn to play that guitar you bought on a whim. Or you've outgrown the student starter model...
Posted by rick on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:43:00 PST

Duke Robillard Jazz Extravaganza April 19

BLACKSTONE RIVER THEATRE PRESENTS DUKE ROBILLARD's SWING GUITAR EXTRAVAGANZA WITH SPECIAL GUEST CHRIS FLORY Blackstone River Theatre will present Duke Robillard's Swing Guitar Extravagan...
Posted by rick on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:10:00 PST

SHOW THIS WEEKEND

Andy Solberg Sunday April 13 at Steve's Backstage TAUNTON, Ma. Andy Solberg, an accomplished jazz guitarist and singer as well as a versatile master of many music genres, returns to Sunday Night Jaz...
Posted by rick on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:25:00 PST

The Latest In Jazz in SE Massachusetts!

STAND BY FOR JAZZ SEMass jazz newsletter for April, 2008! From Tin Pan Alley to the Rat Pack, there’s plenty to croon about at SEMass and Rhode Island jazz venues during the month of April....
Posted by rick on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:36:00 PST