CC is headed to Italy w/TRANSpHaT March 08!!! |
Yes, my trio TRANSpHaT is going to be touring Italy this March beginning the 26th through April 6th. Stay tuned for the dates which I will be posting very shortly. Also, FunkThis' 2nd CD "Diggin'" i...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:47:00 GMT |
Gigging with Rory Partin |
I'm doing a "corporate" gig in Beverly Hills this Saturday (January 26, 2008) with a fantastic singer from Nashville named Rory Partin. If you have never heard him sing, please visit his MySpace page...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:09:00 GMT |
we're bringin' sexy back - indies rock!!! |
I just received an email from an artist friend who is a wonderful jazz singer out of the Bay Area of Northern California named Victor Fields. I spent a fortnight working in the company of John "JR" R...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMT |
inspiration |
Who inspires you? Who do you think of that takes your breath away?I just thought I would write a blog about a few talented individuals in music I find particularly inspiring.Ray CharlesJoni MitchellD...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:08:00 GMT |
Radio, where for art thou? |
Please take a minute and watch this:
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:09:00 GMT |
zawinul |
It is 5:37AM on September 12, 2007. For some reason I'm up. I decide to check phone messages, and there is one from my band-mate Mark London Sims about the passing of jazz musician Joe Zawinul.How c...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:58:00 GMT |
Max Roach and Jon Lucien |
I just wanted to acknowledge the passing of two great forces in the American Jazz story: Max Roach and Jon Lucien at age 83 and 65, respectively.While attending college at Howard University, no singl...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:20:00 GMT |
On Tour in Denmark w/TRANSpHaT |
Hello friend,Just thought I'd post a blog with my most recent haps:I just returned from Denmark with my new band TRANSpHaT!!! This new trio features my friend and partner in crime and sundry other ne...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:32:00 GMT |
This is an addendum to "The N-Word" blog |
Of course, by now you have become bored to tears with national news coverage of the Don Imus firing for calling the Rutgers Womens Basketball team a bunch of 'nappyheaded hos.' There has been much di...
Posted by on Sat, 05 May 2007 03:57:00 GMT |
The N-word |
I just finished reading an article about a conference that happened in Las Vegas recently to address the ubiquitous presence of the word "nigger" in the American vocabulary book. Only a year ago, we ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 May 2007 01:55:00 GMT |
