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Interview with John Ernesto of Berks Jazz Fest
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Jazz on the Tube’s Ken McCarthy interviews John Ernesto of Berks Jazz Fest.
Berks is a world class, community-supported jazz festival that takes place every spring in southeastern Pennsylvania. One commentator has called it the “biggest jazz festival in the world.”
With over 100 performances spread out over ten days it may well be.
For ten days, jazz takes over bucolic Berks county, with Reading, Pennsylvania (about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia) at its center.
Music first
Unlike some commercially oriented jazz festivals that hire big stars from the popular music world to generate maximum revenues, Berks, which is operated by the Berks County Arts Council, keeps the focus on jazz in all the flavors and shapes in takes.
Now in its 28th year, the festival offers student musicians educational and performing opportunities and professionals with unique creative set ups while making a major economic contribution to its community.
The festival is popular among the musicians themselves who like the laid back atmosphere that’s all about the music.
A very short list of this years headliners includes Randy Brecker, Maceo Parker, Deedee Bridgewater, and Gerald Veasley.
“I’ve been to a lot of jazz festivals around the world and none of them compares to Reading (Berks.)” – Michael Tozzi, veteran Philadelphia jazz DJ.
If you’re a jazz festival lover, this is one that should definitely be on your radar Berks Jazz Fest.
– Jazz on the Tube
Blog, Podcasts, Producer-Presenters, Puerto Rico
Interview with Louis Marks
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Jazz on the Tube’s Ken McCarthy interviews Louis Marks of Ropeadope Records, an artist-friendly, jazz-friendly label in “East Philly” that’s blazing new trails in the art and science of connecting musicians with audiences via recorded music.
Louis and Ken discuss one of the label’s recent projects, a self-produced masterpiece by Eddie Palmieri called “Sabiduría” (“Wisdom.”)
They follow that with the story of the label’s participation in the musician-led movement to save and rebuild New Orleans after the 2005 levee failures and flood when so many TV talking heads and politicians were advocating that the city be bulldozed.
Finally, Louis shares his vision of how labels can adapt to the new business and distribution realities of the 21st century while simultaneously strengthening artists and giving fans more choice.
You can check out Eddie Palmieri’s “Wisdom” (“Sabiduría”) here
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
Music credit: The Jazz on the Tube podcast theme song is “Mambo Inferno” performed by The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria from the CD ¡Que Viva Harlem!
Blog, Podcasts, Puerto Rico
Interview with Jorge Andrés Ferreras
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Electricity has been largely restored in San Juan. Schools, hotels, restuarants and many arts and music venues have reopened. (The rest of the island is another story.)
In this call with Jorge Andrés Ferreras, guitarist with the Puerto Rico-based band “Sr. Langosta”, Jazz on the Tube gets an update on conditions in the capital and what you can do to help (cutting to the chase: visit!)
References
Up-to-date cultural calendar
https://www.facebook.com/dimelomio/
Santurce neighborhood
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g147320-d148556-Reviews-Santurce-San_Juan_Puerto_Rico.html
El Boricua
https://www.facebook.com/elboricuarp/
El Local
https://www.facebook.com/ellocal.santurce/
Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico
https://cmpr.edu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatory_of_Music_of_Puerto_Rico
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Interview
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Reference videos from the interview
Michele Rosewoman and members of New Yor-Uba perform “The Egun and the Harvest”
Michele Rosewoman Trio performs ‘Akomado’ For Babaluaye
“Guerreros” Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba at Dizzy’s Lincoln Center 10/13
New Yoruba, October 1984 in Warsaw, Poland a year after the group’s founding
Ed Kelly exploring Monk – “Well You Needn’t
Orlando “Puntilla” Rios – “El Breve Espacio”
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
Music credit: The Jazz on the Tube podcast theme song is “Mambo Inferno” performed by The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria from the CD ¡Que Viva Harlem!
Artist-Educators, Jazz on the Tube Interview, People, Podcasts
Interview
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Rich Pulin of pulin4jazz.org talks about his life in jazz which included seven years with the Tommy Dorsey Band on trombone. Rich has been running a most innovative jazz education program for kids in Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas) that could be a model for the nation.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Blog, Cuba, Latin Jazz, Podcasts, Puerto Rico, The Cuba-US connection, Video and audio
A program from Afro Pop about the long history of Puerto Rico’s musical contributions to the world.
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Essential listening for anyone who wants to fully understand the history of America’s music.
– Ken McCarthy
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