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From the slightly Wayback Machine, my video of the Heath Brothers
On Halloween, I was lucky enough to catch the Heath Brothers performing as part of the Legends of Jazz series at Onondaga Community College. Great show by 89-year-old saxophonist Jimmy Heath, his...
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A jazz singer who seeks discipline and adventure
You can’t always get what you want, right, Mick? But if you try some time, you just might find … Well, as much as he wanted to get me some phone time with rising star jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin...
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Aretha Franklin, Wynton Marsalis, legends, will be coming to Syracuse in July
The names were announced for this July’s M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest and the top two were huge. Aretha Franklin will be singing on Saturday night, July 18, on the rolling hills of the campus of Onondaga...
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A beautiful if chilly day for daughter’s first clinical at St. Joe’s
My terrific daughter Elisabeth put her request in last week and tweaked it early yesterday, discovering that she’d been tardy by 30 minutes in the original. So I set my iPhone 6 alarm to 6:30 a.m. as a...
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It’s the weekend to welcome Wynton and Aretha
It’s a huge weekend for music where I live. Wynton Marsalis leads the Lincoln Center Orchestra onto the stage of the M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest as the headliner Friday night. If you’ve never had the...
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A Big Band jump start to the M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest
Into every M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest a little rain must fall. So it seems sometimes in the history of this big party to celebrate good music and hopefully fine times in Central New York. On the first...
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Aretha Franklin still qualifies as the Queen of Soul
The Queen of Soul still holds courts on a stage. Aretha Franklin took the 10,000 and more folks who pressed onto the campus of Onondaga Community College for her finale set of the M&T Syracuse Jazz...
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Lake Street Dive unveils its Princess
The catch a rising star moment wrapped the M&T Syracuse Jazz Fet in its happy arms early Saturday night. Lake Street Dive, good to know you now. I only hope those plaques proclaiming it your day...
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I didn’t quite believe what I was hearing
For most of the minutes he appeared in front of the crowd of the big and important festival he put together so well for the community of Syracuse this past weekend, founder and executive director Frank...
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Bubbling over at the New York State Fair
It’s State Fair time in Syracuse, and the topic came up last week when I spent Sunday morning playing golf and eating breakfast with my daughter Elisabeth and Georges Three and Two. I told her my dear...
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A shining moment for our student
We gathered at Kelley’s 15 strong Wednesday night to break bread for Elisabeth, to show this amazing young woman how proud we all are of what she’s accomplished these past two years. The food was good....
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OCC gets graduation ceremony right
Hail to the graduates of Onondaga Community College. Our graduate Elisabeth, in particular. But to all of them, really. The bustling college that serves the county that houses the city of Syracuse did...
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Celebrating at Jimmy’s joint
It didn’t take my smart daughter Elisabeth long to pick the place for her post-graduation lunch celebration. Jimmy Buffett’s Margarittaville was the restaurant to follow the Saturday morning ceremony...
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Talking YouTube, Syracuse University football, the Heath Brothers and Neil...
YouTube and its little view-counter fascinates me. I can’t help it. Friday night I enjoyed experiencing the Counting Crows and Rob Thomas with my dear wife Karen and our friends Michelle and Kristin at...
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