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My Jazz column in Platinum Urban Magazine about DFW's Breggett Rideau
| Posted on February 5, 2014 at 8:37 PM |
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I am so pleased to post the article I wrote recently about one of Dallas' finest Singer/Bandleaders Breggett Rideau, in DFW's Platinum Urban Magazine. It is posted here on my Website. Please visit Breggett's Website and also check out Platinum Urban Magazine. Check back here for more articles on DFW's incredible Jazz talent. |
A night to remember
| Posted on January 20, 2014 at 12:29 PM |
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Saturday night, January 18th, I had a gig at the new Kitchen Cafe, run
by Tony Hakim, here in Dallas. He is loved by the musician community. A gentle guy
with a good heart, a voice like James Taylor, and now a restaurateur. The Kitchen is fast becoming a musicians' hang where the most established names in Dallas Jazz (which is a vibrant and very dynamic scene) come to play and hang out.The
Kitchen is what I call a "listening room" where people come to eat and
drink with friends, but with the primary interest of listening to the
music and watching the show. It's actually a bit like dinner theater. It
was the first time that I really got to do what I've want to do for a
long time: tell stories about the music, and how the songs relate to my
life. Who wrote the songs and when, and what they are related to, a
Broadway show, an old movie (like Charade with Audrey Hepburn). The
house was full. I had promoted through most of my venues, email
marketing, facebook, etc. Finally in Dallas, a listening room. Well,
it was a night to remember. A night as I had hoped. I started telling
my stories, Drinking Again, the Bette Midler version, from a mix tape
that Frank Schippani had made my dad a mixtape for his birthday one year
that had that song in it. I talked about how its lyrics were by Johnny
Mercer. "I Thought About You," a song I've always wanted to do. Also a Johnny Mercer Tune sung by Billie Holiday style. I did Greatest Love of All, which to my surprised received perhaps the greatest of the night. Carol King's Smackwater Jack, |
My new Jazz Column in Platinum Urban Magazine
| Posted on September 29, 2013 at 12:29 AM |
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I am excited to announce that I just submitted the first of the Jazz columns I am writing for Platinum Urban Magazine. This first one is on my friend, chanteuse, songwriter and good person Breggett Rideau. I will announce when it is published, but as a writer, I am grateful to be able to expand my outlet to this opportunity. Love to you all!
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