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Family hopes escapee turns himself in
Stockton Record – Apr 28, 2007
“He would be sucked into situations” said Wells who now lives in Atlantic Beach N. Various family members described Hu as intelligent artistically gifted and a fan of rhythm and blues music. 65 also remembered enjoyable times spent with his younger son mostly around sports activities. “He was a great linebacker. He’s always running off in the wrong direction” he said.
Music Review | Legends of Blue Note
New York Times – Apr 28, 2007
But the label’s core identity rests on a remarkable body of recordings made in the 1950s and ’60s. It’s only natural that “Legends of Blue Note” a concert presented by… f course Blue Note encompassed more music than this during the ’60s alone; to be considered remotely comprehensive the concert would have had to flirt with boogaloo (a great idea for this band) and free jazz (a not-so-great idea). But there was no claim to comprehensiveness nor was there a need for it. Even as the band marched offstage to a street-parade version of Horace Silver’s “Cape Verdean Blues” there was a sense that the musicians could have kept tilling similar ground with strong results. Marsalis who by the way declined to mention his own status as a Blue Note artist might even consider a sequel to the concert. There’s no shortage of material to draw from or talent with which to transform it. “Legends of Blue Note” will be repeated tonight in the Rose Theater Frederick P.
New rleans-based musical opens at GMC
Rutland Herald – Apr 28, 2007
Rather than being chained to a rock as in the Greek myth in this version Prometheus is a blues singer named “Blind Hemmin’ Jefferson” and he is brought onstage by members of the Ku Klux Klan who chain him to an old abandoned gas pump in front of a dilapidated gas station. In his predicament he is visited by two New rleans voodoo practitioners Queen Muddy Water and a young priestess named Mambo Io. Several of the blues songs in the show are traditional but GMC music instructor and jazz guitarist Don Goodman has written original material as well. The music includes such well-known songs as “Amazing Grace” “Empty Bed Blues” “Wade in the Water” “Nearer My God to Thee” and “When the Saints Come Marchin’ In. ” Members of the college’s choir will form a gospel group to fulfill the role of the Greek chorus. Nassivera was founding director of the Dorset Theatre Festival a position he held for 30 years. His plays have been seen in New York Miami Phoenix Los Angeles and at the Dorset Theatre.
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