Jazz After Dark December 10th, 2013
Tue, 12/10/2013 - 7:48pm | Don ShorFeaturing Chico Hamilton, and Jim Hall
Featuring Chico Hamilton, and Jim Hall
What does an artist do when talent begs to be unleashed? The answer to that question will be explored as Listening Lyrics talks with Justin Carson.
Justin Carson, also known as XPiRiMiNT, is a Davis local. Music has been a big part of his life as far back as he can remember. At the age of 15, he decided to pick up on the guitar after playing Rockband. The game was fun, but a real guitar might be “more rewarding” so he has stuck with the guitar ever since. A few months later, he was introduced to the computer side of music production. The struggle to get a band together turned him to the computer and other instruments he decided to learn to play himself.
An hour of Oscar Peterson!
Spangler hit the scene in 2011 first as a duo with multi instrumentalist singer songwriters Tim and Helen Spangler. The band started to produce indie pop rock songs with a range of sensibilities from folk funk to quirky alt. Their catchy tunes worked well for the Sacramento bar scene as well as smaller house gatherings and tasting rooms. The band really hit its stride with the addition of Chris Reilly Reilly on percussion/drums/vocals and Adam Estell on bass and vocals. Spangler is currently cranking out gritty indie rock with their new single "Lock Me Up" to pair with their folk ballads.
Visit Spangler at http://www.reverbnation.com/spanglerband to learn more or hear some of their music
It's seasonal jazz: Vince Guaraldi's holiday favorites. Nat King Cole and Doris Day do autumn, Mulligan & Desmond, Montgomery, Norah Jones, and Akiyoshi do winter. Ella & Joe Pass, and Earl Hines, do rain, and Lena Horne does Stormy Weather.
"Enjoy the holiday- read a book, write a postcard, send a letter,
go for a walk, take a photo, listen to a record, go see live music, ride
a bike, paint a picture, hang some lights, and by all means avoid
shopping if you can"
and ........ listen to the 30 plus original programs on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis. One of the nations finist community radio stations right here in Davis.
A live show recorded by KDRT's own Jim Buchanan "Live Tracks". Jim airs a recording from Me & Him's recent performance at Davis Odd Fellows Hall during November 7th's Thursday Live! featuring Kurt Roggli and Martin Lewis and their amazing guitars! Click this and tune in.
Photo courtesy Phil and Leesa Danner.
Jazz across six decades tonight: Sax by Illinois Jacquet, John Coltrane, Johnny Hodges. Piano by Sonny Clark, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Young & Oscar Peterson. Guitar by Billy Bauer, Joe Pass, and vocals by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Dianne Reeves.