Larry Reni Thomas

Larry Reni Thomas Top Jazz 2013

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
December 12, 2013

People Music—Christian Mcbride And Inside Straight (Mack Avenue Records) Miles Davis Mono—Miles Davis (Columbia) Brand New Day—Brian Horton (Doc8Music) Tootie’s Tempo—Al “Tootie” Heath (Sunnyside) From Behind Enemy Lines—Larry Price/Dr. Leonard King (Price Port) La Rumba Is A Lovesome Thing—Paul Carlon (Zoho) Liquid Spirit—Gregory Porter (Blue Note) For The Love Of Abbey—Marc Cary (Motema) Woman Child—Cecile Mclorin Salvant (Mack Avenue) Sometimes Forgotten Sometimes Remembered—Mansur Scott (Blujazz) Salsa De La Bahia (Vol. 1)—Various Artists (Patois) The Bespoke Man's Narrative—Aaron Deihl (Mack Avenue) ...
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Preview: The Triangle North Carolina 2013-14 Jazz Season By Larry Reni Thomas

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
July 21, 2013

The busy, expanding, thoroughly-satisfying jazz scene in what is called the “Triangle” area of the Piedmont section of North Carolina just keeps getting better and better. Who needs the New York or the D.C. jazz scene when everybody seems to be coming this way? The area can boast of several venues that present jazz like, Irregardless Café, Brasa’s, Sullivan’s and Bia in Raleigh; The Beyu, The Carolina Theatre, Casbah, Motorco Music Hall, Whiskey’s, ATC/Stack, Blue Note Grill, Durham Jazz Workshop ...
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Third Annual John Coltrane Jazz Festival In His Hometown Of High Point, North Carolina By Larry Reni Thomas

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
July 16, 2013

The Friends of John Coltrane, Inc., a High Point, North Carolina-based arts organization, presents, The Third Annual John Coltrane International Jazz And Blues Festival, August 31, 2013, from 1 pm to 10 pm, at Oak Hollow Park, 1841 Eastchester Drive, in High Point, North Carolina. The festival will include music from Al Jarreau, Christian Scott, Mindi Abair, Dave Koz, Gerakl Albright, Richard Elliot, Pat Wilder, Ironing Board Sam and Major Handy. Last year, the second edition, was a huge success ...
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Max Roach Birthday Radio Special With Host Larry Reni Thomas On WCOM-FM 1/13/13

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
January 7, 2013

Listen to WCOM-FM, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, January 13, 2013, from 9pm to 12 midnight, for The Max Roach Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas. The program will feature three hours of Max Roach’s music and the premiere of an audio documentary called “Max Roach: The Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual.” It features commentary and analysis from Jim Ketch, a trumpet player and a jazz studies professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dr. Larry Ridley, ...
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Premiere: Audio Documentary: Thelonious Monk: A Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual On Sunday Night Jazz With Larry Reni Thomas On WCOM-FM, October 7th

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
September 27, 2012

Listen to WCOM-FM, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, October 7, 2012, from 9pm to 12 midnight, for The Thelonious Monk Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas. The program will feature three hours of Thelonious Monk’s music and the premiere of an audio documentary called “Thelonious Monk: The Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual.” It features commentary and analysis from Jim Ketch, a trumpet player and a jazz studies professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Larry Ridley, ...
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Premiere: Audio Documentary: John Coltrane: A Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual On Sunday Night Jazz With Larry Reni Thomas On WCOM-FM

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
August 28, 2012

Listen to WCOM-FM,Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina for the premiere, the first airing of the audio documentary “John Coltrane: A Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual," September 23, 2012, during The John Coltrane Birthday Special, on Sunday Night Jazz with Larry Reni Thomas, from 9pm-12m. The recently completed profile includes music and commentary from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jazz Studies Director, trumpeter Jim Ketch, and bassist and retired Rutgers University Jazz Studies professor, Larry Ridley. “John Coltrane: A ...
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Larry Reni Thomas's Best Jazz Releases of 2010

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
December 20, 2010

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Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas at Durham County (NC) Library's Summer Jazz Jam

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2009

By Larry Reni Thomas

Durham County Library presents SUMMER JAZZ JAM, Sunday, June 28, 2009, 2-6 pm, at the East Regional Library, 211 Lick Creek Lane, Durham, North Carolina. The event, “Express Yourself at The Library," will celebrate summer reading and will include a jazz jam session led by guitarist Scott Sawyer, vocalist Bobby Hinton, drummer Peter Joyner, bassist Freeman Ledbetter, keyboardist Bob Baldwin and reedman Stanley Baird. Young musicians, Tyler Montgomery and Alan Thompson are also scheduled to perform. ...
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Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas at Jazz Speaks at UNCW

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2009

Jazz Speaks at UNCW (The University of North Carolina at Wilmington), a lecture series conducted by distinguished professor and master musician Joe Chambers, continues, with its second installment, February 15, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., at Beckwith Hall, in The Cultural Arts Building, at UNCW. The lecture will deal with jazz as social history and will cover the jazz experience of the 1940s and 1950s up to today s scene. The lecture will also include an added attraction with a scholarly ...
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