“I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.” Billie Holiday “Lady Day,” American jazz singer and songwriter had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Holiday co-wrote notable jazz standards God Bless the Child, Don’t Explain, Fine and Mellow, and Lady Sings the Blues.
*Jazz in Barbados is prepared by Susan E. Bain
Friday September 6
*Try a Little Jazz @ Birdies with The Ricky Brathwaite Quartet resumes Friday September 13 with Ebe Gilkes birthday party. Watch here for details.
*JAZZ3 @ The Waterfront Café resumes in October. Check here for details.
Saturday September 7
*Jazz on the Waterfront @ The Waterfront Café resumes in October. Check here for details
Sunday September 8
Jazz buffet @ Naniki, Suriname, St. Joseph. Lunch served from noon.
Dinner & Jazz with The Benny Alleyne Trio @ Chez Max, Worthing, Christ Church featuring Benny Alleyne on piano, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Richard Welch on drums with special guest, guitarist Jerome Jones. Dinner starts @ 6pm; Jazz starts @ 7pm; parking across the street. Dinner reservations recommended
Sunset jazz with Nj30 Acoustic & friends @ Ocean2 Hotel & Resort, Dover, St. Lawrence Gap featuring Marius Charlemagne on upright bass, Joseph Callendar on saxophone, Malcolm Griffith on drums. Starts at 6:30pm.
*Piano jazz with Ebe Gilkes @ The Sandpiper Hotel resumes in October. Check here for details.
*Jazz Duo with guitarist Stefan van den Bossche vocalist Gwen Taylor @ The Round House. Check here for details.
*The Crustaceans swing band @ Lobster Alive resumes in October. Check here for details.
Tuesday September 10
All Caribbean Jazz radio program join the conversation with host Wayne Harewood starting at 8pm. Click on the link or call in @ (626)414-3450. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wayneg/2013/09/11/the-all-caribbean-jazz-show
*Roger Gittens Quartet @ Lobster Alive resumes in October. Check here for details.
Wednesday September 11
The Project @ Club Marina, Caven’s Lane, Bridgetown featuring band leader Mylon Clarke on alto sax, Shane Jones on keyboard, Jared Greaves on electric bass, Dwayne Marshall on drums. Starts at 8pm.
Thursday September 12
JazzMaTazz with Nj30 Acoustic @ the Old Jamm Inn, St. Lawrence Gap featuring Marius Charlemagne on upright bass, Joseph Callendar on saxophone, Melvin Alick on drums, Mark Forde on steel pan. Starts at 8pm
Mike Sealy Quartet @ Ocean15, Dover, St. Lawrence Gap featuring Mike Sealy on guitar and vocals, Cecil Bascombe on electric bass, Boo Rudder on drums, and LOD on percussion. Starts at 8pm
*The Waterfront Quartet @ The Waterfront Café resumes in October. Check here for details
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Friday September 13
BJS & The Ricky Brathwaite Quartet celebrate Ebe Gilkes birthday with a party and jazz jam @ Birdies Restaurant in Rockley Resort 8pm – 11pm. Join us for this annual event honoring Barbados’ piano jazz icon. $10.00 cover.
Saturday September 14
Calabaza presents ‘Jazz Karibe’ @ Ocean 15 Hotel, Dover, St. Lawrence Gap starting at 8pm. Calabaza features Errol Bradshaw on drums, Roger Gittens on piano, Richard Evans on bass, Andre Forde on pan, Mario Porchetta on percussion. $25.00 cover.
Friday September 27
Two Drummers The M ‘n M Project presents an elegant evening of contemporary jazz and bossa nova @ Divi Southwinds Hotel starting at 8pm featuring Malcolm Griffith & Mario Porchetta and their band with special guest Brazilian-style guitarist David Collins.
Tickets $40.00 (BCC students half price) available at A & B Music @ Sheraton Centre, Ticket Town @ One Accord Plaza in Warrens, and Ticket Centre @ SuperCentre Complex in Warrens. Or call Malcolm @ 243-5884 or Mario @ 233-3508
Sunday September 29
Wine, Cheese & Jazz featuring The Original Unit @ Accra Beach Hotel 6:30 – 9pm presented by the Sunshine Optimist Club of Barbados. Admission $30.00
October 5 & 6
City Nights: The Concert featuring Arturo Tappin @ Frank Collymore Hall with Barbados first ladies of jazz CiCi & Marisa Lindsay. Tickets $80.00. Check our Facebook for ticket details
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