Kudos to Boo Rudder and the Musician’s Collective; Jazz for Father’s Day June 16, 2013
“You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.” Stan Getz – American tenor saxophonist Kudos to Boo Rudder and the Musician’s Collective for a terrific show! Jazz for Father’s Day followed Stan Getz’s advice in showcasing the exceptional talent […]
Jazz in Barbados June 7 – 13, 2013
“Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.” Gary Burton – American jazz vibraphonist who developed the four-mallet technique for playing the vibraphone. He is also known for pioneering fusion jazz & popularizing the duet format in jazz. A major jazz educator, Burton taught at Berklee College of […]
Jazz in Barbados May 31 – June 6, 2013
“They’re not particular whether you’re playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.” John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie – American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Gillespie built on the virtuoso style of trumpeter Roy Eldridge, adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in Jazz. With Charlie Parker, he ushered in […]
Jazz in Barbados May 24 -30, 2013
“A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other’s ideas.” Stan Getz – the American tenor saxophonist who came to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman’s big band. Getz is best known for popularizing the bossa nova in the hit single The Girl from Ipanema. Friday May 24 […]
2nd Annual General Meeting of the Barbados Jazz Society held May 25, 2013
The Barbados Jazz Society held its 2nd Annual General Meeting Saturday May 25th, 2013. Download the agenda and President’s Report at BJS Executive. Interested in supporting the work of the Barbados Jazz Society? Become a BJS member and join the jazz conversation. Let’s keep Jazz Alive!
Jazz in Barbados May 17- 23, 2013
“Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can’t understand it. It’s too complicated. That’s what’s so simple about it.” Yogi Berra – a former American Major League Baseball catcher, outfielder, and manager for the New York Yankees Friday May 17 JAZZ3 @ The Waterfront Café starting at 8pm, featuring percussionist Mario Porchetta with Wendell Manson […]
Jazz in Barbados May 10 – 16, 2013
“Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty.” Max Roach – an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer. A pioneer of bebop, Roach is considered to be one of the most important drummers in jazz history. Friday May 10 JAZZ3 @ The Waterfront Café starting […]
Jazz in Barbados May 3 – 9, 2013
“There are wonderful things in jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.“ Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse – a French artist; one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, whose stylistic innovations fundamentally altered the course of modern art. Friday May 3 JAZZ3 @ The Waterfront Café starting at 8pm, featuring […]
April 30th BJS celebrates International Jazz Day at Divi Southwinds Resort in Barbados
Celebrate International Jazz Day at the Divi Southwinds Beach Resort with the Barbados Jazz Society with Steel Pan & Ivory @ the Divi Southwinds Beach Resort in Barbados at starting at 7pm EST. View our webcast on BJS joins UNESCO, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the Republic of Turkey, and jazz enthusiasts world-wide. The […]
Jazz in Barbados April 26 – May 2, 2013
“We all want to live in a Jazz world where we all work together, improvise together, are not afraid of taking chances and expressing ourselves.” Herbie Hancock – legendary American pianist and composer, and leading force behind UNESCO’s International Jazz Day on April 30, 2013. BJS celebrates UNESCO International Jazz Day (IJD) with a week […]
