Friday, September 08, 2006

dewey redman memorial at jazz by the boulevard

really fuckin' busy, but not too much so to post stuff tammy gomez sends via myspace:

Because you are a musician and music/writer person, i assume you know that Dewey Redman just passed away.

You probably also know that he was slated to be one of the headlining musicians for the upcoming Jazz Festival on Camp Bowie confab.

What's being planned now, in light of this major change/loss, is for a SAX PLAYER tribute to Dewey, which Gracey Tune was busy coordinating yesterday. It's gonna happen on Saturday, September 16th at 2:30pm. Various horn players (some local wunderkinds as well as notables/populars like Michael P.) are being asked to do solos on sax, one right after the other.

This musical tribute will then be followed by a JAZZ FUNERAL PROCESSION (i guess like a NOLA second line thing).

Also--on each day of the Fest, at some appointed time, there will be a "moment" of silence to honor Redman----a hush over the festgrounds will be heard.

+++ also Gracey mentioned that Redman had been planning to come back and do some event in October with "Ornette." do YOU know anything about this?


[i don't but i'm trying to find out something from the jazz by the boulevard folks]

here's some clips from the FWST article on Redman:

"He was planning to play a charity benefit in Fort Worth, said his brother-in-law, music producer Velibor Pedevski.

On his hospital bed, Redman told Pedevski that he was coming home to help raise money for a new jazz history archive at the Fort Worth Public Library: I must make those concerts.

In 1994, Redman told Star-Telegram writer Christopher Evans about growing up on Leuda Street at the corner of Tennessee Street, across from a small jazz club where he could hear the music of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller or Louis Jordan."

HEY---i think my friend Greg lives in that house on the corner of Leuda and Tennessee...!

over and out,
T

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