jazzinfivefour

To many comments to comment on...ahhhh

StoneMtn you sound just as offended as I do so,..we'll both relax - peace

Esau - I have spoke my mind on such topics before, they too went with out interest

I have reached out many times with no success. This is why I find humour in this thread getting so much attention.

If person "a" posts 10 threads about music and nobody responds,..then proceeds to post a dramatic statment and everyone responds,...does that not equate to more interest in drama than music?

I know everyone here likes music. But lets face it,..message boards are message boards, their nature is of dramatic character. It's not bad, it's normal.

I like yourselves, love them.

Please take no offense to my comment, I will speak freely.

I give up on trying to promote my livelyhood to folks who couldn't care less. I've been here for a couple of years,..made endless posts for great music coming to a place near you. But with 0% support. Not even a thumbs up(except for a few friends who I know here) Now, I don't expect everyone to show interest, this just doesn't happen. But one would assume that a room full of people who claim to enjoy the likes of jazz, reggae, funk and all that other tasty stuff, would show at least a slight bit of interest. It's all good!

This thread alone proves without doubt that this message board is more concerned with drama than music. This has been my most successful thread yet. too funny

so it's simple,...I give up

It's simple,......I give up.

Here are some dates you may be interested in checking out!

SEPT 2-5

WATERFORD, ON

COME TOGETHER MUSIC FESTIVAL (Audible Life Forms)

SEPT 24

BRANTFORD, ON - MARKET ST.

TURVEY/LAFOUCADE/BASTIAN/WILLIAMS

OCT 1

KITCHENER, ON - THE LANCASTER

TURVEY JAZZ COMBO

OCT 22

TORONTO, ON

CHICAGOS DINER - QUEEN STREET

TURVEY QUARTET - Featuring a set with Lauren Roy

OCT 29

BRANTFORD, ON - MARKET ST

DEXTER LAFOUCADE / TURVEY - JAZZ REGGAE FUNK

NOV 19

GUELPH, ON

MANHATTANS JAZZ CLUB

TURVEY QUARTET

peace

Given the cloudy situation surrounding this historic club, you'll kick yourself if you don't go to CBGB.

This was the first place I knew I would hit.

This is great everyone. Keep the tips comming!

I'm off to NYC. Anyone been there? Have suggestions? Places to go, night life and other things too?

Is there an "ear to the ground" message board for NYC. A live music guide like Now Mag?

Tell me!

Saturday August 27th

Two Doors Down - Market St. Brantford

No Cover

Cheap brews

Cute folks

Tonight we shall journey unto the pleasant realms of jazz, reggae, hip hop and R&B. Guest rappers, reggae singers and jazz singers too.

Dexter Lafoucade - Bass

Tim Turvey - Drums

Kevin Williams - Trumpet & Flugel Horn

Nick Bastian - Guitar

A piano player we havent met yet

Myriad vocalists.

This will be fantastic amounts of fun

peace

tim

We will be playing a fundraising concert in Paris this evening at Lions Park.

There are a variety of performers. Joel Banks, Nick Bastian and myself in a jazz trio. Mark Wilson will also be doing a set. So if anyone is interested,....

come on out.

Oh,... the joy in commenting on your own thread in hopes of inspiring just a little fervor.

This show is tonight!

Mary-Ann Gorsci will also join us on piano.

Like jazz?,... come here.

thanks

turvey

Just added to the bill moments ago. Local brass wizard;

Kevin Williams - Trumpet & Flugel Horn

This guy plays it all!

A fantastic addition!

Hope to see you there!

Friday Aug 5th

Two Doors Down

Market Street - Brantford

This show will consist of:

Tim Turvey - Drums

Nick Bastian - Strings

Joel Banks - Bass

and other jazzesque cohorts who will excite the ears with improvisation.

Looking for a swell time,...come to this one

No Cover, Cheap Beer, Great Folk, Music

turvey

This is me bumping this thread.

Music in the form of a supernova sun,... that's what you'll get.

Over the past few years I have had the oppertunity to play with some of the finest, most progressive area musicians around. I always post these shows here, but with no degree of success is there an interest. This is quite unfortunate. It's not even that I'm dying for the support, these shows are most always jammed to capasity. I just figured, that those show going, quality music lovers who talk the talk around here would really enjoy one of these outings. It's not at my loss,,,, I get to play with these guys and girls, but you guys and girls unfortunately get to miss out every single time.

So still with the endless lack of support I receive around here, I would love to see you guys out to any one of these events.

thanks

turvey

We've dug up an awsome local organ player and a surprise Toronto freestyle hip-hopper for this one. There will be other guests as well. The night will consist of various musical stylings. Jazz, Reggae, Funk, Experimental Improv & Hip Hop.

It will be a little different from the shows that I've put on in the past. This is Dexters project.

We will play only from the heart.

Free to get in, if you can fit.

Saturday July 30th

Two Doors Down

Browntown

Music begins @ 10:00pm

This is going to be worth video tape.

Hope to see you

turvey

kaidy mae:

I think it's because if people go that haven't been before or aren't into 'the scene' that too many people will have to get turned away, or if too many people find out that the local kids will show up and cause too much hassle for rick.

I find this comment hard to swallow. It seems to imply, that we should put up walls around a "scene" so others aren't able to discover something new. In turn, have the "scene" not expand. Very pretentious. This would be a scene with quite undesirable constituents. Who would join such a thing?

None of those things I metioned "matter", but the question asked was, why is she famous? Those are some of the contributing factors as to "why she is famous" she has had oppertunities that we haven't, achieved by her own hard work. Her fathers skills and roots on the piano, lends to her own knack, that's why he is relevant to her success and in the debate. I personally don't like her either.

Before jazz was broken down into so many labels; free, modal, acid etc. there was just jazz. Bop was simply standards played at a faster pace. Quarter notes to eighth note via Charlie Parker, Coltrane then turned eighths into sixteenths etc. Most bop songs have lyrics because they are simply standards played fast. Hard bop or fast jazz, still with lyrics. Modal is also a birth of standards, rather than playing the key, only play one part or mode of the key then modulate your findings. Those modes all derive from lyrical traditions in modulation. Free jazz, via Ornetet Coleman, just scrambles it all up into one big stew of insanity, and alot of free jazz players now adays use vocalist as instruments, not singing phrases or melodies but using the endless sounds a voice can offer as an unusual tool of sound. Or singing a wonderful melody atop complete insanity, it's quite the mix either way.

I too prefer jazz without vocals. But, when I play a ballad and there is a beautiful smokey voiced sweetheart singing her heart out, I and most of the audience will melt. It changes the setting, placing the band in the back seat, grabbing the audience and lifting them up, then the band kicks back in, there is a genuine beauty to it sometimes.

I dont know, something to do with:

Learning piano at age 4.

Playing in jazz clubs at the age of 15

Father who was a stride piano player

Granted Berkeley Scholarship as a teenager

Picked up by Just in Time Records & Verve Records

Spending 52 weeks @ #1 on Billboard Jazz Charts

Winning Grammys

And winning over young audiences @ Lilith Fair

I'm sure there's much more to "why she's famous" but you'll have to research it yourself.

Ps: Regarding volcals over jazz, most jazz songs have vocals written for them, but due to a lack pa systems (back in the day) and available vocalists, the players just played the heads of the turnes to excentuate the melody lines, giving us the jazz we think we know today.

Yes tonight shall be a sweet one!

The show will feature a variety of players

Kevin Williams - trumpet & flugel

Mary Ann Gorsci - Piano

Joel "booty" Banks - Bass

Carl Langton - Sax

Micky Langton - Drums

Special Guests:

Tim Turvey - Drums

Dexter LaFoucade - Bass

Nick Bastian - Guitar

Al Newhouse - Baritone

Zoe Langton - Voice

Beleive it or not..... Paul Tobey - Piano

I appologise if I've forgotten anyone or spelled names incorrectly

I'm exited to play with these folks!

Tonight folks!

If this is a community, I'm being ostracized.

Perhaps a diagram on how to fit in would help me out!

Like live music? I play live music.

Enjoy a departure from the usual? I can provide, every show is different.

Enjoy being friendly & expanding one acquaintances?

I'll be friends!

I like Mark Tonin, you guys all like Mark Tonin right? See we have common ground!

Please insert suggestions on fitting in here

thank you

tim

Once again, overwhelming interest in this post has led me to a state of confusion. Being that so many members of cavern are intrigued, I must advise that not all of you show up due to the capasity of the club, you just wont fit. There will be room for the adamant!

perhaps I will see you there

good time guaranteed!

SATURDAY MAY 14th

TWO DOORS DOWN

BRANTFORD ON

Join us for an evening of splendid tunes. Jazz, Reggae, Funk, Experimental. This will be a good one, don't miss it. I have mustered up some of the areas finest for this.

Tim Turvey - Drums

Geoff Hilhorst - Piano

Kevin Williams - Trempet & Flugel Horn

Dexter LaFoucade - Bass

Joel Banks - Bass

Nick Bastian - Guitar

Jonny Kerr - Percussion

There will be others who will sit in for a few tunes as well.

Thanks Mark

Thanks Peaches

I will miss your presences!

Due to the overwhelming support this thread has achieved, I just couldn't stop myself from commenting.

But really, what do you get when you cross: 1 doctor, 1 scientist, 1 teacher, 1 piano tuner and 1 strange lad?

You get this show!

I shall visualize you all there and with the right amount of creative manifestation,... so it will be!