Global Village Playlist for Monday July 21st 2008 w/guest Barbara Morrison-In Memory of "WIG"

GLOBAL VILLAGE PLAYLIST FOR MONDAY 7/21/08 w/guests: Members of "The Pocho Hour of Power" and "Howlin Blues & Dirty Dogs" The Life of Big Mama Thornton starring Barbara Morrison. The show is dedicated to the life & legacy of pianist/composer Gerald Wiggins who passed last Tuesday July 15th 2008

1. QUINTETO TANGO EXTREMO “Mato Negro Tex” JAZZ.DUTCH JAZZ MUSIC             www.bumacultuur.nl
2. BILLY COBHAM/ASERE “De Cuba 7 de Panama” MUSIC MEETING FEST 2008         RADIO NEDERLAND
3. GERALD WIGGINS TRIO “Wiggin Out”    WIGGIN OUT   www.fantasyjazz.com           HI FI RECORDS
4. GERALD WIGGINS TRIO “I Whistle A Happy Tune”        THE KING & I     FRESH SOUND RECORDS
5. BENNY GREEN/GERALD WIGGINS “The Way You Look Tonght” GERRY WIGGINS & FRIENDS Celebrating WIG'S 80th at the Jazz Bakery      MADWIG
6. MEZCLAH “Bestia”   “Toda Podarosa” SPIDER MONKEY myspace.com/mezklah
7. BIG MAMA THORNTON “Bumble Bee”        BIG MAMA THORNTON    ARHOOLIE RECORDS
8. BARBARA MORRISON “A River’s Invitation”    BARBARA MORRISON-VISIT ME           CHARTMAKER
9. BIG MAMA THORNTON“You Ain’t Nothing But A Hound Dog” BIG MAMA THORNTON   ARHOOLIE RECORDS
10. BARBARA MORRISON “Los Angeles Los Angeles -City By The Sea”L.A.L.A CITY/ SEA     DISC MAKERS
11. LOS LONELY BOYS “The Way I Feel”      FORGIVEN                EPIC RECORDS
12. LOS LOBOS “Venganza De Los Pelados”      THE RIDE        HOLLYWOOD RECORDS www.greektheatrela.com
13. BUDDY GUY “Done Got Old”     SWEET TEA    SILVERTONE RECORDS
14. BAKA BEYOND “Call of the Forest”    BAKA BEYOND/BAKE FOREST PEOPLE    www.baka.co.uk

You can of course find many places on the internet to learn more about Gerald Wiggins

a notable online destination is:

...a Gerald Wiggins feature on ARTISTdirect.com which includes free downloads, music videos, lyrics, bio, discography and merchandise information
that's www.artistdirect.com/

there's also allaboutjazz.com from which we've drawn these exerptsfrom a bio written by Devra Hall:

Gerald Wiggins (affectionately known as "Wig") began classical piano lessons at the age of four....but what initially got his undivided attention was an Art Tatum recording played for him by his cousin. Wigins said “When I first heard that record, I thought it was two or three people playing at the same time.” ...Wig got a gig at a club in Greenwich Village that earned him $3 a night,

After finishing his last show at four o'clock in the morning, more often than not, he might stop off at Reuben's, an after-hours hangout favored especially by the pianists. It was there, in the basement of a brownstone in Harlem, that Wig got to know his first idol, Art Tatum. It was not unusual to see Teddy Wilson, Bud Powell, or Willie “the Lion” Smith each taking a turn at the old upright piano.

Wig listened intently, soaking up the lessons he'd never get in the classroom. “Art was the kind of guy that if you asked him to show you how he did something, he would, but nine times out of ten you couldn't do it anyhow!” After hearing Wig play at Reuben's, Tatum was impressed enough to recommend Wig for a job with movie comedian Stepin Fetchit.

The artists he's worked with over his career have included:

Benny Carter, Lena Horne, Zoot Sims, Roy Eldridge, the Count Basie Orchestra,

Milt Jackson, Art Pepper and Cal Tjader,

he was also a rehearsal pianist for Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball

Wig also worked some of the best singers of jazz and popular music, both male and female: Nat King Cole, Lou Rawls, Ernie Andrews, Joe Williams, Joe Turner, Pearl Bailey, Eartha Kitt, Kay Starr, Dinah Washington, Esther Phillips, and Helen Humes, to name a few.

There is a book, “Central Avenue Sounds,” which contains a chapter by Wig, and UCLA has conducted extensive interviews with Wig as part of their Oral History Program focusing on Central Avenue, a section of Los Angeles that was as important to jazz as New York's 52nd Street.

MONDAY JULY 28, 2008 6:30 – 10:30 PM
THE MEMORIAL TRIBUTE FOR GERRY WIGGINS
NATE HOLDEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
4718 W Washington Blvd LA 90016 (323) 964-9768

JULY 11 THRU AUGUST 20
“HOWLIN BLUES & DIRTY DOGS” STARRING BARBARA MORRISON
SECRET ROSE THEATRE
11246 Magnolia Bl NH 91601
(310) 462-1439

Friday July 25 through Sunday July 27:
LARRY CORYELL Trio feat: Joe Baggs and Alphonse Mouson
Catalina Bar and Grill - 6725 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood - www.catalinajazzclub.com

on WednesdayJuly 23, 2008
NEW WEST GUITAR QUARTET
on Thursday July 24, 2008
the AUSTIN PERALTA QUINTET
at the JAZZ BAKERY on Helms Ave in Culver City www.jazzbakery.org

on Wednesday, July 23, 8:00pm :
Chris Botti, Cassandra Wilson
HOLLYWOOD BOWL 2301 N. Highland Ave. L.A. 90068 (213) 480-3232 www.hollywoodbowl.com

Wed., July 23, 7:30pm *free*
Quetzal
Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts - 2230 W. Sixth St. L.A. 90057
(213) 384-5701 or http://www.levittla.org/

Thu., July 24, 7:30pm **free**
Sounds of Korea - Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts (2230 W. Sixth St. L.A.)

THURSDAY JULY 24 8:00 P.M. (FREE)
BAKA BEYOND
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
2701 N Sepulveda Bld LA
www.skirball.org (310) 440-4500

on Thursday, July 24, 6:30pm :
Prelude to the 2008 Central Avenue Jazz Festival (FREE)
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM 369 E. First St. L.A. 90012 (213) 625-0414 www.janm.org
The museum presents its annual 1st & Central Summer Concerts, featuring a lineup of local jazz luminaries including jazz vocalist Dwight Trible

***THIS IS A FREE EVENT***

on Thursday, July 24, 7:00pm :
Bochata Roja Legends Concert
Santa Monica Pier (FREE) (310) 458-8900

on Friday, July 25, 12:00 noon :
Rupa and the April Fishes (FREE)
CALIFORNIA PLAZA 350 S. Grand Ave. L.A. 90071 (213) 687-2159
www.grandperformances.org
This is music from a truly global perspective. With Asian, European, Latin American, and Far Eastern influences, Rupa and the April Fishes sing in French, Spanish, Hindi, and Roma

on Saturday, August 2, 5:00pm-7:00pm :
Bobby Matos Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble (FREE)
LACMA - Dorothy Collins Brown Amphitheater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. L.A. 90036 (323) 857-6115

on Saturday, July 26, 8:00pm :
Delfos Danza Contemporanea (FREE)
CALIFORNIA PLAZA 350 S. Grand Ave. L.A. 90071 (213)687-2159 or www.grandperformances.org/
Based in Mazatlan, this contemporary dance company is internationally renowned for its choreography

Sat., July 26, 8:00pm **free**
Ricardo Lemvo and the Makina Loca
Levitt Pavilion - Memorial Park, 85 E. Holly St. Pasadena 91105
(626) 683-3230

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