Ron Scott Plays The San Jose Jazz Festival August 7th through 9th

San Jose, California as well as the Bay Area, has a lot of talented musicians and bands that are so underrated. My husband says it’s because San Jose Jazz Festival committee, don’t promote its local talent. For several years my husband and the bands he played with would send in CD’s and get turned down. Yet instead play festivals in other cities like San Francisco, Berkeley and Sacramento and get on the main stage opening for artist or head lining. One artist that is playing the San Jose Jazz Festival has deep roots in San Jose. I’m talking about Ron Scott, he was born in San Jose and raised here in the Sunnyhills section of Milpitas. He is a self-taught jazz keyboardist, songwriter and director. Ron as well as his band, The 650 Connection is a mix of urban, smooth, funky, R&B jazz, with fiery Latin rhythms. Ron Scott and his band The 650 Connection has opened for and played with some vary notable recording artist like Chaka Khan, Raheem Devaughn, The O’Jays , Lenny Williams, Whispers, Regina Belle, The DeBarges, Billy Preston and Rose Royce, El Chicano, Lakeside and Bryon Miller. Ron Scott’s latest album ‘In the Keys of Love’ was released in 2014. This album has several songs that are going on my play list like, “Funkin' for Luv (feat. Rasheed Wedlow)”, “My Sweet Diary (feat. Juan Escovedo & Rasheed Wedlow)”, “Last Night Was Amazing (feat. Frank Threadgill Sr.)”, “n the Keys of Love”, “Afro Cuban Blues (feat. Tony Lindsay, Juan Escovedo, Ric Feliciano & Federico Zuniga)” and “Midnight Strut (feat. Rick Warren, Jivoni Jordan, Lucien La Motte, Larry Refu Sanders & Clay Bandy)”. Ron Scott may not be playing on the main stage, in my opinion he should be. He is playing on the YP Gordon Biersch Stage on August 7, 2015 at 8pm. Go check out Ron Scott, you will be happily amazed at his talent and become a fan. Listen to songs from Ron Scott on Streetwise Radio. You can also listen to Streetwise Radio on Pandora, iTunes, Live365, Athena365 and MyGen365.

LM

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Miles Bonny

I was listening to Streetwise Radio this morning when I heard this deep sexy voice. I clicked on this to see who the artist was and the song. It was Miles Bonny singing “Lumberjack Soul.” I never heard of him. I knew I had to listen to more of his music and find out where he was from. To my surprise, he was a robust white guy, with a beard and a whole lot of soul. I thought I had been missing out on this amazing artist. Well not anymore, I can’t get enough of his voice. He can sing! His genres include Jazz, R&B, Blues, Hip hop, Soul and Neo Soul. Miles Bonny was born in New York, NY; he grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Miles Bonny is a 33-year-old record producer, singer, trumpeter and DJ. His music is down to earth music for the soul. DJ Michael Ealey witnessed him in action last summer at the San Jose Jazz Festival. I’m sure upset I missed him. I know if he comes anywhere near San Jose, I won’t miss out again. Here are some of my favorite songs from Miles Bonny” “Lumberjack Soul,” "On Impulse,” "Closer Love,” “Yes I Do,” “Desperado (Nicholas Kopernicus Rework),” “What It Is I See” and “Sing Your Song.” That is why I love Internet radio. You get hear true talent like Miles Bonny. Who in my opinion blows the doors off theses so called artist that DJ’s are playing on the on-air stations. Check out Miles Bonny Songs on Streetwise Radio, you will become a fan. You can also listen to Streetwise Radio on Pandora, iTunes, Live365, Athena365, MyGen365 and Gilroy Radio.

LM

http://www.last.fm/music/Miles+Bonny

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Terence Blanchard

Born Terencee Oliver Blanchard on March 13, 1962, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, and film score composer. At an early age Terance was destine to be a musician. When he was five he began playing the piano. At the age of eight he started playing the trumpet after hearing Alvin Alcom play. Terance played alongside his childhood friend Wynton Marsalis in summer music camps. When he was in high school, he started studying at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) under Roger Dickerson and Ellis Marsalis, Jr... Terance studied under jazz saxophonist Paul Jeffrey and trumpeter Bill Fielder, at Rutgers University from 1980 to 1982 while touring with Lionel Hampton. Wynton Marsalis recommended Terance to replace him in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1982. Terance was the band’s trumpeter and musical director. The quintet consisted of Blakey as co-leader, saxophonist Donald Harrison and pianist Mulgrew Miller. In the 1980’s Terance became a provident figure in the Jazz Resurgence movement. Terance went solo in 1990 and he recorded his self-titled debut for Columbia Records. This album reached number three on the Billboard Jazz Charts. Terance also composes film scores. He has worked a lot with Spike Lee. His music has been on some of Spike Lee’s classic movies, Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Clockers, Summer of Sam, 25th Hour and Inside Man. Spike Lee is not the only director Terance has composed for. He has composed for Leon Ichaso, Ron Shelton and Kasi Lemmons. Entertainment Weekly proclaimed Blanchard "central to a general resurgence of jazz composition for film." Blanchard was quoted as saying in a 1994 interview, "Writing for film is fun, but nothing can beat being a jazz musician, playing a club, playing a concert". I really started listening to Terance Blanchard in 1994. When he came out with the album “In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook”. Since then I have been a fan. Some of the songs I really like are, Harvesting Dance, Child's Play, Dos Sperm, Avgo, Bounce/Let's Go Off, Sleeping Is Naturelle and Footprints, Levees. Terance Blanchard is going to be playing the San Jose Jazz Festival in August 12, 2012 at 2pm on the main stage. The San Jose Jazz Festival is going on August 10^th to 12^th. If you have no plans the second of August come week out to the San Jose Jazz Festival. You can listen to songs from Terance Blanchard on Streetwise Radio. You can also listen to Streetwise Radio on ITunes, live365.com, Athena365.com and MyGen365.com.

LM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Blanchard

http://jazzfest.sanjosejazz.org/