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Prez Sez
Spring
2002 Another
fab trio not to miss is my 53rd birthday
party bash at the Royal Grove with
legendary pianist extraordinaire
Monty
Alexander
and his band. His talented, beautiful wife
Katerina will also perform. The date is,
Saturday, March 9th (my actual birthday is
3-10). A quick
rock 'n' roll reminder for any of you
local Rockin' Fossils fans and pick up
their new CD. I had a ball backing
Charlie
Burton at the
Zoo
over the holidays along with, Dave Robel,
Bob Letheby, and Bill Dye. I am the "bebop
man" but still love to rock and Charlie
Burton is one of the best in the biz. More
on all dis by the next issue. As for
jazz 2001 went out on several positive
notes for the BMF. Karrin
Allyson's
lovely show with strings (with partner
Bill McLaughlin conducting his magnificent
arrangements) at the Lied was voted one of
the ten best entertainment nights of the
year. Even
though the crowd for the city of Lincoln's
size is too small by my standards P.O.
Pears' Thursday Night Jazz series is
getting off the ground nicely. We're
doing a CD release party for my new
project, a new outing by the
Russ
Long Trio called "Never Let Me
Go."
Backed by local KC stalwarts Gerald Spaits
on bass and Ray DeMarche at the drum helm
this album is taking off with a flourish.
The date will be February 28th the last
Thursday of the month. Mark it on your
calendars and don't miss it. Russ is an
incredibly bluesy jazz artist that will
make you want to dance one minute and dab
your eyes the next with his sensitive
stylings backed by a knockout rhythm
section. May 2002
be the swingingest, jazziest, and rockin'
year we had in a long time. My heartfelt
prayer to us all. Butch
Berman P.S. My
dear friend Glennda Magner is redesigning
the new website along with Tom Ineck and
Rich Hoover. Norman Hedman took a small
break from his busy schedule with his
Latin ensemble Tropique from New York to
add his brilliant percussion work to the
soundbites of our site. Check us out at
<bermanmusicfoundation.org> in a few
weeks and enjoy our development. BMFMain
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Happy New Year Everyone,
If 9-11 was THE day of hell on earth then
12-12 was the total antithesis for me. By
the grace of God on that very day I
finally metyes, her name IS Grace (Gandu).
The girl of my dreams/love of my life
(mega-thanx to my good buddy and chef -
Jimmy Akpen for this important intro).
You may ask yourselves why am I sharing
this personal essay of good fortune with
y'all? Well, for one, I can, and secondly,
I haven't felt this free and happy for
many a year and like our newsletter now
having to go quarterly, due to last year's
lousy stock market trade it'll be fun to
keep you abreast of my own hopefully
forever evolving relationship from season
to season as well as the "what's haps" in
jazz as 2002 unfolds. I wish us all
Godspeed on all accounts.
I think the Grove will surprise many as a
potential venue for jazz with its great
stage, sound and lights, sightlines, and
parking space. There's lots of great news
and picks galore, so I'll get out of here
shortly.
for many a
year!
We had two grand performances by first -
Hod O'Brien and Stephanie Narkassian,
followed by the Joe Cartwright Trio from
Kansas City, and had decent turnouts for
both shows. I've also caught a couple of
shows featuring Chris Steinke on one
occasion and Bill Wimmer on another.
