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New Band (Parallax) with Jeb Bishop, Bryan Hooten, Cameron Ralston, Bob Miller, Jason Scott and myself

Parallax

I’m really excited to announce a new group called Parallax made up of many great Richmond musicians and the great trombonist Jeb Bishop from North Carolina.  The group features Cameron Ralston-bass, Jason Scott-saxophone, Bob Miller-trumpet, Bryan Hooten-trombone, Jeb Bishop-trombone and myself on drums.  We will be playing our first show on Tuesday August 12 at Balliceaux in Richmond, VA.  The show starts at 9:30pm and it’s free.
I hope that you’ll join us for a great night of new music featuring compositions by Jeb Bishop and myself.

There will be a special set with my group the ScottClark4tet to open the night.

Thank you to everyone for your support…and I hope to see you there

Parallax w/ScottClark4tet
Tuesday August 12th
Balliceaux
203 N Lombardy St, Richmond, VA 23220
9:30pm Free

more soon…..

RVA Music and Art

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As the year winds down, I just want to take a minute and thank everyone that I’ve had the chance to play music with this past year….and to thank all of the friends that I’ve been able to make all around the world.  It’s been an amazing year, and I’m looking forward to even more exciting things in the coming years.

There has been a lot of great music released this year in RVA and I hope that you’ll check out some of these great records/musicians and keep supporting the RVA music and art communities.  We have a very special group of people in our city, doing some truly great and inspiring things.

Here are just a few records, and people, that I hope you’ll check out.  I look forward to seeing, and hearing, more from them in the years to come.

“Yes we done come a long way like them Slim ass cigarettes
from Virginia, this ain’t gon stop so we just gonna continue”
-Outkast

Marcus Tenney Trio
http://www.marcustenney.com

Devonne Harris aka DJ Harrison
http://djharrison.bandcamp.com

NO BS! BRASS
http://nobsbrass.com

Matthew E. White
http://matthewewhite.tumblr.com

Todd Herrington
http://toddherrington.bandcamp.com

Bio Ritmo
http://www.bioritmo.com

Butcher Brown
http://butcherbrown.com

32 Bar Records
http://www.32barmusic.com

Spacebomb Records
http://spacebombrecords.com

JJ Burton (Devonne Harris, Reggie Pace and Scott Burton)
http://www.labelwho.com/jj-burton

AZUL
http://www.greghoward.com/azul/

Brian Jones
http://www.brianjonesrva.com

Brunswick
http://brunswickband.com

Glows in the Dark
http://glowingrealm.tumblr.com

Ohbliv
http://ohbliv.bandcamp.com

Snow Panda
http://snowpanda.com

Fight the Big Bull
http://www.fightthebigbull.com

Trey Pollard and Straight Ahead Samples
http://straightaheadsamples.com

Lauren Serpa
http://photolauren.tumblr.com

Amy Black
http://amyblacktattoos.com

Nicole Gomez
http://nicolegomez.net

Travis Robertson
http://www.thearchivalist.com

David Tanner
http://davidtannerfineart.com

…….plus many many many more

more soon…..

ScottClark4tet Mingus Awareness Project Recording

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Last year the ScottClark4tet had the honor of being asked to participate in the Mingus Awareness Project.  “The Mingus Awareness Project is a series of concerts that benefits organizations that provide support for individuals who have ALS as well as their families. MAP concerts also provide opportunities for audiences and performers to celebrate the music of Charles Mingus, music composed by artists who worked with Mingus, as well as music by composers who perform during MAP concerts. Eleven Mingus Awareness Project concerts have happened in Chicago, IL and Richmond, VA since 2007.”

The show featured many Richmond bands including Glows in the Dark, No BS! Brass Band, The Angry Man Quartet, Hooten/Levin/Jones ft. JC Kuhl, and the Jon Hey Quartet. The Borderbend Arts Collective made a recording of the whole night, which is available on the Mingus Awareness Project bandcamp page here http://bit.ly/11xI8vu. (here is a link to the 2nd half of the show http://bit.ly/11yL4Mj.)

Enjoy the music and please consider purchasing a copy of the recording to support this great cause.

thanks for the support

more soon….

The Jazz Session Archives

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I know that Jason Crane stopped doing the Jazz Session Podcast in October of 2012, but he has been so kind to all of us and has left the archive available for all of us to enjoy.  There are so many great interviews in the archives (Jack DeJohnette, David Liebman, William Parker, Nate Wooley, Matana Roberts, John D’earth….and on and on and on and on!!) (also a few RVA musicians).  It’s such a great resource for all of us musicians, and for the public at large, interested in learning more about so many great musicians of today.  I find myself continuing to go back to Jason’s site to listen to interviews that I’ve already listened to or to see if there are interviews with musicians that I’d love to hear talk about their music and their art. (and also to discover new musicians that I might not have heard of).

I just want to share this site again for anyone interested….and I hope that this great resource stays available for a long time.

You can learn more about Jason Crane here http://jasoncrane.org
And here is a direct link to the Jazz Session http://thejazzsession.com

more soon……