Savoy Music Center 2009 Jazz Festival
Last year, the Jazz Festival invited the Savoy Music Center (Eunice, La) “Saturday Morning Jammers” to perform. They were such a big hit that the festival organizers invited them to perform again this year. They were all excited and honored. No practice, no rehersals…. just get on stage and JAM! Several of them sang old French songs which really pleased the crowd. They all made beautiful music together. Their performance was again a huge success!
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Photos were taken by Robert LeBlanc and Carl Breazeale-
Music by Marc and Ann Savoy-
Video by Cindy Brown LeBlanc
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“Not being professional doesn’t prevent making good music.”
“Not being professional doesn’t prevent being entertaining.”
“Being professional doesn’t mean jumping around and tearing up your instruments.”
“Being natural and feeling your music is what is important.”
Marc Savoy
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Cajun Waltz, Grand Prairie, on twin fiddles – Fiddling Thomsons, Hampton, NH
A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a medley of 3 Irish jigs – Cannaught Man’s Rambles, My Darling Asleep, and Morrison’s JIg. The Fiddling Thomsons perform throughout New England. Ryan teaches several different instruments and produces instructional books, videos, and recordings. Visit the Captain Fiddle web site at http://www.captainfiddle.com
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Khatawat Quartet – Nessmah (composition Naïssam Jalal)
à l’occasion d’un reportage à Paris, la BBC perse a filmé Khatawat Quartet en studio à Paris en mai 2010. Khatawat Quartet se compose de Naïssam Jalal (flute), Yacir Rami (Oud), Habib Meftah Boushehri (Percussions) et Hubert Dupont (Contrebasse). Ici ils interprètent Nessmah, une composition de Naïssam Jalal.
Duration : 0:3:14
Jambalaya – BJG Roots Music “Live in Milan”
What is BJG? “B” for Bluegrass, “J” for Jazz, “G” for Gospel
“Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” is a song credited to American country music singer Hank Williams that was first released in 1952. Named for a Creole and Cajun dish, jambalaya, it spawned numerous cover versions and has since achieved popularity in a number of music genres.
With a melody based on the Cajun song “Grand Texas”, some sources, including Allmusic, claim that the song was co-written by Williams and Moon Mullican, with Mullican uncredited but receiving ongoing royalties. Other sources[who?] claim that this was one of several songs which Williams purchased from other writers; a practice that was relatively common in “show business” at the time.
Released in 1952, crediting Williams as the sole author, it was performed by Williams as a country song. It reached #1 on the U.S. country charts, and remains one of his most popular songs today.
Cajun Roots of the Song
Since the original melody of the song was from a Cajun French song called “Grand Texas”, the song is a staple of cajun culture. Although Williams changed the lyrics, he kept a Louisiana theme. In addition, Cajuns readily identified with the soulful sound of Williams. After Williams released his version, Cajuns recorded the song again using Cajun instruments. However, this time they used Williams’ lyrics translated into the Cajun French language. Over the past few decades, the Cajun French version has been performed by many Cajun bands including Aldus Roger and Joel Sonnier.
Theme
Williams’ song resembles “Grand Texas”, a Cajun French song, in melody only. “Grand Texas” is a song about a lost love, a woman who left the singer to go with another man to “Big Texas”. Jambalaya, alternately, is about life, parties and stereotypical food of Cajun cuisine. The song has a Cajun theme, possibly inspired by Williams’ time with the Louisiana Hayride, though Louisiana Hayride was recorded in Shreveport, a city with very little Cajun cultural influence. Referenced within the song are such Cajun dishes as jambalaya, crawfish pie, and filé gumbo. Williams sings of “Yvonne” in the song, referring to her as my ma cher amio, which is considered poor Cajun French for “my dear” (redundantly Williams uses the word “my” before the French “ma”), and has caused some confusion among listeners, particularly given his pronunciation. The refrain “son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou” has become a well-recognized and often repeated phrase.
Williams composed a sequel to the song from the female perspective, “I’m Yvonne (Of the Bayou)”, with Jimmy Rule. It was not as popular. As with “Jambalaya” there is speculation that Williams may have purchased this song from Mullican.
Later researched by a member of Moon’s family, a story emerged about how the song came about in the first place, and it was said that while visiting a small bar located just south of the Choupique Bayou and owned by Yvonne Little, the song Jambalaya referred to some truly wonderful times had there.
Cover versions
Sheet music of “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” with Jo Stafford on the cover
Another, even more popular at the time, version of the song was the 1952 cover version recorded by Jo Stafford, reaching #3 on the Billboard pop charts (and making the song well known to people other than country music fans). Mitch Miller had originally intended Jambalaya to be recorded by Jimmy Boyd for Columbia Records. Boyd turned the song down and Miller recorded it with Jo Stafford. Years later Jimmy Boyd did record it for Dot records. It was further popularized in a Rock’n'Roll version by Fats Domino.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambalaya_(On_the_Bayou)
Clive Riche – vocals
Daniela Velli – vocals
Piera Pizzi – vocals
Enrico Cresci – ellectric Guitar, vocals
Alberto Contri – el. & ac. guitars, mandolin, vocals
Danilo Cartia – banjo, acoustic guitar, vocals
Leonardo Petrucci – mandola, acoustic guitar, vocals
Michele Anselmi – steel guitar, harmonica, vocals
Stefano Tavernese – violin, ac. guitar, washboard, vocals
Michael Supnick – trumpet, trombone
Carlo Ficini – trombone
Cristiana Polegri – saxophones, vocals
Gianluca Galvani – tuba
Silvia Manco – piano, vocals
Vincenzo Lucarelli – Hammond organ
Francesco Puglisi – electric bass
Derek Wilson – drums
Recorded live in Milan 23rd of november, 2007
Produced by FONDAZIONE PUBBLICITA’ PROGRESSO
Alberto Contri – artistic director
Enrico Cresci – musical director
Per informazioni contattare Vania Pavan, Fondazione
Pubblicità Progresso – Via Mercalli, 11 – 20122 Milano
Tel. (+39) 02 5830 4448 oppure (+39) 393 9120349
v.pavan@pubblicitaprogresso.org
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The Carlton Music Bar & Grill – Brian Bourne on Chapman Stick,
Brian Bourne on electric bass and Chapman Stick
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the revolutionary two-handed tapping method of parallel hands discovered by Emmett Chapman on guitar in 1969 and taught since then to players around the world.
With Emmett’s Free Hands method, both of your hands are equal partners. As they approach the fretboard from opposite sides, your fingers line up parallel to the frets and a powerful new musical language emerges – bass lines, lead melodies, chords, and rhythm, simultaneously, and in any combination you desire.
Today thousands of musicians are making their own music with our Stick, Grand Stick, Stick Bass and NS/Stick fretboard tapping instruments. Emmett continues to expand on his original concepts by adding to the variety of Stick models, features and tunings – defining the state of the art in tapping instruments.
The Stick comes from the guitar and bass, but its playing method shares roots with keyboards and drums as well, placing all of these musical voices in the hands of one musician. The Stick is unique, expansive, versatile, like each of its players. It is a blank slate upon which to “tap your potential.”
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Khatawat Quartet – Bilhif (composition de Yacir Rami)
à l’occasion d’un reportage à Paris, la BBC perse a filmé Khatawat Quartet en studio à Paris en mai 2010. Khatawat Quartet se compose de Naïssam Jalal (flute), Yacir Rami (Oud), Habib Meftah Boushehri (Percussions) et Hubert Dupont (Contrebasse). Ici ils interprètent Bilhif, une composition de Yacir Rami.
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