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Guest: Cheryl Barnes - Singer/songwriter Extraordinnaire

Cheryl Dyrithe Barnes is a classically trained jazz singer in possession of remarkable depth, range and technique. beloved around the world as a captivating live performer, Cheryl shied away from making records for nearly a decade. Now in 2014, Ms. Barnes returns with her fourth and finest album to date, a studio recording entitled listen to this for which every one of the twelve selections is a personally inspired gem. Produced by Rahn Coleman and also featuring the impassioned piano playing of her husband Phil Cabasso, listen to this was patiently rendered over a 5-year period, prepared with tender loving care utilizing Los Angeles’ finest, including soloists saxophonists Rickey Woodard and Pete Christlieb, pianists John Hammond and Joel Scott, and trumpeter Nolan Shaheed.

"Listen To This" moves from two tunes penned by Mark Winkler (the sassy “Like Jazz” and the evocative nostalgia of “That Afternoon In Harlem” to inventive adaptations of “When I Am Laid In Earth” (from Henry Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas”) and Joni Mitchell’s epic “Come In From The Cold.” There’s even a Christmas song. “I love how varied the album is…because i’m varied,” Cheryl beams. “The complexity of jazz – of improvisation, expression and harmony – is clearly there. Rahn, Phil and our engineer Aaron Testerman spent hours – I’m talking marathon sessions – working,” Cheryl shares. “Phil would come home with his eyes like xs! We didn’t have a deadline so we never rushed. A beautiful evolution blossomed through the process.”From the hippest of contemporary faire like “Come with me” and “What’s On Your Mind” to choice standards such as “I wish you love” (dedicated to the memory of Gloria Lynne) and “Why Did I Choose You” (inspired by Barbara Streisand’s rendition), Ms. Barnes brings a singular warmth and empathy to every line she sings, engaging listeners from a purr to a power belt. The title track “Listen To This” (composed and arranged by Cabasso), “What’s Fair In Love” (created and directed by coleman) and “Baby’s Got Some Awful Kind Of Blues” (crafted by John Hammond) are renderings of original pieces that are sure to go down as Cheryl Barnes classics. “This project solidifies within myself my view of myself as a true artist,” Cheryl poetically states.

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Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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Guest: Sterling Howard: Founder/Owner of Musician's Contact Service

Sterling Howard started in Los Angeles in 1969, as the founder and still current owner of Musician's Contact and was a lead singer performing in local clubs. At this time there was no magazine or newspaper for bands and musicians to locate each other, so he rented an office upstairs in the famous Whisky a Go-Go in Hollywood. By distributing flyers on the Sunset Strip and posting ads in music stores he soon attracted a large number of players and bands.

In the first few months, several name groups of the era such as Canned Heat, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap searched for musicians. Todd Rundgren came in seeking a keyboardist and Dr. John dropped in needing a percussionist and fell asleep on the office couch! Blues legend Albert Collins used the service the first of many times. The Beach Boys wanted some brass players but no brass players had registered yet! A new group, Earth, Wind, and Fire was doing a showcase and couldn't afford to pay the guitarist they needed. And rockabilly great Gene Vincent picked up Billy Zoom (later the guitarist in X). Within a year the office was moved to a larger location. In the early 1970's, traveling bands found members as they passed through California. As word spread, groups from other states called for replacements. Full time working Top 40 acts became more popular. Barry White, Alice Cooper, Little Feat, Frank Zappa, The Captain & Tennille, Neil Diamond, Spirit, Steppenwolf, Eric Burdon, The Righteous Brothers, Iron Butterfly and El Chicano all used the service during this time. Ambrosia found drummer Burleigh Drummond, and an unknown by the name of Billy Joel just wanted a piano bar job! By the late 1970's the office staff had grown to five, and Sterling opened a branch office near Disneyland. Las Vegas groups like Sha Na Na, The Association, The Lettermen and Helen Reddy imported players. Country artists such as Brenda Lee, Jim Stafford, Louise Mandrell, Freddy Fender, Dorsey Burnette and Poco used the service for road jobs, while disco was king in the local clubs. As new wave rock emerged, Berlin found vocalist Terri Nunn, Terry Bozzio and Missing Persons found keyboardist Chuck Wild and Danny Elfman with Oingo Boingo found trumpeter Dale Turner. And The Runaways located Jackie Foxx as Duran Duran, The Knack, The Motels, and Animotion used fill-in players. Artists as diverse as Al Stewart, Bobby McFerrin, REO Speedwagon, Jan & Dean, Shalamar, Steve Vai, and War also searched as well as Rick Springfield, who formed two complete road bands from Musicians Contact files.

Soon a major change occurred in the way jobs were distributed by the service. Sterling hired a team of technicians to build a custom-made computer connected to seven tape recorders. Now members could call 24 hours, enter a code, and hear recorded job descriptions. It was primitive by today's standards, but it worked and this was in 1983! Jazz names starting using the service. George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Maynard Ferguson, Stanley Clarke, The Crusaders, Hiroshima, and John Klemmer picked up various sidemen. Cruise ship jobs became more popular, hiring a variety of bands. Actor David Hasselhoff needed a sax player and comedian Howie Mandel hired a back-up group. Also seeking some talent were Nikki Sixx, The New Edition, Billy Preston, Weird Al Yankovic, Tower of Power, Gregg Bissonette, and Klymaxx.

Entering the era of music videos for television, managers viewed pictures of musicians for use in commercials and videos. A production assistant for Madonna came in seeking lip sync performers. Glen Frey, Barry Manilow, Cher, Cyndi Lauper, Boz Scaggs, Tom Waits, Vanessa Williams, Ricky Lee Jones and Robin Zander auditioned players for various roles. By 1988 the "antique" computer in use for five years gave way to the science of voice mail, so a new computer system was put into action to distribute the job listings. Hard rockers Warrant searched for a new vocalist, Ozzy Osbourne auditioned guitarists and drummers on two different occasions, Lita Ford found a keyboardist, Michael Schenker, Foghat, Stu Hamm, Alcatrazz, and Peter Criss were listed along with Japan's Loudness and the outrageous Nina Hagen, who hired a synth player. On the other side of the Pacific, jobs arrived from the Orient, booking R&B, funk, and soul groups for long term gigs. By 1995 it was time to upgrade the call-in hotline with an advanced voice mail system. This new computer allowed individuals to record a one minute profile and demo, heard by employers over the phone. And the list continued: Tiffany assembled a group to tour Europe, Dishwalla searched for a bassist, Prong, Biohazard, and Michael Penn all needed guitarists, the musical Stomp found percussionists and Body Count, Gene Loves Jezebel and Snot hunted for drummers, while John Lydon snagged a keyboardist for a Japanese tour. In 1999, Musicians Contact became fully online, connecting jobs to available musicians via the Internet. Kenny Chesney found a keyboardist, The Smashing Pumpkins ran ads for bassists and drummers at different times, Pink searched for a new bass player, Cirque du Soleil employed several keyboardists, a few American Idol finalists added musicians and The Pussycat Dolls hunted for a new singer. We hope it's been an interesting history lesson as we march past 2010!

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Date: February 25, 2015
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T25CL Galaxy Talk Radio: Presents

Straight Talk With The Hired Brush - Host: Barbara McGee

Sunday, February 8th – 8:30 PM Pacific 11:30 PM Eastern

Description: Revealing conversations with various guests celebrity clients and co workers in the entertainment industry talking freely about their professional and personal triumphs as over coming obstacles featuring Confessions from the Superheros!

Guest: Traci Bartlow, Founder and Creative Director

Topic: Starchild Enterprise

Oakland had their Hellzapoppin’ #4 in January 2015 there was an opportunity to learn classic routines that we have all seen in the movies - Shim Sham, the Big Apple, the Tranky Doo and, of course, the partnered swing dance that gave rise to all swing dances, the Lindy Hop.

This year they featured Ms. Norma Miller and guests from all over the country. Their guests include Paulette Brockington (MI), Chester Whitmore (CA), Chazz Young (NV), and the Queen of Swing 95 year old Norma Miller (FL).

Chester Whitmore, a California native, is a dancer, composer, comedian, actor, choreographer, stuntman, bandleader etc. - a multi-talented teacher that continues to surprise you. He started out as a tap dancer in 1974 and for many years he was a protégé of the famous tap legends John Bubbles. Fayard Nicholas (The Nicholas Brothers) and Leonard Reed (creator of the Shim Sham). He has been teaching in a number of genres most notably at the Alvin Ailey dance school in NY, lecturing at the renowned Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and literally across the globe. Mr. Whitmore is an outstanding teacher & performer, whose knowledge of tap and vernacular jazz is endless.

Paulette Brockington, a Detroit native, is a dancer, writer, choreographer, narrator and actress, who started the swing scene in the area with classes in Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing and Chicago Step in 1996. A protégé of Frankie Manning, Ms. Brockington not only introduced swing to the Great Lakes area but, also, created the American Lindy Hop Championships kick-starting such contests around the world. Her work in swing earned her Michigan State University’s Heritage Award. Her work in the performing arts garnered her Art Serve Michigan’s Arts Educator of the Year. She backs all this up by being a two-time world swing dance champion and internationally known dance coach and judge.

Chazz Young, a native New Yorker, now calls Las Vegas home. He is a spectacular dancer who has had a long and successful stage career inspired by his father, Lindy Hop master Frankie Manning. Today he tours worldwide, spreading the gospel of Lindy Hop and Tap. His father introduced him to his dear friend, Norma Miller, who was looking for some dancers. He traveled extensively with the Norma Miller Dance Troupe to the likes of London, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and, of course, Harlem’s acclaimed Apollo Theater. He continues to actively perform, choreograph and teach internationally. He has traveled to the Kindy Hop’s Mecca, Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden, to teach since the early 90's.

Called the Queen of Swing by many, Norma Miller is an author, choreographer, dancer, comedian and actor whose career spans over eight decades. Discovered at the age of twelve in the 1920’s, Ms. Miller has been in show business ever since. Honored with a 2003 National Heritage Foundation Fellowship from the National Endowments of the Arts for her role in creating and continuing to preserve "the acrobatic style swing dance, known as the Lindy Hop," Ms. Miller continues to be an inspiration to all who know her. Ms. Miller has worked with the greats in the entertainment industry such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen and Spike Lee. Ms. Miller continues to travel throughout the year, making appearances at a number of swing dance festivals and jazz events around the world. In addition to teaching master classes, Norma also performs her comedy act and screens the "Queen of Swing" documentary based on her life. 

Starchild Enterprise was founded and is creatively directed by Traci Bartlow. The organization, an Oakland based entertainment company, is multidisciplinary, working in dance performance, dance instruction and media works to name a few. EastSide Cultural Arts Center, its partner in Oakland is Hellzappopin" #4 presents free youth art classes, cultural programming, public art projects, ongoing gallery exhibitions, community town halls, and the annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival.

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Guest: Eddie Jones - President of the Los Angeles Civil Rights Association

Eddie Jones Jr. a native of Los Angeles, CA. has been president of the Los Angeles Civil Rights Association for ten years and a public servant for the last twenty years. Mr. Jones has worked with a variety of leaders from all over the United States such as Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AI Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Yvonne Burke, Congress woman Diane Watson, Congress woman Maxine Waters, Dr. Martin Luther King Ill, John Mack, Council Man Herb Wesson, Council Man Bernard Parks, Dick Gregory, Danny Bakewell Sr., and a host of other governors, congress people, council people.

Eddie has worked on a variety of cases with the Los Angeles Civil Rights Association along with the department of justice to investigate wrongful treatment of innocent people along with other major issues. Some cases that the Los Angeles Civil Rights Association has worked on include the wrongful death of Woodrow Player Jr. who was shot in the back with no weapon found, the Kevin Wicks shooting, the Devin Brown shooting, the Tyiesha Miller shooting, the wrongful killing of John Thomas Horton Ill who was beat to death and hung in the men's central jail in downtown Los Angeles unveiling the cover up of beatings and misconduct. Mr. Jones has also worked very closely with the families of cases such as the shooting of Montae Ray Talbert also known as M-Bone, and so many other cases. 

The Los Angeles Civil Right Association makes it a priority to help the community in a variety of ways. They have collaborated with council man Herb Wesson to put a street light on Rodeo at Dorsey High school where nine year old Demaria Grant was hit and killed by a hit and run driver. They provide food for the homeless every Friday from seven pm to ten pm.

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Date: February 4, 2015

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street
San Francisco, CA

Being a composer is one thing. Creating a viable, income-producing career is quite another. ASCAP presents a series of workshops to educate composers about building a successful career.

This FREE workshop is for Concert Music composers at any stage in their career, but is relevant to music creators in all genres. Topics range from business practices to technology and promotion. At the very core of it all, composition, creativity, and the need for artists to possess an inherent sense of self worth, will be addressed throughout.

Topics include:

• The many paths to a composer's income

• Understanding your biggest asset: the nuts and bolts of the six rights of copyright

• How performing rights organizations work

• Technical and business details about publishing, self-publishing, distribution and recording; the tools and knowledge neeed for a successful business

• Marketing and promotion using the internet: how to create a compelling online presence

• Best practices for working with your professional colleagues: conductors, musicians, librettists, librarians and patrons

• Efficient rehearsal and recording techniques: get the most and the best in the least time

• Working as a composer/performer or a composer/conductor

• Community involvement, conferences, and composer service organizations

 Open to the public.

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