noteworthy magazine october/november 2014
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the Music Scene in DallasTRANSCRIPT
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07 | FEATURE
By Charles Martin
A successful account executive for a Brazilian Airline, Simone always loved music. When the opportunity
arose, she began her career as a singer. As the most authentic Brazilian jazz singer in North Texas, her
singing flows with the softly shifting rhythms of Bossa Nova, Samba, and other Latin music. Pursuing her
career with a deep respect for music and the musicianship of DFW jazz performers, she has studied with
top vocal jazz pedagogues, like UNT's Rosana
Eckert.
Recently, Simone headlined Addison's July
Jazz Festival in the Park. At the end of her
performance, people were standing and cheering for
so long that the festival management eventually
approved an encore.
Simone is from Recife, a tropical city on the
Atlantic coast in Northeast Brazil. The laid-back, fun-
loving attitude of its beach culture pervades much of
Brazil, but is especially strong in the
Northeast. Simone carries that sensibility with
her, always laughing and joking with her friends.
What is it like to be around Brazilians? A short riddle
clarifies - "How many Brazilians does it take to have
a party?" Answer: One! (Credit to Classical Music Critic Gregory Sullivan Isaacs.) A little help with
pronunciation: Simone is pronounced "See-mōn-ee."
With a voice to match her beauty, Simone sings Brazilian songs in the original Portuguese lyrics. A
generous member of the DFW jazz community, she has helped translate lyrics into English for other
singers and assisted in their pronunciation of Portuguese.
Charles Martin researches and writes about DFW jazz and jazz clubs. He can be reached at
FEATURE | 08
Born and raised in the beautiful sea-
side city of Recife, Brazil, Simone
could not help but be moved by the
influence of her surroundings.
Music was everywhere!
Her mother, who loved to sing and
play the piano, filled her childhood
with the lush sounds of the music of
her homeland. From Antonio Carlos
Jobim to Vinicius de Moraes – from
Ivan Lins to Joao Bosco, this music
was a vital part of her formative years
and deeply touched her soul.
From an early age she was passionate
about Bossa Nova – and she was
always singing -performing with
choirs, jazz ensembles and in
numerous other venues. This
experience allowed her to fully
develop her gift of song, which she
now shares in her own warm and
unique way. Her style is seductive
and expressive!
09 | FEATURE
The Carolina Shag! Is There Any Other?
By DeeDee Lowder
Anyone who grew up in the Carolinas knows what the Shag is… that slow, lazy hip swaying, foot moving
dance where couples slide gracefully across the dance floor as their loafers hiss on the hardwood. The
Shag is a popular “partner” dance, a form of swing dancing, done primarily to Beach Music (100-130+
beats per minute).
The term "Carolina Shag" is thought to have originated
along the strands between Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,
and Wilmington,
North Carolina,
during the 1940s.
The gals in flannel
short shorts and
angora sweaters and
the guys in pleated
pants and lose flowing shirts. No jeans and tees for this group!
According to Bo Bryan, a Carolina Shag historian and resident of
Beaufort County, S.C., the term was coined at Carolina Beach,
North Carolina. The Carolina Shag is a descendant of Carolina
Jitterbug, and its predecessor, Little Apple (whose origins can
supposedly be traced to Columbia, South Carolina in 1937). To be in the know on the Shag you only have
to visit the Society of Stranders (SOS) www.shagdance.com! This site is
the definitive voice, a guide and roadmap of information for the Dance,
Lifestyle and the Music of Shag.
Today, the Shag is a recognized dance in national and international dance
competitions held across the United States. Master this dance and you and
your partner will look impressive as you mirror each other with the quick
footwork involved in dancing the Shag.
FEATURE | 10
The Shag is the official state dance of South Carolina, using moves similar to the jitterbug or swing dancing but features less bouncing and more graceful moves. The Shag is often danced in conjunction with oldies beach music, Motown music or blues music. Although it is a partner dance, the man and woman have different parts but remain in sync. The basic step in the shag dance can be done to a six count step, with a rhythm that is similar to a triple step, triple step, rock step.
Learn to count “one-and-two, three-and-four, five-six.” Repeat until you know the eight beat rhythm well.
There are eight shag dance steps, each of which corresponds to a beat.
• The "one-and-two" and "three-and-four" steps should take about as much time to complete as the "five-six."
• Get some good shag dance music going, while you're at it. Here are some favorites: • "The Flame" by Fine Young Cannibals • "Do You Believe" by Cher • "Never Make a Move Too Soon" by B.B. King • "Your Heart's in Good Hands" by Al Green • "Mojo Boogie" by Henry Gray
Learn to step in time to the eight-beat rhythm. Know that the idea of counting is to give your feet a beat to move to. Your feet will move every count, which includes any number you say as well as the word “and.”
Instructions
Stand face to face with your partner. If you're the male, you should hold your left hand out, palm facing up, about waist high. The female should put her hand, palm facing down, on top of the male's hand. The partners' hands should curl and lock at the fingers.
Step forward with one foot and then step forward with the other. The male should lead with the right foot and the female with her left foot so that the toes come together. Then the male should step forward with his right foot and the woman with her left foot.
Move your feet back on the next two beats. Step back with your left foot and then your right foot if you are the male. If you are the female, step back with your right foot first, followed by your left foot.
Take another step back with your lead foot, which is your left foot if you are the male and your right foot if you are the female. Then follow by stepping back with your right foot if you are the male and your left foot if you are the female.
Rock back with your lead foot on the next step. You should step back and do a rocking motion with your heel, using your left foot if you are the male and your right foot if you are the female. Then, move your other foot back so the back of it is even with the back of your other foot. Repeat the moves to over and over to upbeat music . Do the steps on eight quick beats to master this dance.
11 | MicWORTHY
One of the all-time favorites … Andrea Dawson, the sassy soultress of jazz and blues. A sensational vocalist and bandleader who now lives in Austin, Texas has long been a popular entertainer with locals always showing them a memorable performance each and every time. Andrea believes in "Leaving everything on the stage” as she sweeps you into her emotional musical journey. On any given night you will hear Ella or Billie or maybe Aretha or Patti or wait, it is the uber - talented Andrea Dawson! www.andrea-dawson.com
MicWORTHY | 12
Damon K. Clark, Professional Vocalist EXTRAORDINAIRE
Damon K. Clark will bring you out of your seat! This Dallas singer is a gifted virtuoso who is
absolutely phenomenal and virtually unmatched. Jazz is his chosen musical genre and the depth
of musicality and his unbelievable range put him center stage which is well deserved. This jaw-
dropping talent is worth catching! www.facebook.com/damonkclarkprofessionalvocalist
13 | MicWORTHY
A Love Affair with Music Jennifer Martin is a late comer to the jazz scene here in Dallas. In fact she spent many years in corporate America before deciding to pursue a career as a singer and hit the Dallas jazz scene in 2007.
Jennifer Martin’s new CD, Someone You’ve Loved, is the type of music you’d hear at a classy restaurant where there are drinks before dinner, waiters with white jackets, and a little patch of light at each table from the single candle. It’s a little old-fashioned without being dated: a nice mix of ballads and jazzy uptempo tunes describing love lost and found, abandoned and remembered.
MicWORTHY | 14
Saxophonist and composer Spenser Liszt is an active force in the DFW music scene and has the rare ability to work within any style with ease, while maintaining a strong personal voice. His debut album “Until Further Notice” shows him in his element as a leader, exploring original compositions with his modern jazz quartet and creating a sound that is both accessible and spontaneous, with a depth of emotion and energy. He also recently released another album entitled “Experitric Electriment,” a fast-paced and purely improvisatory foray into electronic soundscapes.
(214) 684-4375 www.spenserliszt.com
Spenser Liszt Saxophonist - Composer – Arranger
Woodwind Specialist
The Texas Jazz Festival … a Texas Tradition!
Featuring established and emerging jazz artists from Texas and acclaimed musicians from around the country, the Texas Jazz Festival keeps people from all over Texas and beyond coming back every year. 2014 is the 54th Annual Festival providing top quality music entertainment for no charge to the public. Three tented stages with seating, set amidst the meandering walkways of Heritage Park in the heart of Corpus Christi, the Texas Jazz Festival is planned to the finest degree from music scheduled on a rotating time frame per tent so you can see all the musicians to the vendors and food courts easily accessible from each music arena. The selection of vendors is exceptional with a wide array of food choices and wares of excellent quality. Whether you like classic jazz or improvisational, talented high school bands or world recognized musicians, this festival has something for everyone. There are no friendlier people than those you will meet in Corpus Christi and you can be entertained around the city from wonderful art museums to seaside restaurants.
Come, stay and enjoy the jazz!
HORROR RIDE at Burgers Lake
Haunted Hayride
This ghastly ride may be your last...
Dark Maze –
Be BRAVE for horror lurks behind each
passageway!
Screening Tent –
Showing the greatest
spooktacular horror shows
ever made.
Carnival – Kid’s 10 and Under Please
for these festive games with candy & prizes!
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Kids (3-12) $15.00
Military & family (12-up) $20.00
Military Kids (3-12) $10.00
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Fort Worth, TX 76114
Brian Baker Producer 817-658-3343
Richard Griese Producer 817-692-5563
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17 | VENUE BY EAR
Award winning Southern cuisine with live music gives guests a great experience at Buttons in Addison!
Recognized for its great food and vibrant live music, Buttons is noted as one of the top Nightlife spots in
DFW and is famous for its bar scene and the many celebrities that make Buttons Addison their home.
The cornerstone is the cuisine of Chef Keith Hicks who features his upscale comfort classics as well as
great steaks and seafood. Above all, Buttons is famous for our “Old School” dishes like Buttons’ Chicken
and Waffles, Shrimp Fish and Gritz, and Old School Pot Roast. It boats a private room for special
functions and hosts a variety of events like Wine and Politics, book signings, and has appeared in several
movies as an upscale jazz club.
Entertainment is a large part of the scene at Buttons Addison and they feature live music most nights, as
well as a fabulous Sunday Jazz/Gospel Brunch. Some nights you might hear jazz, other nights, top level
R&B or Blues. Buttons is all about Food and Music for the Soul but more importantly they want to bring
people together!
15207 Addison Rd, Addison, TX 75001 (972) 503-2888 www.buttonsrestaurants.com
VENUE BY EAR | 18
Scat Jazz Lounge
Sundance Square
Historic Downtown
Ft. Worth
Like the days of the rat
pack and smoky old jazz
clubs, Scat Jazz Lounge is
a fantastic live music
venue in the heart of
downtown Ft. Worth.
From the minute you enter
this basement spot in the
historic Woolworth
building, you will
envision yourself in a
nightclub of the 40s with
velvet drapes, cigarette
girls and swanky clientele.
You will want a cocktail
and a good seat for some
of the better local,
regional, and national
talent with a primary
focus on straight ahead
jazz.
111 W 4th St #11, Fort Worth, TX 76102 (817) 870-9100
19 |THE NEXT TRACKS
HOT TRACKS TO OWN
John A Lewis
John A. Lewis’ medium up tempo swing and resonate Latin grooves will set the mood for any setting or
event and his current CD, One Trip Out will please even the most novice jazz listeners.
Pianist/Composer
For Bookings: Nancy King 817.566.5793
Valerteri, LLC. 214.321.4037
Purchases our latest release @ CDBaby.com
Spenser Liszt
Organic original compositions showcasing a wide range of emotions. This debut album sets high
expectations for what will come next!
Saxophonist - Composer - Arranger - Woodwind Specialist
(214) 684-4375
www.spenserliszt.com
Available at CD BABY, iTunes, Amazon, and Google
THE NEXT TRACKS | 20
William Foley
With a keen interest in harmony and strong melodies that take you places, William Foley’s compositions defy easy classification. Pianist/Composer For Bookings: Nancy King 817.566.5793
Valerteri, LLC. 214.321.4037
Purchases our latest release @ CDBaby.com
Carolyn Lee Jones
Carolyn Lee Jones's influences and choices of genre are as broad as her vocal styling is rich. She makes
standards sound new and the new sound standard.
Imagine 26 voices blended together ( a cappella ) in soaring
harmonies, exciting jazz rhythms, and touching lyrics.
CLJones Music
Dallas, TX 75218
Tel: 214-448-6516
Email: [email protected]
Purchases our latest release @ CDBaby.com
21 | LOCAL WORTHY
Texas Blues PROUD By Christina Castle
Like the Yellow Rose of Texas, the Alamo and the State
Fair, the Lone Star State has produced some of the greatest
blues legends to ever pick up a guitar or stand behind a
microphone. There are greats who all found the blues in
Texas like Grammy winner Marcia Ball, an Austin blues
artist described in USA Today as "a sensation, saucy singer
and superb pianist... where Texas
stomp-rock and Louisiana blues-
swamp meet", Robert Johnson, the
Godfather of Blues, whose landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937
display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent
that influenced many generations
of musicians, as well as Sam
“Lightnin’” Hopkins from
Centerville honored by Rolling
Stone magazine as number 71 on
their list of the 100 greatest
guitarists of all time.
Texas Blues differs from other styles in use of sounds and instruments, especially the heavy use
of the guitar. While not limited to Texas, this subgenre of the blues, is played with more swing
and has enjoyed style variations over the years. Texas Blues began to appear in the early 1900s
among African Americans who worked in oilfields, ranches and lumber camps and in the 1920s,
Blind Lemon Jefferson, one of the most popular blues singers of that time, and who has been
titled "Father of the Texas Blues", innovated the style by using jazz-like improvisation and single
string accompaniment on a guitar. His influence defined the field and inspired later performers.
Born in 1954, Dallas native Stevie Ray Vaughn contributed to the
variations by using various types of guitar sounds like southern slide and
different melodies of blues and jazz. Texas blues also relies on guitar
solos or "licks" as bridges in songs. But Dallas has had many more
legendary names, who are making a mark on the world of blues: Freddie
King, T-Bone Walker, Blind Lemon Jefferson and, of course, Stevie Ray
Vaughn all have dominated blues charts across the web. But again, Dallas
lays claim to many blues artists who've stayed under the mainstream
media’s radar, but who are building their own legends by blazing local
and national stages over decades.
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Miss Marcy and the Texas SugarDaddy’s
You can easily get lost in the
gravelly angelic voice of Miss
Marcy who is leading the pack of
the Dallas Blues scene. In a music
genre dominated by men, Miss
Marcy has made a name for herself
after years on the club gigs, parties,
and festival circuit. But after
recording her debut album in 2010
with the SugarDaddy’s, she is definitive proof that the Blues are timeless.
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones
No one knows the blues better than Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones. Although
he's played guitar with Freddie King's backing ensemble, jammed with
Johnnie Taylor, blues vocalist and local Dallas legend the "Reverend"
R.L. Griffin., Jr. Boy's contributions to the blues will long be
remembered by fans worldwide thoughindividual success has somehow
eluded him most of his life. However, in 1995, he was part of the
ensemble that garnered a Blues Music Award as the 'Band of the Year'.
Mike Morgan
Mike Morgan has been slinging his Fender Strat with local and regional
bands and teaching other people how to sling theirs for years. His band Mike
Morgan and The Crawl was once considered one of the best contemporary
blues bands in Texas, releasing such hits as Raw & Ready, Full Moon Over
Dallas and The Road. Envision an outlaw biker with a badass black eye
patch. Now visualize him with a guitar! That modern image gives a new
meaning to badass!
Wanda King
You cannot honor a blues list without a king (or in this case a Queen
king!) representing it, and there is no one better than Freddie king’s
daughter, one of the Three Blues Kings. Wanda King has been stepping
out of her father's shadow since she fronted her brother Fred Jr.'s band in
grade school. Opening for David Sanborn, Johnny Winter and The Blues
Brothers, King has become Queen all by herself.
Christina Castle is a freelance writer who lives in Dallas, TX.
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