1. Al Strong is living up to his name: he's going strong! In addition to being Musical Director for the Sallie B. Howard Arts & Education School in Wilson, he's still educating elementary school kids in Durham--& importantly for those needing his music, he's working piece by piece on a Lovestrong Vol 2 recording. To keep up with him go to:
- alstrongmusic.com
2. WBGO in New York as a smorgasbord of recordings documenting Chick Corea's career at;
- https://www.wbgo.org/post/chick-corea-anthology-curated-our-hosts
3. Jazz At Lincoln Center has added a family/student concert 6p Saturday night with enthusiastic vocalist Catherine Russell (+ NC-educated pianist Sean Mason) at:
- https://jazzatlincolncenter.squarespace.com/virtual-season?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MKT21All-subscontentnewsletter2.17.21&utm_content=version_A&promo=18828#catherinerussell
That Chick Corea anthology on WGO could keep me going all day...