C” Carney’s insistence that he convert from electric to acoustic bass.As a leader, Mike has produced a few albums of his own and is currently an adjunct professor of jazz at Temple University. He is now joined in this quartet with his 13 year old son, musical prodigy Mekhi Boone. There is definitely this connection, and I made those connections in a way that I probably wouldn’t have made had I stayed in New York. View the profiles of people named Mike Boone.

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MIKE BOONE JAZZ JAM 7:30 PM - 11:30 PM Jason Evenchik’s sixth restaurant venture (he also owns Vintage, Time, Bar, Garage, and Tiki) in Philadelphia, on 2nd Street in Northern Liberties. Bassist A few weeks ago, Boone hooked up with drummer Josh Thomas, who has a recording studio and sound stage called Friend Zone Studios in West Philly, and started a livestream on Thursdays at 7pm, calling on musicians far and wide to come and play.I spoke with Boone, a long, long-time friend, last week.“I’m doing it on Thursdays because every Thursday I had my own jam at Some musicians have jumped at Boone’s invitation to improvise and others have begged off, worried about COVID-19 getting in the way, and the bassist totally understands: Boone’s wife was recently hospitalized with the virus but is home now doing fine.“I split the profits with everybody," Boone said. Now, nearly four decades later he is firmly entrenched in his adopted home, playing, teaching, and mentoring up and coming musicians. I’m not trying to do a bunch of hip stuff. Recent Post by Page. I’m just trying to swing my ass off. I’ll say, “How ‘bout a hand for so and so, and nobody’s out there!”The renowned bassist teams up with his band for a night with no overdubs—just pure jazz. or.

"We ask for about $7, and it’s on the honor system. What’s a jazz musician to do once the audience has been ordered to stay home and all the gigs have dried up?

The bassist also has a vibrant social media life on Facebook where his provocative posts garner buzz-worthy responses. People come in, and if they don’t feel good, we’re supposed to make them feel good.”Mike added, “They call Nashville ‘Music City,’ but when I think of Philadelphia, it is a true Music City—and I will always shout from the rooftops: ‘We got it! Nate Chinen.

33 CDs as leader. Mike especially recalls his tutelage from Trudy Pitts—and Bill “Mr. Yesterday at 4:51 PM. Log In. Now, nearly four decades later he is firmly entrenched in his adopted home, playing, teaching, and mentoring up and coming musicians.“Jazz is definitely a spiritual music and it’s also part of our culture as African American people,” reflected Mike at the start of freewheeling, and often passionate, conversation.

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Pages Liked by This Page. Bobbi Booker. And when you’re being forced to play remotely, the spontaneity isn’t there.Boone told me, “Everybody is doing this band in a box and overdubbing thing, I’m even doing it for an upcoming Ben Vereen show I’m doing, but that’s not jazz. I’m trying to tap into God because that’s where all this stuff comes from anyway.

People come in, and if they don’t feel good, we’re supposed to make them feel good.”“I was blessed to learn the real deal: street jazz. World-famous for his reworking of Mahler, Wagner, Verdi, Schumann and Bach. The creative director of the Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy presents the first online international piano festival.

Jazz Philadelphia. Everybody can watch the show for free, but the idea is to get the audience to buy into the fact that you can’t come into the club to see us. Nowadays, he is often accompanied on stage by his teenage son, musical prodigy Mekhi Boone, who plays drums. So I take some of that street jazz with me into the classroom and directly on the bandstand and that’s what I try to portray. Sometimes the group will feature “old heads” with younger players, which is par for the course with Boone, since he’s mentored almost every musician coming out of Philly.This Thursday, May 28, Boone has planned a very special evening with an all-star group: guitarist Of course, the scramble to find a way to pay the bills by Philly’s jazz musicians came up in conversation; everyone has been watching what everyone else has been doing technologically to see possible workarounds. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. In fact, I probably wouldn’t be playing jazz, so it was a blessing to come to Philly.”After embracing the upright bass, he found himself in the company of legendary local musicians, including John Swana, Sid Simmons, Byron Landham, Shirley Scott, and many more.

The real live performance thing is lost. Happy Birthday! The problem with jazz is that there can’t be a lag time between what the musicians hear and what they play. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Event Update: Due to an unfavorable weather forecast and in the interest of public safety, tonight’s Cooper River Park Twilight Concert featuring the Mike Boone Jazz … As an enterprising young bassist, Mike Boone took what he initially thought was a detour from his New York City home to Philadelphia. Ultimately, for the elder Boone, it is all about the power of music.“I’m just trying to make people feel good and to do my job. Closing out the month with a short film from People's Light, 'Hamlet' streaming from Laurel Hill Cemetery, and an author event celebrating women making moves in Congress. Mike has produced a few albums of his own as a leader, and is currently an adjunct professor of Jazz (Bass) at Temple University. The 2015 play about a corporate merger and “excessively zany” puppets returns for a virtual reading this week. See more of Jazz Philadelphia on Facebook. Forgot account? With COVID-19, some musicians livestream on Facebook alone with their piano or guitar, or quarantined cohabitating musicians perform an impromptu on their couch or back porch. Find her on Twitter @suzannecloud.