Musicians – Page 7 – Robbie Link

Alison Weiner – Piano, Vocals, and Really Enjoying the Melodica

Alison Weiner is the creator and caretaker of mahaloArts, a Carrboro-based company which develops and presents endeavors of positive, constructive and engaging manner that underscore gratefulness for being alive. With degrees in architecture, jazz studies and music composition under her belt, Alison is joyful earning her keep as a musician by teaching, performing, composing, and […]

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Steve Wing – Piano, Vocals

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Steve Wing was born in New Orleans where he grew up listening to brass bands and other Crescent City jazz forms. He first learned piano from his mother, composer Lee Wing, and later studied with jazz greats Mary Lou Williams and Yusef Salim. Steve plays jazz as well rhythm and blues, rock, and other musical

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Never Did Like Kenny G.

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Saw an interesting story about a fund raiser for feeding hungry folks in the Northwest part of the country. They used Kenny G’s name, which, of course got them in a little trouble but the story is great – you can read it here: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/30/kenny-gs-manager-calls-us-up-to-shout-at-us-about-the-slog-vs-kenny-g-holiday-charity-challenge and in the comments section was a reference to another article

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Vibrato You Could Drive a Truck Through

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I often have to remind students to use vibrato sparingly and intentionally. Depending on their age I have various ways of communicating this. Recently I saw the following on Facebook: Vibrato on every note is like putting ketchup all over the music. I tried that on a young student yesterday but then his dad informed

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Playing in Pittsboro

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There was a great view from the stage that day. And Ed must have been playing something really nice.

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Thank you Brother Yu

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Brother Yusuf was the person responsible for me coming to this area in the early 80’s. He brought me into the jazz community here and saw that I got good work. I had the honor of playing with him for several years along with Bus Brown, Eve Cornelius, Al Neece, Ray Codrington, Steve Wing, and

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Trio in the Rough

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I’ve been playing music with guitarist Bernie Petteway on and off for many years. We had a quartet, The Wasabi Brothers, for several years playing electric/eclectic jazz-sort-of. For the last few years we’ve been playing sporadically with drummer Ed Butler as the Bernie Petteway Trio. I’m reluctant to call this a “jazz trio” though we

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Pete and Woody and Me

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I’ve had the privilege of sharing the stage with many wonderful and famous musicians over the years – from Isaac Stern and Jean Pierre Rampal to Margaret Whiting and Patti Page to Tal Farlow and Charlie Byrd. But on October 5th I got to perform with one of America’s greatest living legends – Pete Seeger.

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