Jazz Night with Stix Bones & Friends 3/19

Mar 7

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Hey Folks:

Did you miss the first Jazz night in late January? If so, you missed a treat.
The boiler at the Paradise Theater wasn’t working so the room was initially rather chilly but when Marcus Anderson played his sax and Matt Marshak fired up his guitar the warmed place up nicely! By the time Stix Bones and the B.O.N.E. Squad got on stage and folks were nicely liquored up the place was TOASTY!!!!

Here is a cool picture of Stix Bones and the audience “Brooklyn Style”

Hope you make Jazz Night 2 with David Stevens!

Keep Jammin!

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Celebrating Dwayne McDuffie

Feb 24

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Hey Folks:

Here at the B.O.N.E. Chronicles we LOVE cartoons. I mean we really heart them big time; so much that our children have renamed all the members of our family to Justice League characters. Today I heard about the passing of Dwayne McDuffie, the creator of many Kids WB action cartoons that were well written, educational and super entertaining.

Dwayne McDuffie, wrote comic books for Marvel and DC and co-founded his own publishing company before crossing over to television and animation, he passed away on 2/22 at the age of 49 one day after his birthday. A few of our favorite comics that Dwayne was responsible for are “Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths” and the animated TV series “Static Shock”. I just saw a commercial for a new Superman animated movie titled “All-Star Superman” which he too penned. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to Esperanza Spalding

Feb 14

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Hey Folks:

So…. if you watched the Grammys and you are a REAL music lover, please help us congratulate Esperanza Spalding for winning the coveted New Artisit of the Year Grammy!

Keep Jammin

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Black History Month 2011: Top 5 Must Listen’s

Feb 4

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Welcome to the shortest, sweetest and most historical months of the year!
I hope you have some wonderful events in store for this Black History month. Today I’d like to pay tribute to 5 popular Black History Month tunes.

Who better to start this list then… the hardest working man in show business!

JAMES BROWN — SAY IT LOUD, I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD

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St. Nicks Pub

Jan 30

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Back Alley Players etc….

Artist Spotlight: Melvin Smith

Jan 4

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Hey Folks:

Welcome to another edition of Artist Spotlight; within the next few weeks this series will include talented musicians that work with B.O.N.E Entertainment.

Today I’m spotlighting saxophonist extraordinaire Mr. Melvin Smith.

Melvin Smith, “soulful sax man and well musically educated award winner” (Chris Spector-Midwest Record Review), is a native of Jacksonville, Florida who began playing saxophone at the age of thirteen. During his early musical development Smith was fortunate to have great musical experiences like performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival and a European tour. Smith attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music where he received an excellent education in music. Smith later received a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies from Queens College in New York. During the late 90′s Smith was a part of ADMAS, a New York based groundbreaking Ethiopian Jazz group. During the same time Smith, became a member of The New York Jazz Group The New Hope Ensemble, and the acid jazz group Funk Monk. Since moving to New York Melvin has had the opportunity to play with such artists as Charlie Persip, Hubert Eaves III, Ben Vereen, MIchael Henderson, and Norman Connors. Smith has also had the pleasure of opening for Ce Ce WInans and Donnie McClurkin. Smith’s critically acclaimed 2007 release “Portrait” has been compared to Donald Byrd’s
A New Perspective ( Blue Note 1962) and I’m trying to get Home (Blue Note 1964) and Smith’s approach has been compared to Hank Mobley by Micheal Gladstone at All About Jazz. Smith has also been compared to Charles Lloyd and George Coleman (John Barron- All About Jazz). Portrait mixes different styles and feels for a great project. John Barron writes: “Portrait is an honest representation of an artist willing to take chances while respecting the musical traditions of his past. Smith has the potential to reach a broad audience without compromising an ounce of artistic integrity.”

On October 12, 2010 Melvin released his latest project Evidence now available on Amazon, iTunes, Rhapsody Music and everywhere music is sold.

Be sure to download Evidence, Portrait and I Surrender TODAY!

Until next time…

Keep Jammin!

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You’re Invited…

Jan 3

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Hey Folks:

If you are in the NY Tri-State area and you love Smooth Jazz I’m sure you miss CD 109.9 as much as I do.

Start 2011 off on a good foot please join us for a fun night of Smooth Jazz with Stix Bones and Friends -

When: January 29, 2011

Where: The Paradise Theater 2413 Grand Concourse • Bronx, NY 10468

Performances by: Matt Marshak, DJ Rafe Gomez, Marcus Anderson & Stix Bones

Tickets: $20.00

Doors Open: 8 pm

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Old School Thursday – Line/Group Dances

Dec 30

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Hey Folks:

I’m on a dance kick and want to feature 5 of my all time favorite line and group dances.

According to Wikipedia

A line dance is choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact with each other. Older “line dances” have lines in which the dancers face each other, or the “line” is a circle, or all dancers in the “line” follow a leader around the dance floor; while holding the hand of the dancers beside them.

These are not all old school but pretty fun to do at your New Years Eve party tomorrow!

#1 The Cha Cha Slide

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2010 Dance Revolution

Dec 29

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What up people!!!!????

I know… it’s been FOREVER since I’ve sent posted anything to this blog and I do apologize! Life has totally gotten in the way of my creative juices flowing!

But…

SHE’S BACK and I have so much to share with you. First I want to pay tribute to all the creative folks out there who come up with some of the most popular dances of 2010. I’ve selected the 5 below because they have all energized a whole generation  to Dance, Dance, DANCE!!!! There was a point in R&B and Hip Hop culture that everyone had back up dances, groups were doing their dance steps and artists had to be able to cut a rug. Then dancing became uncool. Not sure exactly when that happened but it’s like dancers dropped off the face of the Earth and became stagnate. I’m sure they all had moves that they wanted to bust but… alas no one wanted to see them.

Then Usher, Beyonce, Neo, Keri Hilson and Chris Brown bought back the popularity of the art of dances and it’s now hit an all time high! Today I want to share my favorite videos to watch… these kids are doing IT!

#1 Teach Me How To Dougie

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Musical Kids: The Fire Hawks Band

Sep 27

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Hey Folks:

MJ was one so was Whitney, Brittney, Usher, Brandy, Justin and the list goes on.Nothing in the world compares to the innocent talent of children. It’s not taught it’s engrained and I love it! I would like to take this time to introduce you to another young talent that is taking Richmond, VA by storm.

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