"A GREAT PLACE TO HANG"....
- Bill Barnes United States
- Share
- Profile Apps
- Blog Posts
- Discussions (2)
- Events
- Groups (7)
- Photos (32)
- Photo Albums
- Videos (3)
Music
Bill Barnes's Groups
-
History of Jazz
335 members
-
String Jazz Lovers
15 members
-
Jazz Links
386 members
-
Jazz Societies
332 members
-
The Bossa Nova Room
83 members
Bill Barnes's Discussions
Good recent jazz books?
Replied Mar 26
Good recent jazz books?
Replied Feb. 22, 2008
Bill Barnes's Page
Latest Activity
So sweetly done.... classy renditions, with style and panache....enticing to the ear and soul too....Bravo!
Wish I could make it down to the City that day- have a great gig, Cynthia!
Profile Information
- Marital Status
- Engaged
- Where are you located?
- New Hampshire
- Tell us a little about your background...
- Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bill grew up in North Carolina, where he began his professional career in the late sixties as a backup musician in pickup bands. During this period he played with R and B recording artists such as Eddy Floyd, Spider Turner, Gary US Bonds, Rufus Thomas and others. On the concert stage he has opened for a diverse lineup of acts, including Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Tommy James, Blue Oyster Cult, Michael Henderson, Betty Wright, Tommy Roe, The Marvelettes, Sam the Sham, Len Barry, The Turtles and KC and the Sunshine Band. At the age of 19 he toured with Atco Records star Arthur Conley (Sweet Soul Music,) on a series of concert dates to promote the release of Conley’s single, Funky Street. His love of jazz had him leading experimental groups in the late sixties and seventies, while continuing to play in road bands backing up artists such as The Drifters, Platters, Coasters and perennial Carolina favorites like singer Scotty Todd and The Showmen of Norfolk Virginia. Working out of Atlanta in the mid seventies, he toured the country with the progressive rock band Sweetfire and worked the Underground as a house musician at Scarlett O’Hara’s. Soon he was back on the road as the lead guitarist for Salsoul recording artists Ripple and the jazz-funk horn band ATL. He wound up living in New York City in ’79, where for the next 13 years he was an active studio musician, doing sessions with Don Casale for Easy Street Records and Malaco Records, later working with Sax player and writer John Bastianelli on projects for Columbia. However, heading his own jazz guitar trio had been his long-term goal and, while paying dues with other ensembles, he was forming his concept for a different approach to the traditional trio, one which would meld the edginess of fusion and hard bop with the passion and sensitivity of blues and Latin, seasoned with elements of traditional Japanese and Indian music. He is mostly self-taught; drawing on his influences, which include jazz giants Pat Martino, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, John McLaughlin, George Barnes, Bucky Pizzarelli and Lenny Breau, although he acknowledges a tremendous debt of gratitude to New York bebop guitar master Mark Marino, LA guitarist Cliff Kuplen, legendary pianist Lynne Arriale and Bellarman University’s Jazz Guitar Professor Jeff Sherman, all with whom he had studied privately. Thematically, much of his music is influenced by Eastern philosophy. He has long been a devotee of Zen and Taoism, as well as a student of martial arts. In 1996 he earned a first degree black belt and is registered with the American Chung Do Kwan Taekwondo Association. He formed his first trio in 2000, recording his first album, Zensibility, featured on Public Radio WFPK’s Album Spotlight. Later on he recorded his Live! At the Jazz Factory CD. With his latest release,Winds of Bodhgaya, he aspired to a theme of ascension and spiritual evolution, woven into a musical tapestry which incorporates the simplicity, power and acoustic integrity of the traditional jazz guitar trio with a unique amalgam of over three decades of musical experience, recorded in real-time without the usual multi-track overdubbing or heavy artificial sweetening. Bill currently resides in New Hampshire. He is managed by Powers Management Group and can be contacted at info@billbarnestrio.com.
- How did you hear about the Jazz Network? Please give full name of contact
- Online Friend
- What is your website address? Only websites that pertain to your business and how you can be contacted.
- http://www.billbarnestrio.com/
Bill Barnes's Photos
Bill Barnes's Videos
-
-
Off The Reservation
Added by Bill Barnes
-
Comment Wall (41 comments)
- At 6:41am on May 27, 2009, Myreille Bédard said…
- Hi Bill
Thank you for your virtual and musical friendship.
Maybe we will see in NY one day !
Myreille
- At 6:01am on April 11, 2009,
Bruce C said…
Sweeeet chops Bill......totally tasty indeed. Great pix too! We're aligned in many areas....thank you for sharing the sweet stylings of your musicianship...I'm in Maine now...but was "hatched" as a Tarheel...my momma still lives in Charlotte...and as soon as I sell my house...will re-invent my life in a more southerly mode...the shot here i took in '74, Preservation Hall, New Orleans...Sweet Emma at the piano...have some great guitarist friends up here in the Maine area...drop in anytime...my best to you ....always b
- At 9:54am on April 6, 2009, Kathleen Anderson Matthews said…
- Hi Bill! I am digging your music here. I have to post my photos and music.. just never seem to get around to it. Happy Spring! Love, KAM
- At 4:58pm on March 31, 2009,
Jens Christian Mayer said… - Hi Bill..funny, I could have written the exact same comment on robben Ford's Page..
Nice playing..
- At 2:24pm on March 28, 2009,
Daphne Elise Vaughan said… - Thank you, Bill for stopping by my page. I love your music. Especially the blues in shar-truze and kinda kenny. I'm trying to put together a tribute to Oscar Brown, Jr with Kenny. He's now the director of ethnomusicolgy at UCLA
Peace
- At 12:21pm on March 26, 2009,
HAROLD HAITY said… - Hello Bill my friend. Thanks for your invitation Sir.
Currently I'm in London but I know I'll one day watch one of your concerts. Would be great to jam with you .
Wishing you all the best Bill.
Harold
- At 1:43pm on February 11, 2009,
Frizzey Greif said…
- old friend !!!!!
- At 11:06am on February 11, 2009,
Joani Taylor said… - SNAP! This is my kind of jazz. Thanks for being here. Warmest regards from Vancouver BC
- At 4:51am on February 1, 2009,
Christophe Canto said… - Hello Bill I Love Your Sound Great Song Here!
Thank you for Friendly!
Best From France!
- At 8:10am on January 11, 2009,
Kathleen Gorman said… - Hi Bill,
Great to meet and hear you. Wonderful music, what a virtuoso you are ! Your bio is fascinating, so many musical and personal accomplishments. Wishing you all the very best for 2009.
Cheers,
Kathleen
Quotes from some of the best...
Jaijai, what a wonderful mission you've undertaken to create such a place for artistic minds to meet and share their hearts. A place to renew faded determinations, and revive lessened momentums. A place to display our wares and reconfirm to one another that we actually are on the right track.
I commend you, Jaijai, for caring so much that you created this castle of the heart for all of us. I want to share my praise for all of the new friends as well as old friends that I've met and will meet here in our castle. Here we can garnish the where-with-all, the strength, the conviction, and the selflessness through our symbiosis, to share our gift to the world with an unbiased agenda.
My mentor, Daisaku Ikeda says of art: "A beautiful flower delights and refreshes the hearts of all people equally, no matter what soil it grows in. That is the power of beauty. The same is true of great art. It is this spirit that the German poet Heinrich Heine sang of when he wrote that once the peapod bursts open, the sugar peas inside are for everyone to enjoy."
Let's be audacious, my friends!
Buster Williams
Dear Jaijai:
What a wonderful thing you have created here and thanks so much for the fabulous feature you did for my music and me. As I am new to TJN I am fascinated by what you have created. There are so many talented artists here and it feels like I’ve gone to heaven. Your father and I were close friends over the years and Duffy still is. He played in my trio at Arturo’s in Miami Beach last summer. (2007) And I have worked with him off and on since he was 12 years old. I just know your father is very proud of you and the site is a work of art! You have created something of real value for the jazz community and all I can say is Bravo!
Mike Longo
Hey Jaijai,
What a marvelous idea of having a place where musicians can come to connect with each other. We all now know this as the The Jazz Network, thanks to you. Thank you for allowing us all benefit from the power of your dreams.
Safe travels,
Henry Johnson
Daughter of the great jazz legend, Billy Eckstine, pays tribute to her iconic father with sultry, smokey ballads, classic swing and a touch of hip latin, all sung by this dynamic vocalist.
The Jazz Network gets a sneak peek of Paul's upcoming CD, click the cover and get a taste of what's to come!
WE HIT OVER ONE MILLION VIEWERS :-)
Create your free world visitor maps
Videos
-
-
SongSound Of The Drums
Added by Ze'ev Macklin
-
26 Blue Moons
Added by Ze'ev Macklin
-
SongSound Of The Drums
Added by Ze'ev Macklin
-
-
-
-
Michael Jackson
Added by janice lee
"The Jazz Network has come into being at just the right time. I believe that we are forever in need of spiritual and artistic enrichment and the way I see it, music, particularly jazz music, is all about the spirit. The Jazz Network allows us to reach out to our fellow artists across the world, in a way that has not been seen before, enlightening us as to who's out there making hip and happening music and helping to shape the culture. Whether artists approach this music from traditional perspectives or attempt to create new and radical sub-genres of jazz, the Jazz Network
is providing exposure, performance and recording opportunities that we might never have found on our own.
The Jazz Network is an amazing resource for the Jazz community. I'm
honored and happy to be a part of it.
Jaijai, thanks for your faith and what you're doing for the jazz community"
Best,
Nicolas
RSS
A Jazz Voice Finds a Mellower Range
When it’s time for the jazz singer Sheila Jordan to work on arrangements, she heads to Middleburgh, N.Y. Tradition Leaping to the Sky
Tradition is of considerable use to Hiromi, but mainly as a springboard; she’s always poised to jackknife through the stratosphere. 1 Charmer, 5 Albums, and Still a Teenager
Having five albums to her name is a sure testament to Grace Kelly’s preternatural skill, but it also possibly indicates a discomforting order of priorities. An All-Star Tribute Recalls the Downtown Loft Scene
The 30th anniversary tribute to the Jazz Forum featured a crowded bill of over a dozen veterans from the former East Village space.Jazz Listings
JAZZ.Mixing the Prepared With the Impromptu
Nearly all jazz balances improvisation against composition, but a band like Floriculture makes you realize how many degrees there are of striking that balance. The Voice Is Dark and the Emphasis Mysterious
A subdued Diana Krall held forth on Tuesday at Carnegie Hall, where she gave the first of two concerts with a 41-piece orchestra, augmented by a jazz trio. Evil Chords and Jazz Flourishes
Reviews of Xasthur, Christian McBride, Josh Berman, Tiny Vipers and Yob. Jazz Listings
JAZZ.Territory of Two Norwegian Trumpeters
Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvaer presented distinct visions of a post-Miles landscape at Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday.At the White House, a Blend of Jazz Greats and Hopefuls
On Monday afternoon, Michelle Obama invited about 150 high school jazz students to the White House for a program called Jazz Studio, with workshops led by jazz musicians and a concert. Huey Long, Guitarist for Ink Spots, Dies at 105
Mr. Long, who took up the guitar in 1933, performed with an extensive list of greats in a journey that began with Dixieland, moved into swing and jumped forward to bebop. Jazz Listings
JAZZ.Five Drummers Whose Time Is Now
The musicians featured are all finding new ways to look at the drum set, and at jazz itself. Jazz Attuned to the Pace of a Calm, Steady Heartbeat
The South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim harbors no fondness for disruption. Latest Activity
Excerpt from Concert @ Watts Tower Mingus Arts Center Music of Charles Mingus,June 21,2009
Donald Dean-Drums
Hakeem Holloway-Bass
Nedra Wheeler-Bass
John Clayton-Bass
Bill Johnson-Bass
James Leary-Bass & arranger
Forum
Grease and Grits (blues concert)
Started by Debra Dean in Sample Title Jun 15.
Attn: Music Publishers, Composers, Producers & Arrangers
Started by Sheet Music Engravers in Sample Title Jun 9.
Internet radio featuring independent artist GHP RADIO
Started by Gary Fuston in Sample Title Jun 5.
la musica y percusion de colombia..
Started by premel in Sample Title Jun 4.
BB King "LIVE" June 2, June 3 - FREE BROADCAST
Started by Allen Johnston in Sample Title May 30.
PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ACT 1 Reply
Started by Allen Johnston in Sample Title. Last reply by Petra Kozeluhova Jun 4.
Reggae Jazz
Started by Sharon Addison in Sample Title May 25.
Memorial to Jazz Drummer SHELTON GARY (NY)
Started by Topsy M. Durham in Sample Title May 21.
Simply An-G and CDC Foundation
Started by Simply An-G in Uncategorized May 18.
song of the year.. 1 Reply
Started by nicky quick in Sample Title. Last reply by Scotty Wright May 24.
Birthdays
© 2009 Created by Jaijai Jackson
googled77eeec400d24e5e.html