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Rest Powerfully Well Brother Mickey Bass
All My Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Colleagues of Brother Mickey. I have various memories of our conversations, and interactions. Brother Mickey you are missed...Rest Powerfully Well.
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pianist/vocalist Mala Waldron
vibraphonist Jay Hoggard
drummer Bobby Sanabria
“Christopher Dean Sullivan makes a strong case for his essential presence in the ensemble with, yes,
some ostinatos…
Charli Persip made his Transition to the Next
Master Drummer Charli PersipMade his Transition to the Next on Sunday August 23, 2020.Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Colleagues.Thank You Charli Persip,for the Rapturous Rhythmsthat Define the Sounds of Our Time and BeyondYou are Sincerely…
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- Pittsburgh Connection
- Chicago, ILL born, lived in Los Angelas, Cal., raised in Pittsburgh from 1962. This is where I learned to play, perform and instruct...you digg
- Favorite Pittsburgh musicians/performers
- Ray Brown, Rodger Humpries, Phillis Hyman, Joe Harris,
George Benson, Pete Henderson, Jeff "tain" Watts, Larry Mcgee,
Stanley Turrentine, Dekota Staton, Christopher Dean Sullivan,
Dr. Nelson Harrison, Earl Garner, Billy Eckstine, J.C. Moses, Arthur Powell, Nathan Davis...
there are so,so many....ya digg
- Favorite Pittsburgh Jazz Venue
- The Hurrican, The Original Crawford Grill, The Tiger Tail, Post 755, Encore, The Zebra Room, The Aroura Club.
- About Me:
- Becoming Known as, Bass Artisan, Christopher Dean Sullivan is a critically renowned versitile bassist of many musical languages: Jazz, Funk, Reggae, Latin, Fusion, Caribbean, Indian, African, and Eurocentric perceptions, rock, country, and more. Chris is well traveled throughout the US, the Caribbean Islands and Europe. He has shared the stage with Stanley Jordan, Pete Seeger, Archie Shepp, Charli Persip, Yusef Lateef, Judi Silvano, Grant Green, Horace Parlan, Della Griffin, Sonny Fortune, Jon Faddis, Joe McPhee, Sonny Simmons, Irene Reed, Cecil Payne, Joe Lovano, Roy Campbell Jr., Lillie Bryant-Howard, Charles Gayle, Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers, to name a few, and led his own ensembles within the U.S. and abroad which opened for such national commercial acts as The Barkays, Ohio Players, New Birth, The Trinairs, The Moments and Sam and Dave. Chris Sullivan can be heard on various records and CDs from jazz and blues to acoustic folk, funk and gospel. His discography includes Live in New York (Black Saint / Soul Note) with reedist Michael Marcus and drummer Codaryl Cody Moffett, Language of Swans (Drimala) with reedist Joe Giardullo and soundrhythium Michael T.A. Thompson, Under the Moon (A440 Music Group) with Barbara Sfraga, Paul Wertico, John McLean, Kevin Patrick, Stepping Around the Giant (C.I.M.P./Cadence) with Carl Grubbs, Odean Pope and Newman Taylor Baker, Word Riffs with poet Golda Solomon, Timelessness Frozen in Time (SyncTimiCity) - a collaborative project featuring Barbara Sfraga, Michael T.A. Thompson, Mala Waldron and Allen Won, a voice and bass rendition with Sheila Jordan of the Bobby Timmons/Oscar Brown Jr. tune "Dat Dere" for the Sound Visions Media Group compilation release, Alan Glover Cool Fire (Omolade Music), Alan Glover The Blue Shift (Olmolade Music), Rituals from the marrow: Recipe for a jam session with Poet E. J. Antonio. This particular release also has a featured track where Christian McBride and Christopher Dean Sullivan are performing together. In July 2008 Christopher Dean Sullivan is the last bassist to have recorded with Freddie Hubbard before the master trumpeter’s passing in 2008. Produced by alto saxophonist Floyde King for Freddie, with Jeff “Tain” Watts, Laura Kahley, Mamoru Takahashi, Noriko Kamo, Hideo Kitawga and Tom Baker. Chris Sullivan also performs with the Cotton Club All Star Orchestra and has toured with various 50's/60's groups: the Marcel's, The Drifters, Sharelles and many others. Also an actor, Chris can be seen in the movie Dawn of the Dead, as well as TV commercials and magazines (most notably a Vanity Fair photo shoot with Janet Jackson by Annie Leibowitz.) He worked with The Jazz Workshop, in Pittsburgh, PA, under the direction of saxophonist Harold Young where Chris Sullivan produced and hosted his own Warner Communication award winning television show The Tree of Arts Alive where he produced performances and conducted interviews with Max Roach, Roger Humphries, Chic Corea, Stanley Clark, George Duke, Robert Bell ( Kool and the Gang), Patrice Rushen, Larry McGee, The Whispers, Chaka Chan, Lenny White, The Pittsburgh Repertory Theater, Betty Carter, to name a few. In recent years, Chris Sullivan has received various community and arts services, municipal, congressional and Senate Proclamation awards, as well as, Orange County Council of the Arts of New York State – Champion of the Arts Award. Christopher Dean Sullivan's approach is heartfelt and is accessed first of all by intensive listening -- to himself, to the elemental structure of a tune, to the soul of his fellow musicians, and to his own quest for the purest, more direct expression of sound and feeling and is a prime advocate for perpetuating Jazz entertainment into the World Genre.
..."Chris Sullivan, a bassist whose authoritative and bluesy bendings of the notes honor his affection for legends such as Slam Stewart as well as Ray Brown".. ~ Steve Monroe, Jazz Journalists Association
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The FMR release of "Infinite Spirit: Revisiting Music of the Mwandishi Band" featuring pianist/electronician Bob Gluck, drummer Billy Hart, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, and bassist Christopher Dean Sullivan, was released Friday January 15th...already critics Approve!, and Love this recording: “This is a quartet that holds its own as an entity very much itself--and gives us one of the finest new jazz performances of last year…do not miss Infinite Spirit.” ~ Grego Applegate Edwards , Gapplegate Music Review,… “Without any doubt, this is one the year's finest jazz recordings. Grab it now before it appears on many best of lists and we run out.” ~ Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG, with more reviews coming in,…The recording is receiving some overseas radio plays as well. The CD is now available on iTunes, Spotify, FMR Records website, Reverbnation, Amazon, Apple Music, emusic, and more,…and can be purchased at various brick and mortar outlets, like: Downtown Music Gallery, in NYC and others. There will be a full list within the next few days. You can also view the "Infinite Spirit" website [ http://www.electricsongs.com/infinitespirit/ ] for more information.
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Dear Chrisyopher,All the best in the event 'CDS PARADIGM ...!!!
Hugs
Marta:)
Hi Christopher,
Check out,new my new images Digital Series ¨Sketching a Melody¨ ( 2014-15): Samples
Hugs & Love
Marta:)
Long time no see. I'm relocating to SC right now. Talk to you later,
Bob
Will be great perform together someday! Great kiss, May
Nice to meet you!
Thanks for adding me.
Kisses,
May
Shoot me an email if your going to be in town.
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