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Valentine's Jazz Concert: Rick Braun & Kirk Whalum in Long Beach

Author: Ron Morgan
by Ron Morgan
Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Braun’s family had been very musical. His mother was a self-taught pianist and banjo player and, he himself used to play drums in high school. He began playing the trumpet just after his elder brother started playing it. He had made up his mind to be a doctor or a musician but preferred to be a musician because of the fact that he was not able to outshine at mathematics and praises his high school music teacher for making him efficient in this field. In the 1970s, Braun joined the Eastman School of Music, and being a student there he turn out to be a member of a jazz-fusion band, Auracle which comprised of pianist John Serry. With that band, they were able to win a contest and functioned with Miles Davis producer TeoMacero for 2 music albums. Before getting onto a solo career, Braun got his jump by performing in numerous bands, working as a term musician, exploring & recording with War, Tina Turner, Glenn Frey, Natalie Cole, Sade, Tom Petty, Rod Stewart & Crowded House.

Kirk Whalum was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He joined Melrose High School and Texas Southern University where he managed to become a member of the World Famous Ocean of Soul Marching Band. Besides singing in his father's church chorus, Whalum was educated to adore music from his grandma, Thelma Twigg Whalum, was a piano teacher, and his 2 uncles, Wendell Whalum and Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum, used to perform with jazz bands across the country. He told John H. Johnson's magazine Ebony Man in a 1994 profile, "The music I like to play and write encompasses the four elements I grew up with: Memphis R&B, gospel, rock, and jazz. The emphasis, though, is on melody, period." In the year 1986, he presented a thrilling performance at Jean Michel Jarre's huge concerts Rendez-Vous Lyon & Rendez-Vous Houston. At every concert, he acted upon the track "Last Rendez-Vous", also known as "Ron's Piece", in place of Jarre and Whalum's common friend, saxophonist and astronaut Ron McNair, who breathed his last in the Challenger disaster. He has explored with Whitney Houston for more than 7 years and soloed in her single "I Will Always Love You", which became the best-selling single by a female artist in the music history.

So, here is an opportunity for you to be a part of the live musical event: Valentine's Jazz Concert by Rick Braun & Kirk Whalum in Long Beach on Saturday, the 13th of February 2016. You need to be there at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center by 07:30 P.M. Do not forget to give a call to book a cab Long Beach to transport for the event location. The tickets are available for sale. This is going to be a great musical evening which will set the stage on fire with the mesmerizing performances by Rick Braun & Kirk Whalum. You can drive in your own vehicles as well. Adequate parking space has been arranged for the event. But if you want to get away with the parking hassles, you can always hire a yellow cab Los Alamitos to get you to the Long Beach Convention Center.

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Ron Morgan is the market representative for Ride Yellow Cab. Ride Yellow Cab provides reliable, efficient taxi services, taxi app in the Long Beach. Our service area includes Lakewood, Signal Hill, Hawaiian Gardens, Seal Beach.

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