Summit shots and a new blog header

Many thanks this Monday to funky friend Heinrich Buttler, aka the "Soul Preacher," for creating the new header that now graces this blog. Heinrich, shown below with Fred at the Jazz House Kids anniversary gala last October, is a leading global collector of soul music and Fred's official discographer. He also is a talented graphic artist and photographer who generously lends his professional skills in endless and endlessly kind ways. Thanks, Heinrich!

Also, thanks to Steven Bromberg, a friend of NCCU Jazz, for these shots from the Trombone Summit that joined Fred earlier this month with trombonists Clifford Adams and Robert Trowers. Thanks, Steven!

Clifford Adams, Fred, Robert Trowers.

Clifford Adams wowing the crowd with his vocal chops on Horace Silver's "Song for My Father."