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Earl Carter
Earl Carter - Silky [EP Compilation] (2019) "Washington DC based jazz guitarist and bassist Earl Carter has worked with a host of musicians during his musical career. With that in mind, Silky is a compilation of singles released in 2019 which has Earl performing with Arrington Price (keyboards and programming), Marion Meadows, (sax), Charles Foster (bass), Shawn Dove (programming), Marcus Johnson (piano), Les Cleveland (drums), Michael Lington (sax), Glenn Douglas (keyboards and programming), Elliot Jefferson (keyboards and programming), Jackiem Joyner (sax), Elyscia Jefferson (vocals), Eric Marner (sax), David Dyson (bass), Dwayne "Kiggo" Wellman (drums), and Patrick Cooper (keyboards and programming)... The EP compilation is comprised of five singles, offers old and new songs, which includes originals and covers." ~ review extracts from Hans-Bernd Hulsmann - smooth-jazz.de

Links: Website, Private Music Lessons, Reverbnation, and DC Bebop page.

MUSIC CD ARCHIVE: ONECD

Hermanos Gutiérrez
Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cosmico (2024): "Hermanos Gutiérrez is an Ecuadorian-Swiss sibling duo consisting of brothers Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez. They have gained recognition for their instrumental compositions with a unique sound, often compared to the soundtrack of spaghetti westerns. Their music is deeply rooted in their Latin heritage, and with each album, they delve deeper into the soundscapes of the past, paying homage to their roots while forging a path uniquely their own. Sonido Cósmico stands as a testament to Hermanos Gutiérrez’s growth and experimentation as artists." Review: ~ thefirenote.com,

Links: Website, Discography and Wikipedia.

MUSIC CD ARCHIVE: DOUBLECD

Kiku Collins
Kiku Collins - Red Light (2011) "An interesting blend of jazz/blues polish and sass is what we have here from trumpeter/vocalist Kiku Collins on her latest project, Red Light. The former Beyonce trumpet player who's worked with the likes of Michael Bolton and Jill Scott has a style as sexy and smooth as silk and as authentic as her persona. Using great phrasing and arrangements, the music presented here""the vast majority of which was co-written by Collins""is a combination of sweet, sexy, and "come hither" sensuality (listen to "Tag Play" for a good example) and funky, enflamed groove (e.g., "Come My Way" "" check out bassist Malcolm Gold's work while you're here)."   ~ Smooth Jazz Ride

Links: Discography, YouTube, MySpace, Website and DC Bebop page.

Kiku Collins - Here With Me (2008) "She's more than just Beyonce's and Michael Bolton's former horn player, though. She's now stepping into the spotlight all on her own with her debut album "Here With Me" (innova 668). While Kiku has been seen around town, as well as around the world, with major pop stars including Beyonce, Dave Wakeling, TM Stevens, Carmine Appice, Robert Gordon, Sami Yaffa, Jonathan Richmond, and Pat Travers to drop a few names, she has truly found her voice in "Here With Me". This smoothly satisfying album redefines evocative jazzy compositions and rich orchestration. Her multiple tracking on the flugelhorn, muted trumpet and trombone, showcases a level of musicianship of the highest order and demonstrates what a band of Kikus might sound like."   ~ One Sheet - Innova Recordings

MUSIC ARTS: SESSION

Music Arts session - Concert, Station, PBS, NPR and other live mini concert sessions and interviews.

Chant (D.Pearson) Cherry Skolik Project + (Live performance)
Chant by Duke Pearson: Ed Cherry - Guitar, Arek Skolik - Drums, Pawel Palcowski - Trumpet, Maciej Kitajewski - Double Bass

BOOK RACK: FEATURED BOOK

Stephen Spotswood – Dead in the Frame (2025) "The most dramatic installment yet in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost and Parker series, as Will scrambles to solve a shocking murder before Lillian takes the fall for the crime. NEW YORK CITY, 1947: Wealthy financier and ghoulish connoisseur of crime, Jessup Quincannon, is dead, and famed detective Lillian Pentecost is under arrest for his murder. Means, motive, and a mountain of evidence leave everyone believing she's guilty. Everyone, that is, except Willowjean “Will” Parker, who knows for a fact her boss is innocent. She just doesn’t know if she can prove it."     ~ readingreality.net and KOBO.com

BOOK RACK: FEATURED SERIES

Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency "Adams’ drew on his Doctor Who stories City of Death and the unfilmed Shada when conceiving the story, and there’s a lot of the Doctor in the character of Dirk Gently. He’s a brilliant eccentric, not bound by rules or social convention, solving mysteries with an ever-present companion. However, the Doctor’s motivation is to do good, whereas Gently is more ‘chaotic neutral’, to coin a phrase. His motivation seems to be more to put his brainpower to use than anything altruistic per se. This is in keeping with the absurdist themes in Adams’ other works, where the characters are trying to just survive and make sense of a fundamentally nonsensical universe."      ~ atticusbooks.co.uk, KOBO Books

MOVIES: FEATURED MOVIE

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

"Khan is played as a cauldron of resentment by Ricardo Montalban, and his performance is so strong that he helps illustrate a general principle involving not only Star Trek but “Star Wars” (1977) and all the epic serials, especially the “James Bond” movies: Each film is only as good as its villain. Since the heroes and the gimmicks tend to repeat from film to film, only a great villain can transform a good try into a triumph. In a curious way, Khan captures our sympathy, even though he is an evil man who introduces loathsome creatures into the ear canals of two Enterprise crew members. Montalban doesn’t overact. He plays the character as a man of deeply wounded pride, whose bond of hatred with Admiral Kirk is stronger even than his traditional villain’s desire to rule the universe. " ~ RogerEbert.com   Link: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - Buy

Star Trek: The Original Series “Space Seed”
A good thriller requires a good villain, and "Space Seed" has Khan Noonian Singh (Ricardo Montalban), a 20th-century tyrannical leader from the era of the Eugenics War—a conflict fought over the dispute of genetically engineering human beings. Link: Star Trek Season 1 Episode 25: Space Seed (1967) - Watch for free on Dailymotion

CUISINE: FEATURED RESTAURANT

LTD Edition Sushi Location: 1641 Nagle Pl Ste 006 Seattle, WA 98122 - "Located in the heart of Capitol Hill, LTD Edition Sushi is an omakase-only spot that has quickly become one of the most coveted reservations in town. That's due in large part to the accolades it has racked up, including a coveted spot in the New York Times 2023 "The Restaurant List" as one of the 50 best places to dine in the United States. Another factor is the size of the restaurant itself. There are just 16 seats and LTD Edition only does two seatings a night."
"At LTD Edition, the experience is predicated on fun, but the approach to sushi is serious. It is rooted in the Japanese Edomae style that Tsukasaki learned from training under two Seattle sushi luminaries, Shiro Kashiba and Taichi Kitamura. It was during that time he met Jun Kobayashi, who is now the head sushi chef at LTD Edition." 

Link: Review: Condé Nast Traveler, LTD Edition Sushi Website

*The most recent featured musicians and play lists from the five Music listings on DC Bebop.   A musician listed on a DC Bebop page with an intro, is featured for 10 days with one of their songs.  Included in the play list are songs by nine other musicians in a table on DC Bebop. The songs are linked to a page (MySpace, Reverbnation, YouTube or where ever the song can be heard). The play list is not a top 10 list. It features songs I liked and think perhaps others might appreciate the music as well.

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