Let’s celebrate the holidays back home at The World Stage! So happy to be back for the first time in several years. This is the place where so much of my creative life was shaped and the community that helped me grow. This will be a joyful night. I’ll be the featured artist after the workshop portion, then there will be an open mic.
Wednesday, 12/14, The World Stage 4321 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008 7:00 doors, 7:30 workshop, 8:30 feature (me), 9:05 open mic
Notes:Featured Performer at the Anansi Writers Workshop.
The Anansi Writers Workshop was founded in 1990 by Kamau Daáood, Akilah Oliver, Nafis Nabawi and Anthony Lyons. In 1993, Michael Datcher initiated the development of a three-part format for the workshop. Our tradition of a community workshop began in the late 1960s at the Watts Writers’ Workshop, where World Stage co-founder Kamau Daáood started his writing career. For general information and booking, contact V. Kali, the Anansi Writers Workshop Coordinator, at vkaliflowers@gmail.com.
Happy Holidays! Let’s catch up with the Pasadena crowd!
Thursday, 12/15, Lyd & Mo Photography 27 N Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106 8-10:30pm 4 artists doing separate sets, show times determined when we get there so plan accordingly.
Notes:An Evening of Singer/Songwriters. Holiday and NOT so Holiday
Donation $20.00 or more… give from your heart!
Doors open @ 730 pm
Showtime 8PM
This is an intimate venue – be Covid free! Masks optional not clothing.
information call 323-436-7546
Donations: paypal.me/RaspinStuwart
I’m super excited to announce that “Document:Freedom:Spring (Live!)” was released on Friday, October 21, 2022! This is exclusively available on Bandcamp.
To celebrate, I’m also releasing reissues of my entire 2000s catalog there, for $7+ each. The great thing about Bandcamp is that you can download lossless and hi-res files all for the same price, plus, you can also “name your price” to generously support artists further. Even cooler, on Bandcamp Fridays (the first Friday of every month), the full amount of your purchase goes to the artist.
But enough about where you can buy it, you probably want to know about it! The album’s “liner notes” detail the magic of re-opening The Warner Grand Annex with my “Roots & Rambles” show after lockdown in June of 2021. The quick version is that they had a piano, I fell in love with the idea of playing it, so I did — for the first time in my adult life ever in a show! This led to a retrospective night of joy with an introduction of nine songs never recorded until now. And, only the last song of the night — an unplanned encore — is played in an arrangement that’s something I’ve done before.
For all of us, it was a beautiful night of hope! We were elated and a little bit surprised to be in a theater together. Covid rates were low, vaccine rates were high, variants were in the distance. I felt so free to have three different stations to play three different guitars…and a piano that night! It felt like a rebirth, as does today, being able to share this music with you. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
Here are a couple thoughts from others:
“The word that leaps to my mind is “generosity.” This recording absolutely drips with it. Generosity of spirit. Generosity of artistry. You feel the artist’s presence.
Over the course of 15 remarkable songs, Jason Luckett invites us into his musical world, receiving all with warmth, humor and boundless energy and invention.”
— Todd Lawrence (aka Milo Binder)
“I have been a fan of Jason’s for many years and have watched him perform live many times, and I know this much about him: Live music is his happy place. He loves playing in front of people, playing off of and interacting with a crowd with a guitar in his hand, or his fingers hovering above a piano and keyboard. This here live album is classic Jason Luckett, at the height of his powers, playing to a room full of happy Lucketteers! His positivity, his love for his craft, is all present and accounted for in this show. I loved listening to and watching it as much as I am sure all of you will. Realize it!”
You can buy everything now and you can access the liner notes for free there, too.
The full concert video comes next month. But, with this album, thanks to Raymond Moore‘s carefully detailed mastering, the picture you can create in your head is so vivid, and that’s really the way I like to see music. Put it in your headphones and be transported. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen Bill Withers live at Carnegie Hall in my mind since 1973, but I hope you’ll join us at the Grand Annex many times in the years to come.
I hope to see you all again, in real life, on the road soon!
Peace and Love,
J
Song List: Stir It Up (piano version) Home (piano) Reimagine (piano) Faithful (dreadnought acoustic guitar) Looking at a Photo of Sonny Rollins (dreadnought) My Return (nylon) Stack of 45s (electric) Bad Man You Want (electric) The Passage of Time (dreadnought) This Love (nylon) Magic Trumps Reason (electric) Our Moment in the Sun (electric) Daydream (piano) Summer Nights Are Ours To Seed (piano) Miracle (dreadnought)
Happy to be playing a set in Pasadena! And to be on a bill with Brett Perkins, Raspin and David Plenn. We’re all playing 30 minute sets, so come enjoy the whole night!
Please join us as we celebrate the life and music of Harry Nilsson – live and in person at Molly Malone’s on Thursday August 11th. Doors will open at 7pm. Show will begin at 8pm. Scheduled performers include: Adrian Bourgeois Alysandra Nighswonger Andras Jones Carolyn Soyars Danette Christine Dave Soyars Evie Sands Fernando Perdomo Kaitlin Wolfberg Janice Mauntner Markham Jason Berk Jason Luckett Kristi Kallan LuAnn Olson Lyn Bertles Mark Fletcher Marty Ross Michael Culhane Milo Binder Nick Guzman Nick Vincent Paul Zollo Randell Kirsch Rick Hromadka Steven Kalinich Teresa Cowles and more… Tickets are $15 advance /$20 day of show Due to Covid, we are limiting ticket sales to only 115. Order soon to guarantee entry. This show is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend Zak Nilsson. See you there! Tickets are available at: https://www.seetickets.us/…/700-PM-The-8th…/494208
Notes:Idyllwild Songwriters Festival
7:00 Carlos Reynosa
6:00 The Brothers Landau
5:00 McKayla Maddox
4:00 Jason Luckett
3:00 Women In The Round:
Annie Moscow/Zoe Fitzgerald
Carter/Ynana Rose
2:00 Steve Key
1:00 Men In The Round: Marty
Axelrod/Will Howkins/Ed Tree
12:00 Paula Fong
11:00 Listening Room Retreat
Song Debuts
