Any kind of good music, cooking (especially Creole) food, photography, people, life, love, relationships, martial arts (esp. Jujitsu), sports (GO SAINTS!!!), reading non fiction, writing, listening, sharing...
Müzik
Any music that's played with passion and a purpose is good to me...
Filmler
The Karate Kid I and II (don't laugh at me!), Mo Better Blues, The Passion of The Christ, The Last Castle, Match Point, Lost In Translation, Hustle and Flow, Closer, Zoolander, Cinderella Man, Maria Full of Grace, The Ladies Man...
Televizyon
Marttiiiinnnn!!!!, King of Queens (Carrie is sooo hot!), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Good Eats, Girlfriends (Joan Clayton is my secret fantasy!), Boy Meets Grill...
Kitaplar
"Good to Great", Jim Collins; "Secrets of Closing the Sale", Zig Ziglar; "The Martial Artist's Book of Five Rings", Stephen Kaufman; "Purpose Driven LIfe", "The War of Art", Steven Pressfield; "Annointing Fall on Me", T.D. Jakes; "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"; "Satchmo...My Life In New Orleans", Louis Armstrong; "Effortless Mastery", Kenny Werner; "He-Motions", T.D. Jakes; "Mister Jelly Roll", Alan Lomax; "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", Stephen Covey; "First Things First", Stephen Covey; "The Artist's Way", Julia Cameron; "Up From the Cradle of Jazz", Jason Berry; "Sweet, Swing Blues on the Road", Wynton Marsalis; "Jazz In the Bittersweet Blues of Life", Wynton Marsalis; "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership", John C. Maxwell; "The 48 Laws of Power", Robert Greene; The Holy Bible;
Kahramanları
My mother, my grandpa Clarence, single moms, fathers/husbands that stay, Bishop T.D. Jakes, David (Bible figure), Job (Bible figure), Sampson (Bible figure)...
Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA
Mezun Olduğu Okul: Cevap Yok
Öğrenci durumu: Eski Mezunlar
Derece: Associate's Degree
Ana dal: Music/Jazz Performance
2000 - 2001
University Of New Orleans
New Orleans, LOUISIANA
Mezun Olduğu Okul: Cevap Yok
Öğrenci durumu: Eski Mezunlar
Derece: Bachelor's Degree
Ana dal: jazz performance
St Augustine Jr High Sch Boys
New Orleans, LA
Mezun Olduğu Okul: Cevap Yok
Öğrenci durumu: Eski Mezunlar
Derece: None
Kulüpler: Marching 100, Concert Band, Jazz Band
Thaddeus "Fabulous" Ford, II was born into a family of Jazz musicians in New Orleans. The first to arrive was an immigrant from Santo Domingo named Narcisse Gabriel in 1875. Thaddeus began playing the trumpet at age 8 under the demanding instruction of his father, Thaddeus Ford, Sr., a professional trumpeter with the U.S Marine Corp Band for 15 years. The instrument was not taken very seriously by young Thaddeus until age 14. It was then that he met trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis at a workshop at his high school, St. Augustine. Thaddeus immediately went to his father, who was in attendance and said, "...that's what I want to do!" His father suggested that he get in contact with his grandfather, saxophone legend Clarence Ford, Sr., who played with Fats Domino throughout the 50's and 60's. Unfortunately, Thaddeus didn't take heed to his father's suggestion for another year and a half. It was the summer of 1994 that he decided to audition for The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), a performance arts high school whose alumni include the Marsalis brothers, Harry Connick, Jr., Terence Blanchard and many others. As a student, he was exposed to some of the most talented young musicians the city had to offer. He studied with New Orleans premier trumpeter and educator Clyde Kerr, Jr. and Ronald Benko of the La. Philharmonic Orchestra. It was at a NOCCA master class that he also met mentor and friend trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis.
After high school, Thaddeus and his father enrolled in the music program at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. They studied together under Jazz educator and clarinetist Alvin Batiste. After a year in Baton Rouge, young Thaddeus got homesick. He and his father transferred to The University of New Orleans (UNO) to study under Ellis Marsalis. After two semesters at UNO, Thaddeus got an invitation to join the Brass-Hop group Coolbone. He spent 5 years with them performing and recording on an international scale. It was with Coolbone that he aquired his personable stage presence, thus the nickname "Fabulous".
As much as he enjoyed the ride with Coolbone, Thaddeus longed to express the music that was in him in a different context. In 2001, he formed his first group, The Continuum. He adapted the name as way to pay homage to his father who passed away in 1999 and also had a band by that name. It was also the year that Thaddeus became a partner in the online/offline news and entertainment promotion web portal Ebonetworks.com and it's affiliate, NewOrleansBlack.com.
For the next three years The Continuum grew from virtually unknown to one of the most sought after club and private function draws in the city of New Orleans. It was during this period that he had the pleasure of joining his mentor Delfeayo Marsalis' band.
In 2004, Thaddeus relocated to Dallas, TX. Since then he has taken the Jazz community by storm performing with the likes of Shelly Carrol, Freddie Jones, Red Young, LeMark Gulley, Yashi Vaughn, Future Soul Soundclash, Noni Dressler, Arthur Riddles, Hash Brown, Marchel Ivery, Victor Cager, Miss Marcy, Lynn Ross, Dave Burris and many more. He can regularly be found lending his joyful New Orleans sound to unsupecting bands and patrons at various clubs around the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Thaddeus is currently based in the Dallas area and maintains an international itinerary, the most recent being a three month residency at the House of Blues and Jazz in Shanghai, China. Currently, he is composing new music for an upcoming recording session. He is also developing a youth summer Jazz workshop, a jazz curriculum for elementary schools, a 501-3(c) orginazation as well as collaborating with an aray of local talent on recording projects.
The recording you are listening to was done on January 25, 2003 in New Orleans, La. at the famed Ultrasonic Studio. It's an original composition that I used to use as my "theme" song and set break song at my gigs. I'm playing on a Getzen Eterna flugelhorn. The guest vocalist is a woman named Dionne "daDiva" Character. The personnel on this recording are as follows:
Devin Philips, tenor saxophone (Los Hombres Calientes, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra)...Ocie Davis, drums (Ellis Marsalis, Donald Harrison)...David Pulphus, bass (Terence Blanchard)...Emanuel Burke, piano (Kelly Love Jones)
Kimle tanışmak isterim: living: T.D. Jakes, Colin Powell, Jesse Jackson, Wayne Shorter, Michael Jordan, Prince, Common, Kanye West, Cornell West, Spike Lee, Stephen Covey, Zig Ziglar, Phil Jackson, Jim Haslett, Barak Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Toccara, Eva, Ya Ya (America's Next Top Model), Kimberly Locke, Bill Cosby, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Halle Berry, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, Mayor C. Ray Nagin, Dr. John, John C. Maxwell, Sean Payton, Lisa Nicole Carson, Scarlett Johannson, Bill Gates, Herbie Hancock, Kobe Bryant, Chris Botti, Sting, Louis Farakhan, Freddie Hubbard, Aaron Neville, Tracey Ellis Ross, Diana Ross, Scarlett Johannsen, Dwayne Wade...
dead: Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, Clifford Brown, Bunk Johnson, Fats Navarro, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, W.E.B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Danny Barker...
Update: Since this was originally posted, in late 2004, I have since met:
T.D. Jakes, Mayor C. Ray Nagin...
A VERY FUNNY VIDEO...
A video montage of my residency in Shanghai, put together by the great trumpeter/saxophonist/pianist/bassist/vocalist Quinn Lawrence. That is my group, The Continuum in the background playing the Tony Williams composition "Sister Cheryl".
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ahhh mannn.....Now I'm a little teary. Missing New Orleans, I started thinking about Snug Harbor, Cafe Istanbul, La Peniche, Cafe Maspero's, The French Market, Jackson Square, Cooter Brown's, the list goes on. Just smiled and wiped a tear. Do you know what means to miss New Orleans?
Yep. I recently had some jambalaya here. lol The rice was separated from the sauce. And the seafood was on top of the rice. I called it "mix your own jamalaya".
whats funny? its funny how Londyns dad wants me to do something for him and he did wants to do anything for me the whole time i was prego...thats funny
