Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

Born: August 20, 1942

Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an actor, soul singer, Academy Award- winning songwriter, musician, and arranger. He voiced the character "Chef", a singing ladies' man and elementary school cook, on the animated sitcom South Park. In 1972, Hayes won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the film Shaft. Hayes became the first African American to win an Academy Award in a non-acting category. After Hattie McDaniel, James Baskett and Sidney Poitier, he became only the fourth performer of African descent to ever receive an Academy Award. He was also nominated in the Best Original Score category (for Shaft) as well

Downtown Tacoma Blues And Jazz Festival 2025

by Geoff Anderson
September 6, 2025

Downtown Tacoma Blues and Jazz Festival Tacoma, Washington August 24, 2025 .Tacoma, Washington held its first annual Downtown Tacoma Blues and Jazz Festival on August 24, 2025, with a first-class lineup of new blues players, veterans and some in between. And it was free. For each band, the leader's name ...

Isaac Hayes: Truck Turner

by Richard J Salvucci
January 17, 2025

If a listener has not seen the film “Truck Turner," (1974) there is perhaps no way that any of this review can make sense. And, alas, if you have seen “Truck Turner," there is little anything anyone can do to help. This is a movie that was part of a subgenre, Blaxploitation movies, that could scarcely ...

Isaac Hayes

Truck Turner

By Isaac Hayes

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Main Title; House of Beauty; Blue's Crib; Driving in the Sun; Breakthrough; Now We're One; The Duke; Dorinda'sParty; Pursuit of the Pimpmobile; We Need Each Other Girl; A House Full of Girls; A Hospital Shootout; Your're in My Arms Again; Give It To Me; Drinking; The Insurance Company; End Theme.

Larry Nozero: Time

by Chris May
June 27, 2024

Here is an odd one. Originally released on the short-lived Detroit label Strata in 1975, Larry Nozero's Time defies categorization. First-generation spiritual jazz, Henry Mancini, Motown, strings (real and synthed), the Swingle Singers, Braziliana and Shaft era Isaac Hayes jostle around the mic, along with Sibylline hints of Kamasi Washington. Is it for real? Is it ...

Joshua Redman Group At Gates Concert Hall

by Steven Roby
March 6, 2024

Joshua Redman Group Gates Concert Hall Denver, Colorado March 1, 2024 A luminary of contemporary jazz, Joshua Redman graced Gates Concert Hall last Friday with his stellar group featuring Paul Cornish (piano), Philip Norris (bass), Nazir Ebo (drums), and the outstanding vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa. The 100-minute sold-out performance relied ...

Born Under A Bad Sign (SACD)

By Albert King

Label: Stax Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Born Under A Bad Sign; Crosscut Saw; Kansas City; Oh, Pretty Woman; Down Don��t Bother Me; The Hunter; I Almost Lost My Mind; Personal Manager; Laundromat Blues; As The Years Go Passing by; The Very Thought Of You.

Record Store Day Black Friday 2023: Jazz Releases

by Kyle Simpler
November 16, 2023

For many, Black Friday conjures up images of massive crowds battling each other to get their hands on marked down gift items at huge department stores. For record collectors, though, the scene is much less dramatic because Black Friday is one of two yearly Record Store Day drops. This is where limited run albums hit the ...