The Music Thread
The Music Thread features great songs and the interesting, organic connections /links they suggest; these links create the Threads. We’ll follow their lead & explore their riches in all directions, without regards for boundaries of time, style or place. All the connecting links are written in bold; they are your guides for the story lines in the Threads. The links can be anything: a musician, place, style, instrument, label, etc. There can be more than one link at any moment in the Threads.
The point is not necessarily to follow some kind of order or pattern (chronological, stylistically, etc.) all the time, but rather to enjoy and explore the meaningful, interesting connections between the songs.
Most of our Threads will contain multiple artists; however, there are artists and stuff I love so much, and have so much to cover that they will have their own “Theme Threads”, all about a particular someone or something: Sam Cooke, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Allen Toussaint, Willie Colon, Doc Watson, Duke Ellington, Otis Redding, Juan Luis Guerra, Telecasters, Fania Records…know what I mean?
About the Creator
Ricardo Gautreau is a musician based in White Plains New York. He holds a Music Degree and Masters in Bilingual Education from the City College of New York, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. At City he studied with noted composer/pianist John Lewis, of the Modern Jazz Quartet. He has also studied with master composer/pianist Ran Blake, and Jazz guitar legend Sal Salvador. His influences range from Robert Johnson, the Beatles, Sam Cooke to Juan Luis Guerra. His musical brew is a refreshing blend of Rock, Jazz, and Latin that is beyond category.
Ricardo’s songs have won commendations from Billboard magazine & the UK songwriting contest; they have been featured in Broadside magazine. His new album is “The Missing Link”’; it features original songs by Ricardo as well as covers of songs by Green Day & Emeli Sande. “Latin Gypsy”, one of the songs from the album, was selected as song of the day in the prestigious Jazz portal, “All About Jazz”.
His music is available on many platforms, including Spotify, Apple music, Amazon Music, I Tunes, & his own site.
Ricardo and his trio, winners of the Relix magazine competition, perform all over the tri state area. Please visit his site for more info. https://ricardogautreau.com