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Roy Eldridge Little Jazz Goes a Long Way
The sign outside the Metro-pole in New York City reads Dixieland. But if signs mean less to you than sounds, and you step inside, what you will hear is jazz. And if its Sunday afternoon or Monday or Tuesday night, it will be some of the best jazz, these or any days. That is when a ...
UCLA Celebrate the Lengendary Music of Duke Ellington with Performances by UCLA's Jazz Orchestra and Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Two days of music events at UCLA are lined up to celebrate the jazz great's 110th birthday. When it comes to describing Duke Ellington, it's easy to run out of superlatives. One of the defining figures of American music? Sure, with a 50-year career that includes standards such as “It Don't Mean a Thing (If It ...
ACM Awards in Las Vegas (Complete)
ACM Awards: Scorecard Nominees and winners at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards, held April 5 in Las Vegas. Winners are in bold italics. Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Keith Urban Top Male Vocalist Brad Paisley ...
What is the BBC Head of Sport, Mihir Bose, Doing in a Music Performance at the Design Museum?
Composer/Pianist Lola Perrin was asked to create a music performance from the work of designer/artist and Puma Creative Director, Hussein Chalayan, who is currently on exhibition at the Design Museum. She devised a concept to integrate the issues of cultural migration & displacement that inform Chalayan’s work into her compositional process and ran a questionnaire about ...
Ex-Beach Boy Jardine Recruits Neil Young, Steve Miller for Solo Album
Former Beach Boy Al Jardine recruited an impressive group of all-star friends to be part of his new solo album, which he plans to release in early summer. Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Steve Miller, Stephen Stills, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Glen Campbell all guest on “Post Card From California," which includes a mix ...
Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense
For the past several years, I've been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on the path of righteousness, marching for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam, need to find an appropriately high-minded approach to life's exit ramp. In this case, I mean the high-minded part literally. ...
Gifter-in-Chief Michelle Obama Gives Carla Bruni a Guitar
Much has been said about the Obamas gift giving recently. The Queens Ipod, the DVDs given to Gordon Brown after his visit to the White House. But Michelle Obama may have struck the right cord (((that's “chord"))) with her gift to her newest friend, Carla Bruni -Sarkozy. After meeting the wife of French President Sarkozy, Mrs. ...
800 Saxophones on the Streets of London
In 2006, saxophonist Andy Shepherd famously opened the London Jazz Festival with a piece for 200 saxophones. This summer's City Of London Festival looks set to dwarf that achievement--with a performance by 800 saxophones. Fittingly, the performance is called the Leviathan Project. It is the brainchild of renowned saxophonist and composer John Harle, Professor of Saxophone ...
Ornette Coleman Curates Meltdown 2009
Over the years, London's annual Meltown festival has had an impressive list of guest curators. They include Elvis Costello, Scott Walker, John Peel, Patti Smith, Jarvis Cocker, Lee Perry and Robert Wyatt. This June's festival will break new ground with its first jazz curator--Ornette Coleman. The city is already buzzing with speculation about the acts that ...
Southland Jazzeries
Jazz Los Angeles Arturo Sandoval: Mambo Mania! Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive, L.A. Cuban Jazz legend Arturo Sandoval performs his blend of Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop and classical concertos. The Bird & the Bee Echoplex 1154 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles ...
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