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Catalina's Bar & Grill Proudly Presents Phil Ranelin's “Freddie's Groove” On Thurs. October 10, 2013
Former FREDDIE HUBBARD TROMBONIST PHIL RANELIN’s Memorial Celebration of FREDDIE HUBBARD’S 75th Birth Year! Featuring: THE PHIL RANELIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE Exploring some of Freddie’s classic compositions and Ranelin’s own “Freddie’s Groove” written in honor of the legendary Trumpeter Phil Ranelin - Trombone Pablo Calogero - Reeds Jacob Scesney - Reeds ...
Sweets Edison On Riverwalk Jazz This Week
This week Riverwalk Jazz presents Harry “Sweets" Edison in an encore presentation captured live at The Landing in San Antonio with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Edison died in 1999 at the age of 83. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from ...
Billy Vera: Still In The Game
by Scott Mitchell
It might be safe to say that a lot of people may know a little bit about Billy Vera but only a few people know a lot about Billy Vera. Billy is a singer, writer, producer, actor, Grammy winner, and music historian. He has performed with big bands, Billy And The Beaters, solo, and everything in ...
Gina Kronstadt: Come Over
by Bruce Lindsay
Gina Kronstadt has graced recordings by many musical giants, including Dr John, Charlie Haden, Rod Stewart and Aretha Franklin. Most of the time it's her talent as a violinist that's called upon. For her debut release as leader, Come Over, she puts the violin to one side and concentrates on singing: original songs of love, with ...
Lyn Stanley: Lost In Romance
by Nicholas F. Mondello
A hardened cynic might presume that the song royalty beneficiaries of the estates of Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin and other song giants would mercenarily welcome yet another Great American Songbook-rich recording by a female vocalist. However, when those warhorse ("wornhorse?") compositions--and a few shrewdly selected other ones--are sent up tails-and-gowns ...
Brubeck Brothers Quartet: at Filoli Estate
by Bill Leikam
Brubeck Brothers QuartetFiloli EstateWoodside, CaliforniaAugust 23, 2013Six hundred fifty people streamed onto what had years before been a tennis court converted into an outdoor concert setting at the early 20th Century Filoli Estate, just south of San Francisco, California. Add to that the 50 volunteers and there were 700 people listening ...
MONK'estra at SFJAZZ Center
by Harry S. Pariser
MONK'estraSFJAZZ CenterSan Francisco, CAAugust 22, 2013The music of the legendary Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917-February 17, 1982) has rarely been heard in a big band setting. The second most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, Monk's music is nothing if not popular. While Ellington composed over a thousand songs, Monk penned only ...
Los Angeles Jazz Society 30th Anniversary Jazz Tribute Awards Oct. 27
Van Nuys, CA: It will be a family affair when the Los Angeles Jazz Society pays tribute to Latin jazz artists Sheila E., her father, Pete, and brothers Juan and Peter Michael Escovedo at the Society's 30th Anniversary Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner and Concert at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City on Sunday, Oct. 27. The dynamic ...
Tribute To Henry "Red" Allen This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week, Riverwalk Jazz pays tribute to Henry ‘Red’ Allen, one of the last great trumpeters to come out of New Orleans in the 1920s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on ...
George Duke: The Master of the Game
by Jeff Winbush
[Editor's Note: The following piece was first published at AAJ contributor Jeff Winbush's The Domino Theory blog, and is reprinted here in tribute to George Duke, who passed away on August 5, 2013]I never caught George Duke live in concert. I never met the man in person. However, he did give me two hours ...
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