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Los Angeles jazz artist Cole Jacobs releases one of the year's most colorfully inventive efforts

April 5, 2011

Calling an EP Atomic Escalator brews expectations of hipster lounge jazz, and Los Angeles-based musician Cole Jacobs doesn't disappoint in arriving with the goods. Jacobs locates the twilight zone between smooth and acid jazz on Atomic Escalator, unveiling characteristics of both stylistic offshoots in a breezy, snappy manner. It is easily among the year's most colorfully ...

Enter Music Publishing's Drummies Hit Hard: 4600 Drummers Cast Votes Since March 10

April 4, 2011

San Jose, Calif., Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines, worldwide and online, is reporting very strong voting returns during the initial voting period for its 16th Annual Drummies. According to surveymonkey, approximately 4600 drummers have cast votes in the 42 categories that comprise the Drummies since March 10, 2011. This strong voting return should ...

Scott Amendola, Nels Cline & Trevor Dunn in World Premiere with Oakland East Bay Symphony

March 31, 2011

OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY PRESENTS THE HEIGHT OF ROMANTICISM, FEATURING THE WORLD PREMIERE BY BANDLEADER, COMPOSER AND DRUMMER SCOTT AMENDOLA FEATURING NELS CLINE OF WILCO PLUS TCHAIKOVSKY'S 4th SYMPHONY AND BERNARD HERRMANN'S SUITE FROM ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S FILM VERTIGO The Oakland East Bay Symphony (OEBS) presents an evening of intensity and drama with its concert The Height ...

Sarah Vaughan - "You're Not the Kind" (1951)

March 27, 2011

Tord Gustavsen Ensemble at Skirball Cultural Center, Friday March 25

March 23, 2011

L.A. Artist Beat: Tord Gustavsen Ensemble at the Skirball Center Tord Gustavsen Ensemble Friday, March 25, 8:00 P.M. Skirball Cultural Center skirball.org 310-440-4500 reservations recommended Tord Gustavsen, piano Mats Eilertsen, bass Jarle Vespestad, drums By Gary Fukushima It's hard to imagine anything in jazz ...

Shelly Manne - "Speak Low" (1962)

March 22, 2011

Bay Area Organ Trio BASSment Announces Their Last Public Performance

March 21, 2011

BASSment will perform at the Hedley Lounge in the Hotel De Anza in San Jose on Friday, March 18th from 8:30pm-12:30am. One of the most unique and versatile bands to come out of the Bay Area in recent years, BASSment combines jazz, blues, funk, soul, and everything in between to create a tasteful mélange of musical ...

Coltrane's Poor Cousin

March 20, 2011

John Coltrane's 1960 Album Coltrane Plays the Blues is often overshadowed by its more famous companion LP, Coltrane's Sound. This is unfortunate, because Plays the Blues is a consistently strong album from Coltrane and even contains a few surprises for listeners. All the songs on the original releases were recorded over two days, October 24 and ...

Volto! Bring Their Jam Rock Fusion Jazz Sounds To Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club With Special Guests Gryphon Labs, Saturday, March 19, 2011

March 18, 2011

CENTRAL Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Westside's newest event facility, for music, nightlife, art, culture and causes welcomes Volto with special guests Gryphon Labs on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Tickets are $20.00. Doors open at 8:00 PM. CENTRAL is located at 1348 14th Street in Santa Monica, CA. This is a 21+ event. Volto! are an ...

The Miles Davis Movie: Filming the Playboy Interview

March 16, 2011

It's a stretch. I grant you that. But we're still so far out on any significant movement for the Miles Davis Movie, a little conjecture is what keeps me going. Alex Haley's 'candid conversation with the jazz world's premier iconoclast' in the September 1962 issue was the first Playboy Interview (Volume 9, Number 9) and the ...