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RTF IV Hymn of the 7th Galaxy Tour : First Stop, Australia

March 1, 2011

Earlier this month the newly re-constituted jazz/rock supergroup Return To Forever kicked off its RTF IV Hymn Of The 7th Galaxy world tour with two weeks in the land Down Under. Jean-Luc Ponty's superb violin has been added and Al DiMeola's guitar has been replaced by Frank Gambale's. All five musicians in RTF IV possess famously ...

Anna Mjoll Live at Herb Alpert's Vibrato March 4th, 2011

March 1, 2011

"Icelandic jazz diva Anna Mjöll is another guaranteed sell-out for a single set at Vibrato." —Tom Meek, LA Jazz.com 2/28/2011 “Do yourself a favor and catch her now, at an intimate small club, before she breaks out into larger venues." —Charles Andrews, Music Forums Moderator, HomeTheaterSpot.com ..."lightly twisted, jazzy..." —Los Angeles Times ..."the sweetest voice in ...

The Miles Davis Movie: Will It Be the Best Movie Ever About Jazz? Or: Wow, There Are Not a Lot of Movies About Jazz

February 28, 2011

Let's take a look at a shortlist of good-to-great films with jazz as its central theme (excluding documentaries...): Bird Round Midnight Mo' Better Blues The Five Pennies Sweet And Lowdown Sweet Love, Bitter Tune in Tomorrow... Paris Blues St. Louis ...

Here No Evol @ Beacon Arts in Inglewood, CA

February 27, 2011

Thursday, March 24 · 8:00pm-11:00pm Daren Burns, bassist, composer, and improviser, has been playing and composing music for over twenty years and has played with many notables such as, Wadada Leo Smith, John 'Drumbo' French, Mike Keneally, and Famoudou Don Moye. Much of his musical interest lies in the area of improvisation and how to make ...

Happy Birthday, Dexter Gordon!

February 27, 2011

Daren Burns's Onibaba @ Blue Whale (Los Angeles) on March 23rd

February 26, 2011

Daren Burns's Onibaba will be playing Blue Whale jazz club on March 23rd. ONIBABA exists between composition and improvisation and is described as being somewhere between the light and the dark, the ethereal and the earthly —Creative Music. The band was recently placed on the LA County Arts Commission's band roster for the 2011-14 term. DAREN ...

Harmonious duo of Brulée delivers a twist on jazz in sparkling debut album

February 25, 2011

Her voice is a crystalline beauty, as emotionally fragile as Karen Carpenter and silky smooth like velvet; it's so clear you can almost see through it, flowing gently like liquid. His voice has the deep timbre of the blues and the gentle spirit of folk. Known together as Brulée, Julie Weiner and Doug Onstad weave a ...

Lead singer of Santa Barbara jazz band Sally Cats finds success with local music publication

February 23, 2011

Print isn't dead, at least not in Santa Barbara, California. Just ask Sally Barr, the editor/publisher of Music! The Sounds of Santa Barbara, a monthly magazine focusing on the region's diverse music scene, especially its jazz players. And Barr certainly has enough credentials to pull off such a locally-focused publication, having been an integral part of ...

The Ten Best Moments at the 53rd Annual Grammys

February 22, 2011

Before this year's Grammy awards are incorrectly written off as a series of acrimonious disappointments and bizarre twists, it's important to quickly note several very good things that happened. Not that it's easy to overlook the Grammy for Record of the Year going to a country band's tune that could well become subject to a plagiarism ...

Evan Weiss Project Releases "Math Or Magic" on Inner Circle Music

February 21, 2011

Composer/trumpeter EVAN WEISS Celebrates the CD Release of his debut MATH OR MAGIC at DAN'S SILVERLEAF Sunday, Feb 20 Catch this Rare Appearance of Weiss's Large Ensemble Performing New Music From His Inner Circle Music Release Evan Weiss was born and raised near Seattle, Washington and now back in North ...