Results for "California"

Picking Up the Horn

July 28, 2010

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Sonny Rollins was in his apartment in Greenwich Village, six blocks from the World Trade Center, when the first plane hit. He pulled out his old black-and-white TV, which he hadn't used in years, and hooked it up just in time to see the second plane hit. He ran ...

Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band, Free Concert 10/3, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

July 27, 2010

Linda Lucero, Executive/Artistic Director of Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF), today announced the 2010 'Latin Jazz Tardeada,' a free outdoor concert with Grammy-winning conguero Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco from 1:00pm--3:00pm. “Tardeada," meaning afternoon gathering or party, will be a celebration ...

The Nice Guy Trio + Strings, World Premiere, 9/4, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

July 27, 2010

The 10th Anniversary Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) presents the World Premiere of two YBGF-commissioned pieces from San Francisco's The Nice Guy Trio + Strings on Saturday, September 4 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, free, at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. The YBGF commissioned pieces are trumpeter Darren Johnston's “Waking Music" and accordionist Rob Reich's ...

A Haunting Miles Davis Film Score

July 24, 2010

Louis Malle's 1958 film Ascenseur pour l'échafraud (Elevator to the Gallows) is legendary for a number of reasons. It helped usher in the French New Wave film movement, it made Jeanne Moreau a star, and it has a haunting score by Miles Davis. The film is a crime drama about two lovers, Florence (Moreau) and Julien ...

Louis Prima To Get Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame. Louis Prima Jr. To Perform Live, July 25

July 23, 2010

Get Ready to “Jump, Jive, an' Wail" LOUIS PRIMA TO GET STAR ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME JULY 25TH. LOUIS PRIMA JR. AND THE WITNESSES FEATURING SARAH SPIEGEL TO PERFORM LIVE IN CONCERT AFTER CEREMONY AT 11:30 AM. LOS ANGELES, CA--Louis Prima, one of the greatest contributors to popular music and a powerful entertainment influence for ...

Angel City Arts Presents: Onibaba Live @ Royal/T Aug. 7th, 8PM

July 22, 2010

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. Created by Daren Burns in 2006, the band synthesizes its sound by using elements of the Chicago avant-garde, jazz, rock, world, techno, noise, and classical, to create a new type of ...

Alt-Jazz Rocker Matt Von Roderick To Debut New Music and Stage Show, A Technicolor Experience, at King King in Hollywood--August 2

July 22, 2010

Los Angeles CA...Critically-acclaimed and award-winning singer/trumpeter Matt Von Roderick will debut new music and a fully-produced concert stage show, A Technicolor Experience, at King King in Hollywood on Monday, August 2 at 7pm. This unique combination of aural and visual delights is helmed by Kristin Hanggi, who developed and directed the lauded musical, Rock of Ages. ...

LAJC Summer Jazz Festival 2010 at the Blue Whale Friday and Saturday, July 23-24, Los Angeles, CA

July 21, 2010

The Los Angeles Jazz Collective is bringing together an impressive collection of jazz artists for a two-night festival at the Blue Whale, one of the newest and most promising additions to the Los Angeles jazz club scene. Since opening its doors earlier this year, this Little Tokyo jazz club has become a favorite among musicians and ...

George Cole Quintet at Berkeley Art House Gallery and Cultural Center

July 21, 2010

Saturday, August 21, Show 8:00 PM Berkeley Art House Gallery and Cultural Center 2905 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705 Tickets: $10 510-472-3170 About George Cole George Cole is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist, composer and producer. He's toured with Joe Walsh of the Eagles, recorded with producer Roy Thomas Baker (Queen and ...

Lennie Tristano - "Tangerine" (1965)

July 20, 2010