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Hollywood Bowl Summer Season Opens
People don't come to the annual Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and Opening Night concert expecting to hear, say, an entire symphony or a complete set by their favorite pop star. Or at least they shouldn't by now. The Hall of Fame concert is supposed to be like a platter of musical hors doeuvres, an event ...
William A. Fraker Hollywood Cinematographer
William A. “Bill" Fraker, a cinematographer who was nominated for six Academy Awards including for “Looking for Mr. Goodbar," “Heaven Can Wait" and “1941," died June 2nd at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 86 and had cancer. Fraker, a larger-than-life figure, was one of America's most respected cinematographers, known as much for the ...
The 'Soul' of a Remarkable High School Jazz Band
Anyone compiling a list of the all-time great funk masterminds would inevitably think of names such as James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone. One name that may not come as readily to most is Conrad O. Johnson, band director of the Kashmere Stage Band. As the new documentary “Thunder Soul" makes clear, Johnson and his ...
So Cal Hot Summer Jazz
Lee Ritenour with Dave Grusin Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA The jazz favorites who teamed on Ritenour's 2008 album “Amparo" take on Ritenour's latest, “Six String Theory," joined by fellow guitarists John Scofield, Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'. With Dianne Reeves. July 21st 8 p.m. Cassandra Wilson ...
2D Or Not 3D That is the Question
The process of converting 2D films to 3D has hit some serious speed bumps on the road to acceptance, but it will remain a key component of filmdom's march into 3D. That was the message emerging from a panel Thursday assembled by the Intl. 3D Society in association with the Visual Effects Society. Without mentioning the ...
Rico Belled - "The Pursuit of Comfort" - Now Available!
Rico Belled's debut album The Pursuit Of Comfort is now available. It features many great musicians: Jeff Kashiwa (Rippingtons), Katisse Buckingham (Yellowjackets), Dave Karasony (Rippingtons), Jeff Babko (James Taylor), Jonathan Dresel (Jimmy Kimmel Live) and many more. Stylistically ranging from Afro-Cuban to Brazilian Jazz, with some Funk and Weather Report thrown in, there are 10 original ...
Cuban Singer Silvio Rodriguez Dazzles at the Gibson Amphitheatre
Rodriguez is given multiple encores in a night of sublime music leaning more poetry than politics. Rodriguez set a graceful, warm tone with just a guitar and a few accompanists. Silvio Rodriguez, the great Cuban singer-songwriter who performed a dazzling set Thursday night at the Gibson Amphitheatre, has the type of lyrical and melodic gifts that ...
New Audiophile-Grade Downloads by Pianist / Composer James Armstrong
The new solo piano recording Through The Eyes of a Child is available through Cookie Marenco's Downloads NOW! service, in 96 kHz download format. Recorded at Marenco's OTR Studios in Belmont, California on an 1885 Steinway, the session captures Armstrong's original music and improvisations in a real-time environment. The wonderful sound quality is the result ...
Not so Lucky at Life
Saxophonist Eli “Lucky" Thompson was born on this date in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1924, and spent his formative years in Detroit. He played tenor in the swing orchestras of Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, and Billy Eckstine in the mid-1940s. Thompson's main influences were Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and Don Byas. He was also the sax ...
The Denise Donatelli Quartet Plays Charlie O's Jazz Club
Born in Allentown, Penn., Denise Donatelli was drenched in music from an early age. She has performed in jazz clubs and jazz festivals across the country. Her first CD, In the Company of Friends, was released in 2005 on the Jazzed Media label and her 2008 release, What Lies Within on the Savant Records label, debuted ...
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