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Practice Concepts: Getting a Grasp on the 12 Keys
Feeling bogged down and overwhelmed with learning all of your scales, arpeggios, and modes in all 12 keys? Try this great practice idea I got from the great bassist, Putter Smith.Practice scales and arpeggios at the pace of one key a week. I thought this was a brilliant idea as it takes a big ...
Playboy Jazz Festival Gets Fans in the Spirit with Free Community Concert Featuring Oleta Adams, Sal Marquez and Lao Tizer at Warner Center Park, Sunday, June 6th, in Woodland Hills
Playboy Jazz Festival presents free community concert Sunday, June 6 in Woodland Hills For Southern California jazz fans, there's no better way to break through Los Angeles' annual June gloom than “Playboy Jazz in Warner Park," which returns to the Lou Bredlow Pavilion in Warner Center Park (located at 5800 Topanga Canyon Boulevard) on Sunday, June ...
Sounds Abound in LA for Everyone
Roger Steffens 'Life of Bob Marley' Commemorating the 29th anniversary of Bob Marley's passing, The GRAMMY Museum is proud to welcome Roger Steffens' critically acclaimed “Life of Bob Marley" to the GRAMMY Sound Stage. The live multi-media presentation has been hailed as “the definitive history of the reggae king" and “the next best to ...
Emmy Keeps Main Title Theme Music Award
A plan -- floated earlier this year by the executive committee of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' music branch -- to replace the award with one for original documentary scores, has been rejected by the branch membership. The vote was 85-36 in favor of keeping the award, which honors the best theme music for ...
37th Sacramento Jazz Festival & Jubilee
Over 70 bands in 24 venues; 450 sets of live music over the 4-day Memorial Day Weekend! Classic New Orleans jazz and swing, Dixieland, blues, zydeco, Latin, Western Swing, plus gospel sets on Sunday morning. Special events FEATURED ARTISTS: Bob Wilber, Molly Ringwald, Bill Allred, Nicki Parrott, Tom Hook, Jon Erik-Kellso, Bob Schulz, Bria Skonberg, Allan ...
Playboy Centerfold Goes 3-D in Naked Attempt to Create Buzz
Playboy readers who can only imagine what it would look like if a nude centerfold jumped off the page are getting new specs to help them see into Hef's world. The magazine's June edition hits newsstands Friday equipped with 3-D glasses. Now the toy that has kids dodging dragons, meatballs and tall blue aliens at the ...
Grammy Nominated Garcia Hosts Day of Percussion
Pasadena, CA: Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music (lamusicacademy.edu) is partnering with the Drum Department's own Richie Gajate Garcia for a “Day of Percussion" on Saturday, June 12th starting at 9:00am. The man known as “El Pulpo" ("The Octopus") has done nearly 500 clinics and is one of the most in-demand educators and clinicians in ...
New Release: Hot Club of Detroit - It's About That Time
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Django Reinhardt and the 76th anniversary of the formation of the original Quintette du Hot Club de France with Stephane Grappelli. From all appearances, the tradition of “gypsy jazz" is alive and well, and the Hot Club of Detroit is a prime example. They both honor ...
Biolectric at the H.Wood in Hollywood
Go dig the sublime sounds of BIOLECTRIC at the h.wood in Hollywood...John von on bass together with Matt Piper (guitar), Koorosh Daryaie (percussion) and Viktor Carrillo (electronic beats).Biolectric recently released our first track thru Beatport on Xeriscape Records, a remix of 'Cold Flamenco' by Satta. Check out the track on Soundcloud at this link...
Falco Out, Lahti in as the Jazzman's Wife in L.A. Theatre Works' 'Side Man'
Not too many theater companies can play dial-a-star as readily as L.A. Theatre Works. Case in point: An announcement just came through that Edie Falco, of “The Sopranos" and “Nurse Jackie" fame, won't be able to play her announced role as the jazz man's unstable wife next week in the radio-play company's production of Warren Leight's ...
