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Jazz: That's How It Grows
We slipped up last week and totally forgot the Monterey Jazz on Tour was at Royce Hall last Thursday. They're calling them the MJF/52 All-Stars, with pianist Kenny Barron, violinist Regina Carter, guitarist Russell Malone, vocalist Kurt Elling, bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and the brilliant Johnathan Blake on the drums. Real live jazz stars, most of them, ...
Nicole Laporte Goes Behind Closed Doors at Dreamworks
'The Men Who Would Be King' by Nicole LaPorte The 1990s were the financial apogee of Hollywood, a period when billions in fresh capital flowed into the coffers of the studios in the expectation that the world had an infinitely expanding need for American entertainment. With new cable networks launching to fill the multi-channel universe and ...
Trumpeter Chris Tedesco's Jazz CD "Living the Dream" Currently at Number 8 in the US for Jazz Radio Airplay
Los Angeles based Trumpeter Chris Tedesco's jazz CD Living the Dream has been in the TOP TEN for three weeks and is currently at number 8 in the US for jazz radio airplay. An astonishing feat for a first timer to jazz radio, Chris has received rave reviews from Jazz Times magazine and jazz radio DJ's ...
Baked Potato Jazz Club Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The world-famous The Baked Potato Jazz Club, a Los Angeles music institution, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with an epic, one-of-a-kind jazz festival. Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23, 2010 at the magical Anson Ford Amphitheater. The festival will showcase many of the bands and artists that got their start at The Baked Potato. The ...
Recording Academy Readies Benefit
The Recording Academy takes up some of its most important work on Friday when it mounts its annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit, which provides money for addiction treatment and sober living resources in the music community. This year's benefit at Club Nokia salutes former first lady Betty Ford, whose own battle with addiction led her to ...
Dave Pell & Med Flory Quintet @ Henri's
One of the legendary originators of the West Coast Jazz Sound, Dave Pell plays The Back Room at Henri's with the Med FLory Quintet. FRIDAY, MAY 14 SHOWS 7 pm and 9 pm DAVE PELL Tenor MED FLORY Alto RICHARD SIMON Bass FRANK STRAZZERI Piano FRANK ...
Insiders View AFI's Founding Year 1970 In Pursuit of Treasure
In 1969 Stanton Kaye won one of the initial 12 fellowships to the new American Film Institute Conservatory, then ensconced behind the walls of Beverly Hills' Greystone Mansion “Brandy" had been his front-gate key. His colleagues at Greystone included Terrence Malick, David Lynch and Schrader, the program's lone film critic. Even among these and other strong-willed ...
The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle Talks Miles Davis Biopic Amid Iron Man 2 Hullabaloo
I'm not sure why the MTV news item about the Biopic not being a cradle-to-grave film should be adorned with an exclusive' headline. We covered this way back in August on the Biopic Blog. Oh well. Still... it's nice to see Don Cheadle having positive things about the Miles Davis Movie: “The story is really not ...
The Miles Davis Movie: Should the Miles Davis Biopic Premier at Cannes?
With the 2010 Festival de Cannes set for May 12-23, I am wondering about the Miles Davis Biopic and if, perhaps, the film could make its debut in the south of France. Once it's finally made, of course. This is pure conjecture, but it makes more sense by the minute, especially when you consider the unique ...
