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Stax Compilation out Today
Stax Number Ones, a compilation of 15 chart-topping hits by Stax's best-known artists is available now via Concord Music Group and features #1 hits by Booker T. & the MGs, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, The Dramatics and more. Stax Number ...
Russ Lorenson Set for Tony Bennett Tribute in San Francisco, 5/27-6/27
Russ Lorenson returns to San Francisco with his acclaimed show, Benedetto/Blessed: Celebrating the Life and Music of Tony Bennett, for five weeks beginning May 27th at The Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA, 94111. Performances are Thursdays & Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 6:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm. The shows are being presented as ...
Peter Gowland Innovative Glamour Photographer
Peter Gowland, whose exuberant, sun-drenched swimsuit photos and self-designed large-format cameras helped define glamour photography for six decades, has died. He was 93. Gowland died March 17 at his Pacific Palisades home of complications from surgery for a broken hip, said his wife of 68 years, Alice. The son of actors Gibson Gowland and Sylvia Andrew, ...
Harmony Festival Complete Lineup Plus Keynote Speakers
HARMONY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES COMPLETE MUSIC LINEUP PLUS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND THE RETURN OF THE ECO RALLY ACTION SPORTS SKATE ZONE ROSTER INCLUDES VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY LAURYN HILL EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA June 11-13, 2010 Lauryn Hill March 25, 2010 (San Francisco North Bay, ...
Dr. John Ciambotti
I just learned today that Dr. John Ciambotti has passed on. He was my chiropractor for years, but so much more. He was the bassist in the underground, influential band Clover, who became Elvis Costello's back-up band on My Aim Is True, Huey Lewis' band (Had songwriting credit on a song or two on ...
Jazz in the Southland
Jazz in the LA Basin Saturday 27th 2010 Hollywood Lynda Carter 8:00 PM Catalina Bar & Grill Los Angeles Tim Chokan 1:00 - 5:00 PM Universal Citywalk Universal City Marty & Elayne 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM Dresden Room
Playing Banjo Eased Oscar Stress for Steve Martin
Steve Martin says playing the banjo helped prepare him for his Oscar-hosting gig. The 64-year-old actor-writer-musician says performing live with the Steep Canyon Rangers made him feel comfortable on the Kodak Theatre stage at the Oscars. Martin says he wasn't sure why he wasn't nervous before co-hosting the March 7 Oscars with Alec Baldwin, but a ...
Myra Melford Presents Two Benefit Events for U.C. Berkeley Jazz and Improvised Music Fund
The Department of Music at The University of California, Berkeley, today announced two special fundraiser events for the Jazz and Improvised Music Fund (JIM). The first event on Friday, April 23 at UC Berkeley's Hertz Hall will feature The Contemporary Improvisation Ensemble (CIE) comprised of UC Berkeley students, alumni and guests directed by Myra Melford followed ...
The Jazz Bakery Keeps Cooking
The Jazz Bakery is a nonprofit organization. To followers of the scene, that statement is a redundancy, of course. In Los Angeles, saying a jazz club doesn't make money is like saying a restaurant doesn't serve scrap iron. In 18 years as president and artistic director of the Jazz Bakery, Ruth Price has always known that ...
Actor Robert Culp Dies After Falling at His Hollywood Home
Actor Robert Culp, best known for his role as an international tennis star and globe-trotting secret agent in the hit 1960s television series “I Spy," died Wednesday morning after a fall at his Hollywood home. The 79-year-old actor was rushed to Queen of Angels hospital shortly after 11 a.m. after hitting his head while taking a ...
