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Jerry Vivino & the Midtown Express Jazz Band The Baked Potato Thu., February 18 San Fernando Valley Stanley Clarke Brixton South Bay Thu., February 18 South Bay Steve Tyrell Catalina Bar & Grill Thu., February 18 Hollywood Joe ...
Ace of Bass: Carol Kaye
One of the most recorded bassists in history, she has a purported 10,000-plus tracks to her credit You may not know Carol Kaye's name, but you know her work. You've probably heard at least a few dozen examples, and all the words, too. She spent the '60s as the most requested session bassist in L.A., playing ...
Kathryn Grayson MGM Singing Star Dies
Kathryn Grayson, who became a top MGM box office attraction in the 1940's and early '50s as the star of musicals such as Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate, has died. She was 88. Grayson died Wednesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, Sally Sherman, Grayson's longtime companion and secretary, told Associated Press. ...
Brazilian Carnaval at Club Nokia
Shake a tail feather as dance clubs and samba bands re-create Rio's festivities. The music is pumping at Dance Studio No. 1 in West Los Angeles as instructor Diane Yakimovicz urges her students faster and faster, their footwork a dazzling blur. With hardly a breather, she forms them into a conga line, hands on each other's ...
Music on Oscar's Mind
Some insights into the way Academy members vote. Is there a formula for winning a music Oscar? Are there certain guideposts or telling patterns that can correctly predict a win for song or score? This awards season, Variety set out to find the answer, examining half a century of Oscar history and talking to Academy veterans ...
Universal in Tune with Mike Knobloch
Film-music veteran Mike Knobloch has been named president, Film Music and Publishing, for Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley and vice chairman and COO Rick Finkelstein announced Wednesday. Knobloch, until recently exec VP of Film Music at 20th Century-Fox and Fox Music Inc., will be responsible for all creative and production aspects of Universal films' ...
Musical Dust Collectors: 20,000,000 Unplayed Pianos!
"Why are there so many unplayed pianos in the United States?" Thats the question composer and professional piano instructor Edward Weiss is asking. And its not just pianos that are taking up living room space the number of unused electronic keyboards is just as staggering. Edward Weiss has been teaching people the joy of playing piano ...
Artists Behind Oscar-Nominated Songs Won't Perform
Some of Oscar's most memorable moments have come during performances of nominated songs. Among them: rap group Three 6 Mafia surrounded by streetwalkers as they performed “It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from “Hustle & Flow" in 2006, and Celine Dion's resplendent performance of the “Titanic" hit, “My Heart Will Go On," in 1998. Don't ...
New Release from Newport Jazz 1960 - Afternoon Blues Featuring Muddy Waters
Just released, from the Wolfgang's Vault collection of Newport Jazz 1960 - an afternoon of Blues that might have been the end for Newport Jazz. The performances recorded and digitized for your free streaming or download pleasure include several notable moments by: Langston Hughes - narrator Muddy Waters - guitar, vocals Otis ...
Medeski, Martin and Wood: Evolving Beyond Labels
When we last left the experimental jazz trio Medeski, Martin and Wood, they were deep in the throes of completing the “Radiolarians" project, a year-long endeavor beginning in 2008 that involved writing and performing new songs on the road, going into the studio at the tour's end, then releasing the results and starting the process over ...
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