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Paul Jackson's Song "Funky Fingers" Makes the Top 10 of "New Jazz Funk Songs of the Last Decade"
Herbie Hancock and the Headhunter's virtuoso bass player Paul Jackson's song “Funky Fingers" makes the top 10 of “New Jazz Funk Songs of the Last Decade." Tokyo, Japan - “Funky Fingers" featuring Jackson on bass/vocals, Mike Clark on drums, Bill Summers on percussion Herbie Hancock on keyboards and Jerry Stucker on guitar, is #7 on “New ...
Larry Goldings' "Boogaloo & Beyond" February 1 at Vitello's
Larry Goldings will perform on his Hammond Organ with a stellar band including Anthony Wilson on guitar, Bob Sheppard Sax and Mike Green on drums Monday February 1, 2010 from 8p-11p. The night is called “Boogaloo & Beyond" and Vitello's is putting up a dance floor for the evening. Larry Golding's Hammond Organ is on long ...
Daniel Merriweather at the Troubadour
The young Australian wanders away from the carefully produced retro soul of 'Love & War' for improvised flights of soul-funk fancy. The only thing more memorable than Daniel Merriweather's vocals Wednesday night at the Troubadour was the face he kept making while delivering them. Wonderfully expressive, this guy: eyes squeezed shut, cheeks bunched up, mouth moved ...
Salute to Jazz at the Grammy Museum
The Recording Academy started ramping up for Sundays Grammy Awards on Tuesday night, honoring influential guitarist and educator Kenny Burrell as part of its annual Salute to Jazz. Held in the Grammy Museums cozy performance space, the evening felt like a more scaled-back affair compared with last years glitzy celebration of Blue Note Records at Club ...
Jimmy Wyble Eclectic Guitarist for Benny Goodman and Red Norvo Dies
Jimmy Wyble, 87, a guitarist of great range who played with country-western swing bandleader Bob Wills as well as with the Benny Goodman and Red Norvo jazz combos, died of heart failure Jan. 16 while under hospice care at his home in Altadena, according to his friend and fellow guitarist Larry Koonse. James Otis Wyble was ...
Charlie Wilson Fills the Gaps in His Life's Winding Road
Full circle: Charlie Wilson shows the alley he slept in as a homeless person after his Gap Band days in Hollywood. Wilson has renewed his life and career. HOLLYWOOD “This building wasn't here," Charlie Wilson says, waving at a high-rise condo under construction along busy La Brea Avenue. “It was a parking lot for U-Hauls. I ...
Gerald McCabe Founder of Folk Music Venue McCabe's Guitar Shop Dies
The Santa Monica store played an important role in the evolution of Southern California's folk music community. Gerald McCabe, a furniture designer whose passion for woodworking and love of music led to the creation of the Santa Monica folk music institution McCabes Guitar Shop, died Sunday in Eugene, Ore., two days after suffering a heart attack. ...
Golden Globes: And the Envelope Goes To....
Best Original Score - Motion Picture Michael Giacchino - Up Winner Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant! James Horner - Avatar Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man Karen O and Carter Burwell - Where The Wild Things Are Best Original Song - Motion Picture “Cinema Italiano" Nine ...
Live Review: Mose Allison at Largo's
Mose Allison fans couldnt have asked for a more ideal environment for the second performance of his two-night stand at Largo at the Coronet on Sunday night. The first winter storm of 2010 snarled traffic and might have taken a bite out of the evenings attendance, but there were few talents better suited to a rainy ...
Ringo Starr's Q&A at the Grammy Museum
The Grammy Museum has landed an impressive roster of artists for its series of question-and-answer and performance sessions in the year since it opened at the L.A. Live complex downtown. Among the participants: Brian Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Annie Lennox, Dwight Yoakam, Herb Alpert, Harry Connick Jr. and Clive Davis, Rage Against the Machine / The Nightwatchmans ...
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