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Antonio Castillo de la Gala the Hotel Bel-Air Pianist's Elegance and Ivory
For a dozen years, Antonio Castillo de la Gala has charmed patrons at the hotel's Champagne Bar. Tonight, the boy from Veracruz ends his run. For 12 1/2 years, he has entertained patrons with classic songs rendered in a style rich in embellishment and filigree. Tuesday night will be his last; along with about 220 other ...
Ramsey Lewis Releases New CD - Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey
The new release from iconic pianist and bandleader Ramsey Lewis, Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey, hits stores this week (CD & digital) via Concord Jazz Records. Songs From the Heart contains a refined collection of 12 new originals composed over a period of two years, including music from two commissioned world premiere performances at ...
Thelonious Dub to Release Debut CD
Thelonious Dub, Hollywood based modern jazz quartet led by guitarist Joe Bartone, launches their first full-length studio effort with a special CD release party to be held at Home Restaurant and Lounge in Silverlake on Saturday, October 24 at 7pm. The CD Release Party is open to the public and features sets by both Thelonious Dub ...
Poncho Sanchez Releases New CD - Psychedelic Blues
The new release from Poncho Sanchez, Psychedelic Blues, hits stores this week (CD & digital) via Concord Picante Records. On his new release, Sanchez goes back to his Latin jazz roots honoring the tradition of Sanchez's earlier Concord recordings. The album opens with the simmering “Cantaloupe Island", a Herbie Hancock composition recast in a Latin jazz ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
If mainstream jazz has what could be considered an ambassador in 2009, it's Wynton Marsalis. A member of jazz royalty practically from the moment he could hold a horn, Marsalis rolled into the sprawling Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza on Saturday night with his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a taut, 15-piece group he's directed since ...
Bon Iver at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery
In the twilight hours, that liminal space between sunset and sunrise, the eyes and ears are prone to trickery. The imagination takes over; hazy objects resemble ghosts, and faraway sounds evoke werewolves. But on the precipice of Sunday morning, amid Hollywood Forever Cemeterys tombstones and mausoleums, the misty fog and leaning palm trees, Bon Iver provided ...
Edward Weiss Joins Roster of Steinway Piano Teachers
It's one thing to teach piano its quite another being among those talented enough listed on the prestigious Steinway & Sons compilation of professional teachers. Edward Weiss is proud to have achieved this benchmark in his career. Steinway & Sons has been known or over a century and a half for creating the finest pianos available. ...
Prestige to Release New Coltrane 5-CD Boxed Set
Over the past three years, Prestige Records has released boxed sets of Coltrane’s numerous sessions from the mid to late ’50s, each spotlighting a specific dimension of his tenure with the label. Fearless Leader – released September 2006, in celebration of Coltrane’s 80th birthday – showcases his recordings as a bandleader. Interplay, released September 2007, contains ...
UCLA Live! Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis UCLA Live at Royce Hall, 340 Royce Drive, Westwood, CA 90095 Friday, October 2, 8pm Tickets: $38-$85. ($15 UCLA Students) Phone: 310-825-2101 Fax: 310-206-7540 In Person: UCLA Central Ticket Office at the James West Alumni Center. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, composed of 15 ...
Stanford Jazz Workshop Video Clips
LEADING JAZZ EDUCATOR STANFORD JAZZ WORKSHOP DEBUTS WORKSHOP VIDEO CLIPS STANFORD, CA: Stanford Jazz Workshop (SJW), the jazz education non-profit founded in 1972 at Stanford University, has produced six educational video clips which have just gone live on its website, StanfordJazz.org. These videos, which were filmed at the Workshop’s flagship Jazz Camp & Jazz Residency summer ...
