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First Ooh la L.A! Festival in Hollywood Features French Pop Music
French singer/songwriter Sebastien Tellier, who will perform at the first “Ohh La La" music festival. The lineup will include Emilie Simon, Nouvelle Vague. “There was a terrible rumor throughout Europe that started back in the 1960s," explained David Martinon, the consul general of France in Los Angeles, during a Champagne reception in a posh Beverly Hills ...
Trumpeter Chris Tedesco Releases New Jazz CD - "Living the Dream"
Los Angeles Trumpeter Chris Tedesco has officially released his new Jazz Big Band and Studio Orchestra CD entitled Living the Dream. Eight big band tracks along with two, thirty piece orchestra tracks along, four of those with vocals by Tony Galla. The CD reminds one of visions of 1962 Capitol Reocrds with Sinatra and Basie live ...
The 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards: Scorecard
The 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards, was announced Thursday at the Conga Room in downtown Los Angeles. The award show will be held Nov. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will air live on the Univision Network. The complete list of nominees for the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Jazz
Poncho Sanchez to Release New Album
On September 29th, Concord Picante will release Psychedelic Blues, the new album and twenty-fourth Concord Recording from Poncho Sanchez. 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 ...
Henry Gibson, Original 'Laugh-In' Cast Member, Dies at 73
Henry Gibson, the veteran character actor who came to fame in the late 1960s as the flower-holding poet on TV's landmark satirical comedy show “Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," has died. He was 73. Gibson died late Monday night after a short battle with cancer at his home in Malibu, said his son, Jon. Gibson, who more ...
Bob Greenberg Music Industry Executive
Bob Greenberg, 75, a longtime music industry executive who held key positions at several record labels including Atlantic, Warner Bros., MGM/UA and Mirage, died Friday in West Hills, a day after suffering a stroke, his brother Jerry said. Born May 8, 1934, in New Haven, Conn., Bob Greenberg got his start in the business in the ...
Spencer Day TV Performance Online
Spencer Day's appearance on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson is now online. Spencer performed his new single, “Til You Come To Me" from his new album and Concord Jazz debut, (Vagabond). Out now, the new album draws from the 'Great American Songbook' and is infused with contemporary influences from artists like Roy Orbison, Dusty ...
Ross Hammond's "An Effective Use of Space" Released
With aid from Lisa Mezzacappa on bass and John Hanes on drums, the music glides easily between the sleepy and bombastic, sensual and aggressive Rachel Leibrock, Sacramento News and Review Ross Hammond's new album “An Effective Use of Space" (Prescott, 2009) is a mix of solo and trio pieces. Released 9/04/2009, the trio session ...
Benny Reid Releases New CD - Escaping Shadow
The new sophomore release from saxophonist Benny Reid, Escaping Shadows, hits stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Jazz Records. Noteworthy originals include the volume-surging, rock-grooved “Facing the Edge” and the hybrid “New Days” that starts with a jazz groove followed by a jungle beat in the middle section. The lone cover ...
Jay Leno Show: This is the Best NBC Has to Offer?
Jay Leno Show stays on familiar ground. Seinfeld and Oprah are a breath of fresh air for the comedian's new show, which feels like anything but. It's not a good sign when the Bud Light commercial is funnier than the comedy show it interrupts. Sixteen minutes into the new “The Jay Leno Show," it was difficult ...
