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Retired Prosecutor Says He Lied in HBO Documentary About Roman Polanski Case
A retired Los Angeles County prosecutor who claimed in a 2008 documentary that he advised a judge to sentence Roman Polanski to prison for having sex with a minor now says that he lied on film about his role in the case. The on-camera statements by David Wells in Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired were seized ...
Greg Ladanyi Grammy-Winning Rock Producer Dies
Greg Ladanyi, 57, a Grammy Award-winning producer who worked with Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac and other rock bands, died Tuesday at a hospital in the Republic of Cyprus, according to his record company, Maple Jam Music Group. Ladanyi suffered severe head trauma Friday during an on-stage accident while on tour with singer Anna Vissi. ...
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 ...
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