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Lakers Also Have Players in the Stands
High above the court at Staples Center, the Lakers pep band performs. The ensemble has been playing at home games since 1979, when Lakers owner Jerry Buss decided he wanted live music in the stands. The team's pep band -- an offshoot of the USC marching band -- has been around longer than Kobe and Phil. ...
For TV Band, Jet Lag is Part of the Job
The drummer Max Weinberg, leads the eight-member house band on The Tonight Show With Conan OBrien. When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Izod Center in the New Jersey Meadowlands on May 21, there was one musician conspicuously absent: Max Weinberg, the groups drummer for more than three decades. As Mr. Springsteen ...
Jazz, Baby Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefners soundtrack? Big Band and Dixieland His magazine was approaching its fifth birthday, and Hugh Hefner wanted to celebrate in a big way. The founder of Playboy does not think small, so in August of 1959, he had George Weinimpresario of the Newport Jazz Festivalcreate a weekend of music. It was a total success: 68,000 ...
Dionne Warwick and Sinbad to Headline the First Annual Applause for the Cause Benefit Concert at the Oakland Convention Center
Alta Bates Summit Foundation, in cooperation with Comcast and KBLX-FM 102.9, is proud to announce tickets have gone on sale for the First Annual Applause for the Cause Charity Concert featuring Dionne Warwick and Sinbad, June 6, 2009 at the Oakland Convention Center. Proceeds will benefit the new Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at Alta ...
Inner Peace Music by Steven Halpern Releases “Drive Time Rx” CD
Inner Peace Music by Steven Halpern Releases Drive Time Rx CD Specially-Composed Music and Suggestions Reduce “Road Rage” by Harnessing the Power of the Subconscious Mind June 5, 2009, Marin County, California - Steven Halpern, the iconic, multi-million-selling recording artist considered the founding father of relaxation and healing music, announces the release of his new CD, ...
Her Husband Behind Bars, Spector's Wife Breaks Silence
Rachelle Spector, 28, scoffs at the notion that she's a gold digger, saying she's devoted to her role as the spokeswoman for the producer's cause and chief financial officer of his music empire. Rachelle Spector arrived for lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel with one French-manicured hand gripping a hot pink BlackBerry. “I never know when ...
Visionsound Releases "World Rising" by Keyboardist Ben Dowling
All-Star Jazz Music of the Future with Echoes of the Past Los Angeles, CA - World Rising, to be released by Visionsound on August 11, is a powerful production from keyboardist Ben Dowling featuring a cast of famous friends from the jazz, funk and world music spheres. Notable contributions come from Mindi Abair, Luis Conte, Will ...
Bill Cunliffe's "Imaginacion" Live! CD Party on June 18th 2009 at Upstairs, Vitello's New Jazz Room with Bill Cunliffe's Septect!
JUNE 18TH 2009 CD JAZZ PARTY! Reservations 818-769-0905 Grammy Nominated pianist/composer Bill Cunliffe will perform his CD Imaginacion with Bill Cunliffe-piano, Kye Palmer-trumpet, Ramon Banda-drums, Joey De Leon-percussion, Bob Sheppard-Sax, Francisco Torres-trombone, John Belzaguy-bass. $15 Cover Complimentary Wine Tasting 6:30 p.m. Show 7:30 p.m. & 9:15 p.m. Imaginacion review by Dan McClenaghan, All About ...
Harmony Festival Celebration in Santa Rosa, California
The Harmony Festival is celebrating its 31st anniversary June 12th, 13th and 14th at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California. The event was born out of a desire by several Sonoma State students to combine music with an exposition of that eras cutting edge lifestyles. According to founder Debra Giusti, the festival was birthed ...
San Francisco-Jazz Jam Session!
The culturally under-represented Central Sunset District in San Francisco, California has a new music event, and it is jazz. Heralding a classic musical institution, the Uptime Jazz Group, along with Mocha 101 Cafe at 1722 Taraval Street, are hosting an open Jazz Jam Session every Saturday from 3:30 to 5:30pm. Players that attend should be in ...
