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News: Performance / Tour

'The Jazz Age' at Blank Theatre

The Blank Theatre Company’s signature charms — quirky characters, witty sets and the deft use of music — are on full, if flawed, view in Allan Knee’s “The Jazz Age.” This soapy but absorbing portrait of the Lost Generation’s F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway features a Tin Pan Alley score by a live ...

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News: Festival

Playboy Jazz Festival Announces Lineup

Playboy Jazz Festival Announces Lineup

The Neville Brothers, Sharon Jones and the Dap- Kings, the Wayne Shorter Quartet and Kenny G are among the performers slated to appear at the 31st Annual Playboy Jazz Festival, June 13-14 at the Hollywood Bowl. In addition to the Neville Brothers and Sharon Jones, Saturday's lineup will feature a 50th anniversary salute to Miles Davis' ...

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News: Festival

Greek Theatre and Gibson Amphitheatre Announce Summer Series

Greek Theatre and Gibson Amphitheatre Announce Summer Series

The Greek Theatre and the Gibson Amphitheatre have announced their forthcoming summer concert series for 2009, along with an expanded edition of their Premiere Marquee Club perks package. Among the notable headliners this season at the Greek are alt-country siren Neko Case, chamber-folk auteur Andrew Bird, dapper soul man John Legend and globe-trotting folk veterans Gipsy ...

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News: Technology

Feds Demand Prison for Guns N' Roses Uploader

Feds Demand Prison for Guns N' Roses Uploader

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are pursuing a 6-month prison term for a Los Angeles man who pleaded guilty in December to one misdemeanor count of uploading pre-release Guns N' Roses tracks, according to court documents. Kevin Cogill was arrested last summer at gunpoint and charged with uploading nine tracks of the Chinese Democracy album to ...

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News: Music Industry

Defense Rests in Phil Spector Murder Retrial

Defense Rests in Phil Spector Murder Retrial

Phil Spector's defense attorney rested his case Thursday in the music producer's murder retrial involving the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler advised Spector of his right to testify, but he chose not to take the stand in his own defense. Attorney Doron Weinberg concluded with testimony from forensic psychologist ...

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News: Performance / Tour

L.A. Area Jazz Gigs

L.A. Area Jazz Gigs

JAZZ PERFORMANCES LOS ANGELES The SF Jazz Collective with Miguel Zenon Friday Mar 13/ 8:00 PM Saturday Mar 14/8:00 PM Sunday Mar 15/ 8:00 PM Price: $25-37 Music Style: Jazz, Latin Catalina Bar & Grill 6725 W Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028 Chick ...

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News: Obituary

Alan Livingston Capitol Records Prez Brought Beatles to U.S. Dies

Alan Livingston Capitol Records Prez Brought Beatles to U.S. Dies

Alan Livingston, music exec who created Bozo the Clown and brought the Beatles to America as president of Capitol Records, died March 13 in Los Angeles. He was 91. Livingston created the Bozo character for a bestselling series of children's story records for Capitol, later producing a TV show before selling rights to the late Larry ...

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News: Music Industry

The Playboy Sells His Other Mansion

Hugh Hefner's home next to Playboy mansion for sale for $27,995,000 The two-story, 7,300-square-foot English Manor-style home was built in 1929 and bought by the Hefners in 1998. OK, no more proverbial pressing your nose up against the gates hoping to catch a glimpse of what goes on at the Playboy mansion. Now, you can live ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Alvon Johnson On Top of the Bay Area Blues Game

Alvon Johnson On Top of the Bay Area Blues Game

The blues game has a new shot in the arm, and his name is Alvon Johnson. His aggressive style of playing the guitar has ignited a new generation of blues fans. Johnsons introduction to music came early on, as he followed in the footsteps of his mother. His talent as a young man was evident, and ...

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News: Obituary

Hal Gaba Dies at 63; Chairman and Co-Owner of Concord Music Group

Hal Gaba and longtime friend and business partner Norman Lear bought Northern California-based Concord Records in 1999 and turned it into one of the world’s largest independent record companies. It’s now based in Beverly Hills and called the Concord Music Group. Hal Gaba, a veteran entertainment industry executive who was chairman and co-owner of Concord Music ...


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