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Mitchell Lurie World-Renowned Clarinetist Taught at USC
Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, has died. He was 86. Lurie, who had been in ill health in recent years, died of pneumonia Monday at his home in West Los Angeles, said his son, Dr. Alan ...
Jackson Browne in Santa Monica Tonight
Jackson Browne headlines weekend's benefit for hurricane relief includes sets by Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez and Ry Cooder at the Santa Monica Civic TONIGHT Some had long since figured Jackson Browne's days of folk-pop rabble-rousing in the political sphere were over. But after his noisy kerfuffle with Sen. John McCain (when the latter used his song ...
Shogun Warrior to Record Live at the Baked Potato
The jam band Shogun Warrior, celebrating six years of playing the first weekend of every month at L.A.'s famed Baked Potato, will be recording live for two nights at the legendary club on December 6th and 7th. The band features founder Mike Elizondo on bass, who produced Rilo Kiley and Maroon 5, as well as co-writing ...
Allison Adams Tucker: Leucadia Singer Took the Road Less Typical
Beginning one's music career as a punk rocker at a Christian school in Indiana is probably not the most typical route to becoming a jazz singer. But it is the route Leucadia's Allison Adams Tucker (performing Nov. 21 at the Beach House and Nov. 23 at the Encinitas Community Library) has taken. “I just came full ...
Idol Nation Invades the American Music Awards
The steady takeover of the music industry by American Idol was on full display Sunday night at the American Music Awards. “Idol" alums may not have taken home every last trophy, but Idol Nation has become the largest caucus to be reckoned with in any music conclave. Out on the red carpet was David Cook entertaining ...
Aretha Franklin at the House of Blues
Aretha Franklin, the long-reigning Queen of Soul, is a benevolent and generous monarch. On top of every other accolade that's been laid at her feet over the last half-century, a prestigious collective of musicians, writers and music industry heavyweights just placed her at the top of Rolling Stone magazines ranking of the 100 greatest singers of ...
Gary Calamar Music Man Sets the Mood
Every intense music fan presumes he or she has what it takes to be a TV or film music supervisor, and they have a box of clattering mix tapes from high school to prove it. Yes, it was clever how you started with “Please Come Home Baby" by Tom Waits and finished with Mel ...
The Gustavo Dudamel Whirlwind Arrives Early in L.A.
The exuberant young Venezuelan conductor, who will take over the L.A. Philharmonic next year, comes to town riding a wave of Dudamania. Reporting from Caracas, Venezuela -- The new global poster boy for classical music and his wife are salsa-stepping across the ballroom of the Alba Hotel. Calm, precise and seemingly always sure of ...
Charlie O's Charles Ottaviano Famed Nightclub Owner Passes
Charles Ottaviano, 66, whose intimate Van Nuys nightclub Charlie Os developed a loyal following of jazz enthusiasts, died of a heart attack Monday at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, said his wife of 26 years, Jo-Ann. He lived in Granada Hills. I always wanted to have a jazz room, ever since I moved out here from Buffalo ...
Bob Baker's Marionette Theater
Just off of stage right, past a wire rack full of marionettes for “The Nutcracker" and an electrical board laden with wires and knobs, a whiteboard strongly forbids any “diva" behavior and makes Baker's mantra clear. “The puppets are the *s!" The nearly 50-year-old stage just west of downtown, where the owner crafts most of the ...
