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L.A. Music Scene Vets Turn out for Peter Case Benefit Salute
A raft of stalwarts from L.A.s Americana music scene, including but not limited to those who started their careers at local clubs during the 1980s, turned up over the weekend at McCabes in Santa Monica. During three nights of shows to salute the music of Peter Case and help him pay down the bills from his ...
A Night of Jazz at the New Black Hawk Fundraiser Event Set For May 9, 2009!
Saturday May 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm Post performance reception at 10:30 pm. The North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District is hosting a special ONE NIGHT performance event with legendary Jazz performers: Eddie Duran, guitar Dean Reilly, bass Vince Lateano, drums John Handy, saxophone In addition to these musical icons, ...
On This Day 1536 Where You @
May 4, 1536: C U @ the Piazza. Francesco Lapi, a Florentine merchant, uses the @ symbol while penning a letter. Its the first recorded use of the at sign outside a monastery. Ubiquitous in today's internet culture, the at sign most likely owes its origin to a monk with writers cramp. Before Gutenberg showed up ...
Seeger Birthday Bash Review: Review
Pete Seeger celebrates 90th with musician pals Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris and more join in the festivities at Madison Square Garden. For a 90th birthday, it felt more like a political revival, an old-fashioned revival meeting. And as he stood in the wings Sunday, watching a parade of folk and pop music royalty sing ...
LNAC Fundraiser on Sunday, May 10 to Benefit Music Education Program
Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (LNAC) is hosting a special fundraising event next Sunday, May 10, to benefit a new music education program called “Orchestrating Diversity." As the name implies, “A Chocolate and Champagne Evening" will feature refreshments such as champagne, gourmet coffee and chocolate desserts, as well as music, supplied by a chamber ensemble ...
A Night of Jazz at the New Black Hawk Fundraiser Event
Saturday May 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm The North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District is hosting a special ONE NIGHT performance event with legendary Jazz performers: Eddie Duran, guitar Dean Reilly, bass Vince Lateano, drums John Handy, saxophone In addition to these musical icons, the venue will be redesigned to ...
Madison Square Garden 90th Birthday Tribute to Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger on Sunday
Many of the top names in American music, including Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and literally dozens more will be performing at the Madison Square Garden 90th birthday tribute to folk music legend Pete Seeger on Sunday. While the show is a fund-raising benefit for Clearwater, an ...
Taking Subway Directions, Literally, from a Song of the City
“Somebody said they want us to do ‘A Train’ again,” Paul Mercer Ellington, the musical director of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, reported just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday. And why not? A full 27 minutes had passed since the orchestra’s last performance of his grandfather’s signature song, a song some Ellington fans cannot hear too often. ...
For Randy Weston, Harlem Speaks African Rhythms
World-renowned pianist and NEA Jazz Masters Award recipient Randy Weston sat down with National Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York Co-Director Christian McBride before a full house at the museum's Visitor's Center, as the featured guest speaker of its Harlem Speaks interview series on April 16, 2009. Engaged in a one-on-one forum with McBride, Weston discussed ...
Legendary Jazz Club Baker's Celebrates 75 Years
4 days of special programming to highlight Baker's anniversary The owner of Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit's legendary jazz club on the brink of its 75th anniversary, pauses as he considers the question: What's your most memorable night at the club? Advertisement A big smile spreads across John Colbert's face and he reaches for scrapbook photos of ...
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