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Plastic Ono Band w/ Lady Gaga | L.A. | Review
Words & Images by: L. Paul Mann Plastic Ono Band :: 10.02.10 :: Orpheum Theatre :: Los Angeles, CA The Plastic Ono Band, formed in 1971 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, was one of the first rock super-groups, claiming a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame revolving lineup that included Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Ringo ...
Jazz International
by Nick Catalano
More and more recordings from offshore jazz musicians keep arriving in my mailbox each month and they are beginning to outnumber domestic releases. This is an obvious sign of the exponential growth of internationalism in the music and a signal to American jazz critics that their reviewing responsibility must include ample coverage of this phenomenon.
Mike Melvoin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Jazz legend Mike Melvoin to be honored with the Los Angeles Jazz Society's 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award for his esteemed body of work as a Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Recording Artist. The annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner and Concert was established in 1983 to recognize and honor Los Angeles based artists for their contributions in ...
24 Hours of Umbria Jazz 2010
by Sara Villa
Imagine traveling by car for hours in the summer heat of Italy's July 2010. At last it is early evening, and you reach the borders of a breathtaking medieval town. A soft breeze blows around you while you walk through the steep slopes which lead you to the centre. You follow the sounds you so eagerly ...
Bettye Lavette: Interpretations - The British Rock Songbook
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Bettye Lavette Interpretations: The British Rock SongbookAnti- Records2010 Perennial also-ran Bettye Lavette, among the many very good 1960s Detroit soul singers not signed to Motown--others include Barbara Lewis, Deon Jackson and Edwin Starr--offers a concept album of sorts. An interesting concept, too: R&B covers of classic British rock ...
EMI to Release Lennon Collectors Set
EMI Music will commemorate the 70th anniversary of John Lennon's birth Oct. 5 with a flight of new releases, including a stripped-down remix of the late ex-Beatle's bestselling album, a hits compilation, a themed four-CD box and a comprehensive 11-CD collectors set. Overseen by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, so-called “Gimme Some Truth" campaign (named after his ...
Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project
by John Kelman
Intersecting with the pop world is nothing new to Herbie Hancock. Collaborating with legendary trumpeter Miles Davis on the early nexus of jazz and rock, In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969), the keyboardist scored his own fusion hit with the funkified Head Hunters (Columbia) in 1973) and, a decade later, was on the cutting edge of ...
Lennon Lyrics Fetch $1.2m at NYC Auction
John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the final song on the classic Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were purchased by an American collector on Friday for $1.2 million. The winning bid for “A Day in the Life" was placed by phone at Sotheby's auction house, which declined to identify the collector further. The ...
Paris Troika: Paris Troika
by C. Michael Bailey
Paris Troika Paris Troika Self Produced 2010 The horizon of hip jazz keyboard trios is littered with the likes of The Bad Plus, Medeski, Martin, Woods, the Big Apple Trio and Soulive. Too cool for school. Because in jazz, contrary to Duke Ellington's supposition that there are only two types ...
Handwritten Lennon Lyrics to be Auctioned
One side of a handwritten, autographed manuscript by the late John Lennon is shown. The document, with the lyrics to “A Day in the Life," will be offered at auction by Sotheby's in New York on Friday, June 18. For the right price, some lucky Beatlemaniac will be able to own the lyrics to the final ...
