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Bob Florence Limited Edition / Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band / Dana Legg Stage Band / John Burnett Swing Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Bob Florence Limited Edition Legendary MAMA 2009 “Legendary" is a word that is often misused and shamelessly over-used, and in this case entirely appropriate. Even though composer / arranger / pianist Bob Florence is no longer with us, and wasn't in the studio when his Limited Edition recorded ...
"Charlie O's is the Best Jazz Club in L.A." -Clint Eastwood
JULY JAZZ at CHARLIE O's Charlie O's is the coolest place to be for the hottest jazz this July. We celebrate our own John Heard’s birthday with a big celebration on the 3rd, a birthday party for Slyde Hyde on the 5th, a birthday celebration for Ron Jones on the 12th with his 22 ...
Kim Richmond Jazz Activities
In early June, the KIM RICHMOND CONCERT JAZZ ORCHESTRA performed at Hollywood & Highland for the 2009 KJAZZ Wine & Jazz Series. The enthusiastic audience was near capacity. The Orchestra presented several new works by composer/arranger Richmond as well as selections from its recordings, Grammy-nominated “Refractions" and “Passages." Alto and soprano saxophonist Kim Richmond was a ...
"A Swingin' Affair" Outshines Its Name
by Jack Bowers
With an appreciative bow and genial tip of the hat to the late Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute named its semi-annual big-band soiree May 21-24 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel “A Swingin' Affair." Was the event able to live up to its name? In the immortal words of ...
Mike Vax Big Band / Dave Siebels / Phil Woods / London Horn Sound
by Jack Bowers
Mike Vax Big Band Sounds from the Road Summit Records 2009 As Bob Hope and Bing Crosby entertained millions with their “road" movies in the 1940s, so the Mike Vax Big Band has its own “road show," arguably as entertaining but playing to much smaller audiences than Hope ...
Louie Bellson: Tasteful Drummer, Sweeter Guy
by Jack Bowers
To say that drummer extraordinaire Louie Bellson, who left us on February 14, 2009 at age eighty-four, had a remarkable career would be to explicitly understate the record. Bellson's success at age 17 in a nationwide contest sponsored by one of his idols, Gene Krupa, and Slingerland Drums set the talented wunderkind on a path that ...
Live at Cafe Metropol
By Kim Richmond
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: You Don't Know What Love Is; Invitation; Seagate 1; The Peacocks; Fuzzy Wuzzy; Never Let Me Go; In Fine Line.
Kim Richmond Ensemble: Live at Cafe Metropol
by Edward Blanco
Returning for his third release on the Origin label, Grammy-nominated composer/arranger/saxophonist Kim Richmond leads his ensemble in a dynamic performance at the Café Metropol in downtown Los Angeles, representing the ensemble's first live album. Recorded in March, 2007, the Kim Richmond Ensemble is essentially a sextet where the piano duties are shared by Rich ...
Seagate 1
Album: Live at Cafe Metropol
By Kim Richmond
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Duration: 10:55
CrossWeave
By Kim Richmond
Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Troubleshooter, Always With You, Touch of Your Lips, Love is Kind, CrossWeave, Common Denominator, Beachwood, If You Could See Me Now, Groovin' High
