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Article: Album Review

Tom Rizzo: Imaginary Numbers

Read "Imaginary Numbers" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Los Angeles-based guitarist Tom Rizzo originally released Imaginary Numbers as a self-produced offering from his website, with the title Imaginary Numbers--Guitar Plus Eight. The disc has, fortunately, been picked up by Origin Arts, joining several other notable guitarists at the label including Corey Christiansen, Larry Koonse, Mimi Fox and John Stowell. Origin Art continues to accumulate ...

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Article: Album Review

Cheryl Bentyne: The Gershwin Songbook

Read "The Gershwin Songbook" reviewed by Larry Taylor

by Larry Taylor

Cheryl Bentyne's The Gershwin Songbook is among the best vocal albums of 2010. A member of The Manhattan Transfer since 1979, she frequently strikes out on her own to record, and has released eight albums in the past two decades. Perfecting her talent in vocalese with Manhattan Transfer, Bentyne performs jazz choruses with a ...

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Article: Album Review

Roger Cairns: Let's...

Read "Let's..." reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

On the heels of his recently released The Dream of Olwen (Self Produced, 2010), it is worth considering Roger Cairns' previous recording, Let's..., which was a nice evolution from his first American release, A Scot in LA (Self Produced, 2006). Roger Cairns is a student of The Great American Songbook. Rather than wearing ...

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Article: Interview

Steve Cardenas: From K.C. to N.Y.C.

Read "Steve Cardenas: From K.C. to N.Y.C." reviewed by Matthew Warnock

by Matthew Warnock

Kansas City has had a long and storied place in jazz history. From Count Basie, to Charlie Parker and Lester Young, some of the best and brightest in the genre have either been raised or cut their teeth in K.C. While there seems to be an historical tinge to the city whenever its contribution to jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Laws, Sutton and Koonse in Concert

Laws, Sutton and Koonse in Concert

Music for voice, flute and guitar is rare in any idiom. In jazz, it is singular. When flutist Hubert Laws, singer Tierney Sutton and guitarist Larry Koonse performed together at a fund-raising event last fall in Los Angeles, the creative spark that materialized pleased and intrigued them. They made room in their busy musical lives for ...

Album

I Want to Be Happy

By Liz Cole

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing: I Want to Be Happy; Mean to Me; You're SEnsational; I'd Give a Dollr for a Dime; Love; Tú; Lobo Bobo; Things to Do; Lazy River; I'm Still Here.

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News: Performance / Tour

LA JazzPro Red Carpet Jazz Series Upstairs at Vitello's Studio City

LA JazzPro Red Carpet Jazz Series Upstairs at Vitello's Studio City

Earlier this year, Studio City's Vitello's started offering jazz as April Williams unleashed her Red Carpet Jazz series. The stellar talent and its elegant upstairs space has earned a good reputation among musicians and fans. It started out on Thursday nights and now is spilling over to additional days it has become so popular. “There's no ...

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News: Education

Bob Sheppard Sax Master Class Kicks Off New LA JAZZPRO Master Class Series on August 1, 2009 in Studio City, CA

Bob Sheppard Sax Master Class Kicks Off New LA JAZZPRO Master Class Series on August 1, 2009 in Studio City, CA

Los Angeles JAZZPRO Master Class Series Studio City, CA August 1, 2009 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Looking for inspiration this summer? In an effort to join communities together by presenting local and international jazz artists that share themselves with students, young professionals and music aficionados,we offer this new and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bob Sheppard Quartet Plays Live March 19th New Jazz Room

Bob Sheppard Quartet Plays Live March 19th New Jazz Room

Bob Sheppard will perform with his quartet including Peter Erskine (drums),Larry Koonse (gtr) and Darek Oles(bass) this Thursday March 19th Upstairs at Vitello's new Jazz room in Studio City, Ca. Bob Sheppard is acknowledged for his inspiring musical spontaneity, his dramatic playing style is supported by an expressive warm and centered tone that fluctuates through tonal ...

Album

Storybook

By Larry Koonse

Label: Jazz Compass
Released: 2007
Track listing: Vignette; For Chopin; Between Nowhere and Goodbye; Candle; Island Song; Beautiful Eyes; Seventh Heaven; Harlequin; Senegal Trance Dance; Valentine.


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