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Rob Tardik: The Right Time
by Jerry D'Souza
Canadian guitarist Rob Tardik has been around for the past 20 years, during which he has established strong credentials in different fields. Besides being a performer, he is also a teacher and entrepreneur. However, his skill as a guitarist has seen him play with Earl Klugh, Spyro Gyra, Bob James and Lee Ritenour at the Smooth ...
Lee Ritenour at the Broad Stage Santa Monica
Jazz icon and Grammy Award-winner quitarist Lee Ritenour is back by popular demand after a sold-out performance at The Broad last year. While his quests will be a surprise, no one will be surprised when this brilliant performer sells out again in honor of his 50th year of playing guitar. There's jazz and then there's jazz ...
Louie Shelton: In Session
by Alan Bryson
Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...
Acuna/Hoff/Mathisen: Jungle City
by John Kelman
While some accuse the musical innovations taking place in Scandinavia as diluting “America's art form," there's plenty of evidence to the contrary. Many of the artists regularly stretching jazz's boundaries by introducing outside references can play in the tradition; they just choose not to. With Finding Nymo (ACT, 2009), Norwegian trombonist Helge Sunde and his Ensemble ...
Catalina Jazz Club L.A.
October performance at the Los Angeles Catalina Bar & Grill. 6725 West Sunset Blvd. Hollywood California 90028 Phone: (323) 466-2210 (one block EAST of Highland Ave.) ENTRANCE on McCadden Johnny Mathis, Patti Austin, Gordon Goodwin's BIg Phat Band, and Justin Guarini Perform for Education Through Music-Los ...
Stockholm Jazz Fest 2009
by Dan Hafstrom
Stockholm Jazz FestivalSkeppsholmenStockholm, SwedenJuly 15-19, 2009 Lee Ritenour/Richard Galliano/Jon Hasse Lennart Aberg/Oddjob/Nina Simone Tribute/SMV/Sonny Rollins Joss Stone/Erykah Badu ---> Lee Ritenour/Richard Galliano/Jon HasseJuly 15, 2009 After financial problems and last year's peculiar bookings, (Patti Smith on a jazz festival ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 1-3 July 1-3, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2009 It's the 30th Anniversary for the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) and, based on the stellar line-up, it promises to surpass its 25th Anniversary celebration from ...
Paul Brown / Marc Antoine: Foreign Exchange
by Woodrow Wilkins
When two jazz guitarists of different styles, George Benson and Earl Klugh, came together, it was hailed as a success. The formula also worked for Lee Ritenour and Larry Carlton. Now, Paul Brown and Marc Antoine attempt to capture that flair with Foreign Exchange. California native Brown is, perhaps, one of the most ...
Chuck Loeb: Between 2 Worlds
by Martin Gladu
As its title suggests, Between 2 Worlds finds guitarist Chuck Loeb's sublimated split personality at last openly revealed. A household name in smooth jazz circles, the former Steps Ahead luminary this time throws the dice with a program heavier on the straight-ahead jazz component that composes the core of his musical upbringing. Does this project mark ...
Hugh Masekela: Phola
by Douglas Payne
Phola celebrates Hugh Masekela's 70th year and marks the South African trumpeter's half century of bringing the music of his homeland to many ears throughout the world.As such, this musical statement--the 35th under Masekela's own name--seems to call for a glorious, celebratory mood. Instead, it is more of a quiet reflection on life, love, ...
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