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Riccardo Chailly and the World's Oldest Orchestra at Disney Hall
The sunny Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly has a knack for landing where youd least expect him and making a go of it. He is music director of what used to seem the eternally starchy Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. They began a U.S. tour with a Beethoven date in the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday night. This ...
Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie Pass 'We Are the World' Baton
Producer Quincy Jones, singer Lionel Richie and producer Rickey Minor gathered for the We Are the World: 25 for Haiti recording session at Jim Henson Studios in Hollywood. A changed planet, new orbit and bigger galaxy of stars. For Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie, the second revolution of We Are the World, launched Friday, easily matches ...
A Night in Berlin the Jazz Age at Royce Hall
Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester. It's the sound of romance. Horns sing with reeds and strings, seeming to set the very air dancing to the rhythms of waltzes, fox trots and pasodobles. A man, dressed impeccably in tie and tails, steps up to a mike and, in a focused, rounded falsetto, completes the close, perfect ...
Upcoming Concerts Across the Southland
Honda Center Los Tres with Joan Sebastian, Alejandro Fernandez and Marco Antonio Solis April 9 (Fri.) Gibson Amphitheatre Ramon Ayala April 17 (Fri.) El Rey Theatre Ethan Bortnick and his Musical Time Machine Feb. 28-March 1 High on Fire April ...
Mariah Carey Does the Citywalk
Hot on the heels of her award-winning performance in Precious," and in anticipation of next month's remix album, Ms. Carey's Angels' Advocate Tour" holds down two nights at at the Gibson Amphitheatre. This marks the seventh concert tour for the 39-year singer and actress. Mariah Carey February 23rd : 8:15 p.m. ...
Los Jazzangeles Weekend
Jerry Vivino & the Midtown Express Jazz Band The Baked Potato Thu., February 18 San Fernando Valley Stanley Clarke Brixton South Bay Thu., February 18 South Bay Steve Tyrell Catalina Bar & Grill Thu., February 18 Hollywood Joe ...
Ace of Bass: Carol Kaye
One of the most recorded bassists in history, she has a purported 10,000-plus tracks to her credit You may not know Carol Kaye's name, but you know her work. You've probably heard at least a few dozen examples, and all the words, too. She spent the '60s as the most requested session bassist in L.A., playing ...
Kathryn Grayson MGM Singing Star Dies
Kathryn Grayson, who became a top MGM box office attraction in the 1940's and early '50s as the star of musicals such as Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate, has died. She was 88. Grayson died Wednesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, Sally Sherman, Grayson's longtime companion and secretary, told Associated Press. ...
Brazilian Carnaval at Club Nokia
Shake a tail feather as dance clubs and samba bands re-create Rio's festivities. The music is pumping at Dance Studio No. 1 in West Los Angeles as instructor Diane Yakimovicz urges her students faster and faster, their footwork a dazzling blur. With hardly a breather, she forms them into a conga line, hands on each other's ...
Music on Oscar's Mind
Some insights into the way Academy members vote. Is there a formula for winning a music Oscar? Are there certain guideposts or telling patterns that can correctly predict a win for song or score? This awards season, Variety set out to find the answer, examining half a century of Oscar history and talking to Academy veterans ...


