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Jazz, Baby Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefners soundtrack? Big Band and Dixieland His magazine was approaching its fifth birthday, and Hugh Hefner wanted to celebrate in a big way. The founder of Playboy does not think small, so in August of 1959, he had George Weinimpresario of the Newport Jazz Festivalcreate a weekend of music. It was a total success: 68,000 ...
Her Husband Behind Bars, Spector's Wife Breaks Silence
Rachelle Spector, 28, scoffs at the notion that she's a gold digger, saying she's devoted to her role as the spokeswoman for the producer's cause and chief financial officer of his music empire. Rachelle Spector arrived for lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel with one French-manicured hand gripping a hot pink BlackBerry. “I never know when ...
Visionsound Releases "World Rising" by Keyboardist Ben Dowling
All-Star Jazz Music of the Future with Echoes of the Past Los Angeles, CA - World Rising, to be released by Visionsound on August 11, is a powerful production from keyboardist Ben Dowling featuring a cast of famous friends from the jazz, funk and world music spheres. Notable contributions come from Mindi Abair, Luis Conte, Will ...
Bill Cunliffe's "Imaginacion" Live! CD Party on June 18th 2009 at Upstairs, Vitello's New Jazz Room with Bill Cunliffe's Septect!
JUNE 18TH 2009 CD JAZZ PARTY! Reservations 818-769-0905 Grammy Nominated pianist/composer Bill Cunliffe will perform his CD Imaginacion with Bill Cunliffe-piano, Kye Palmer-trumpet, Ramon Banda-drums, Joey De Leon-percussion, Bob Sheppard-Sax, Francisco Torres-trombone, John Belzaguy-bass. $15 Cover Complimentary Wine Tasting 6:30 p.m. Show 7:30 p.m. & 9:15 p.m. Imaginacion review by Dan McClenaghan, All About ...
Playboy Jazz Festival June 13
Hugh Hefner talks fest and all that jazz. The 31st annual Playboy Jazz Festival takes place this month at the renowned Hollywood Bowl. Got tickets? Another stellar lineup of jazz greats and up-and-comers will take the stage June 13th and 14th at the scenic venue, delivering a mix of standards, soft jazz, Latin rhythm, blues, R&B, ...
As St. Vincent, Annie Clark Conjures Magic
Annie Clark was due to finish her sound check around 7 p.m. Thirty minutes later, a nagging electronic hiss was complicating things and in the course of hunting down the source of the nuisance, Clark realized she had forgotten her recently purchased dress, which was still hanging in the closet of a downtown hotel. Her early ...
The Doors Are Closing, but the Jazz Bakery is Still in Play
The lauded music venue may be closing its doors this weekend, but owner Ruth Price is working on plans to keep the music going. The Jazz Bakery, a staple of the L.A. music community, will close its doors Sunday after losing its lease, but owner Ruth Price insists it's too early to write a eulogy for ...
Henry 'Butch' Stone Big-Band Singer, Saxophonist with Les Brown Dies
Henry “Butch" Stone, 96, a big-band singer and saxophonist who had a long association with Les Brown and his Band of Renown, died May 19 at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Woodland Hills, according to a friend, songwriter and band leader Van Alexander. A native of New York City, Stone learned baritone saxophone as a boy and ...
Phil Spector Sentenced 19 Years to Life for Murder
In a quiet end to the six-year-old case, the legendary music producer is told that he will not be eligible for parole until 2028, when he would be 88. Phil Spector stared straight ahead. It was the appointed hour for the legendary music producer's six-year murder case to come to a close and the courtroom was ...
Dolores Hope Celebrates Her 100th Birthday
Dolores Hope celebrates her 100th birthday with friends and family In the backyard of the Toluca Lake home she shared with her husband, comedian Bob Hope, the party features a picture kiosk for each decade of her life. Bob Hope's widow may well have been thinking “thanks for the memory's nudge" Wednesday as she celebrated her ...
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