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Rita Moreno at the Conga Room

February 15, 2009

Rita Moreno The Puerto Rican singer/actress is one of scant few to win a Grammy, A Tony, an Oscar and an Emmy. Moreno comes to the Conga Room Thursday where her talent will fill the room. The Conga Room Thursday Feb 19 Music Style: Jazz, Latin Price: $55-$85 ...

Billy Childs in San Pedro

February 15, 2009

Ninth Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party

February 15, 2009

Life and Times of Jack Sheldon Tonight on PBS Between the Lines

February 14, 2009

Very exciting news.....tonight The Life and Times of Jack Sheldon will be the topic on the PBS show Between The Lines as host, Barry Kibrick interviews Doug McIntyre and Penny Peyser. Tonight February 14, 2009 8:00p (PST) PBS That's channel 28 in L.A.(no cable)....and channel 6 for TimeWarner Cable in L.A. Check ...

New Jazz Venue: Upstairs at Vitello's Studio City

February 14, 2009

Vocalist/promoter AprilWilliams, who has presented a weekly jazz night at the Wine Bistro and Down Beat Entertainment jazz fundraisers for Symphony In The Glen, is adding another venue to her lineup. Upstairs at Vitello’s is a custom-built listening room over Vitello’s Italian Restaurant in Studio City; it is called the “Upstairs Room”. Williams describes it as ...

Grammy Grumblings, the John Heard Trio and Others

February 13, 2009

A lot of hoity-toity goings on lately, with invite-only Miles Davis Kind of Blue reissue bashes and all the Grammy stuff. A lot of fancy people in fancy suits drinking fancy free drinks and talking about jazz — Mostly not talking about jazz, which sometimes seemed to be only the background music at these things, so ...

Marco Benevento at Largo at the Coronet

February 13, 2009

Anticipation was running high for young keyboardist Marco Benevento's appearance at Largo at the Coronet Wednesday night. Midway though a monthlong residency at the esteemed Oakland jazz club Yoshi's promoting his eclectic new album, Me Not Me, Benevento rolled into town leading an adventurous supergroup of sorts from a Bonnaroo- friendly branch of experimental jazz. Joined ...

Grammy Week: Magical Music Moments All over Town

February 13, 2009

Uncontrollable Urge While crack-is-wack-ster Whitney was staging another “comeback” at the Davis affair, we favored Saturday night’s more real-feeling rock- flavored happenings over the R&B/pop-machine-driven mashes. The Rhino/Los Angeles mag event with The New York Dolls saw a spindly and spectacled David Johansen and youthful looking Sylvain Sylvain kiss and hiss onstage for fellow ...

'American Idol' Putting Away the Chair

February 12, 2009

Two hours' worth of teasing, and all we got was one legitimate surprise. I'm talking about Jamar Rogers getting booted off, not Tatiana Del Toro, who's already water-cooler conversation gold, being granted a stay. As anyone who's seen “Dead Man Walking" well knows, executions make for higher drama when they're drawn out. Tonight's American Idol was ...

Jon Hassell & Maarifa Street with Dhafer Youssef at Royce Hall (LA) on February 13th

February 11, 2009

Jon Hassell Brings his Unclassifiable Music to Royce Hall on Feb. 13 as Part of his First U.S. tour in Twenty Years. On the heels of his newest album release, Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street, Jon Hassell brings his unclassifiable musical colors and a unique electro-acoustic ensemble, with special guest ...