Results for "Los Angeles"

Transforming A Popular Song

by Matthew Michael Sweeney
June 11, 2021

One of the most transformative experiences in my life happened while drifting around the Museum of Modern Art in New York a few years ago, standing in awe before Picasso's Seated Woman, one of the many “portraits" of his mistress Marie-Therese Walter. I was astounded at the huge discrepancy between her photograph, which was displayed along ...

Lou Adler

by Joseph Vella
June 11, 2021

Craft Recordings Celebrates The Legacy Of Bill Evans With First-Ever Career-Spanning Collection, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956–1980)

June 6, 2021

Craft Recordings proudly honors the pioneering jazz artist Bill Evans and his enduring musical contributions, with two new titles. The first—a deluxe, five-CD box set and digital album, titled Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956–1980)—marks the first-ever career-spanning collection of music from the pianist, featuring over 60 tracks that spotlight Evans’ exceptional work ...

Greg Abate: “Be-Bop-Er” Takes His Music To The World

by Rob Mariani
June 6, 2021

This article was published posthumously and on behalf of All About Jazz's long-time friend and contributor, Rob Mariani. “Bebop is one of the more complicated forms of jazz music," says Greg Abate, one of New England's most well-known alto sax players. He's been keeping this “art form" alive and thriving for years.

Dave Grusin

by Joseph Vella
June 4, 2021

Tom and his longtime friend Dave Grusin sit down and discuss the remarkable (and historic) career of the composer, arranger, producer, pianist and co-founder of GRP Records. From Dave's early career with Andy Williams to scoring The Graduate and Heaven Can Wait to building a hugely successful record label to being the subject of a documentary ...

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by Joseph Vella
May 28, 2021

Malcolm McDowell

by Joseph Vella
May 22, 2021

Bebop Bassist Will Lyle Readies Debut Album, 'l.A. Source Codes' Featuring 3 Generations Of Musicians

May 16, 2021

A source code is a piece of computer language that is readable by a human programmer. The talented young bassist-composer Will Lyle sees bebop and the jazz language as a musical source code that is kept alive by both the keepers of the flame and the younger players who push the music forward. Born in Southern ...

Drummers Roundtable: Peter Erskine, Steve Gadd and Nate Smith

by Joseph Vella
May 14, 2021

L.A. Jazz Quartet: Live at The Baked Potato

by Jim Worsley
May 11, 2021

The Baked Potato in Studio City (Los Angeles) is an iconic little jazz club that has been serving it up hot, both live music and scrumptious baked potatoes, for a half century now. The intimate space has played host to a long and impressive list of jazz elites. With a pre-pandemic capacity of not much more ...