Results for "Los Angeles"

Stan Kenton/The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra: New Horizons Vol. 1 & 2

by George Harris
November 29, 2005

Stan Kenton/The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra New Horizons, Volumes 1 & 2 Tantara Productions 2005 Looking back on Stan Kenton, it's important to keep his bands in perspective. In '65, when these concerts were recorded, there just wasn't anything happening in big bands. Ellington was coasting, Basie was doing Beatles ...

Tomas Janzon at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

by Jim Santella
December 21, 2004

Tomas Janzon Quartet Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, California November 26, 2004 Friday Night Jazz at LACMA has remained an integral fixture of the Los Angeles jazz scene for thirteen years. Made possible by a generous grant from Dwight M. and Dona S. ...

Thumbnail Sketch: The Los Angeles Jazz Institute

by Jack Bowers
November 3, 2004

Last month , during my adulatory and long-winded account of the All-Star Alumni Tribute to Maynard Ferguson, I mentioned that the event was sponsored by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. As some may be wondering exactly what that is, here's a concise description. The Los Angeles Jazz Institute (hereafter LAJI), on the campus of Cal State ...

Allan Holdsworth Group: Then!

by John Kelman
September 8, 2004

Recorded twelve years before his latest release, the similarly-live All Night Wrong , and at the same location in Tokyo, guitarist Allan Holdsworth demonstrates that while he's come a long way in the ensuing years, there's absolutely no reason not to look back at archival material such as this and stand in awe of a stylist ...

Nels Cline: Intrepid Guitarist

by John Kelman
August 19, 2004

Some musicians lead double lives, working in a couple of seemingly disparate contexts that still manage to come together into a cohesive musical vision. Intrepid guitarist Nels Cline has led far more than two, involved in everything from the acoustic Ralph Towner-informed work of Quartet Music to the post-punk of Mike Watt. His own work is ...

Simple Talk

by AAJ Staff
March 21, 2003

It's a simple fact of life. Every day we witness people chatting, conversation at work, simple nods on the street. (Except for hermits, cave-dwellers, and other perverse isolationists.) Those of us who celebrate jazz also get to enjoy an altogether different kind of talk on a daily basis: the whispered calls of an alto saxophone, an ...

Stan Kenton: Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra

by William Grim
November 16, 2002

This album is a compilation of the best compositions from the first season of Stan Kenton's Neophonic Orchestra, an early attempt to create a jazz orchestra in residence that didn't travel the country doing one- nighters. Although the organization only lasted for three seasons, it was an artistic success and is a model now ...

Ron Carter: Brazilian Charm

by AAJ Staff
February 22, 2000

All About Jazz: You have said that Brazilian changes are different from the ways that Americans adapt Brazilian tunes. Do you think you were true to the Brazilian changes in your latest album, Orfeu? Ron Carter: Absolutely. Definitely. AAJ: What's different about Brazilian changes that Americans can't seem to grasp?

Various: Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz In Los Angeles (1921-1956)

by Mark Corroto
October 1, 1999

Face it--when it comes to stories, jazz beats all other genres, hands down. Whether real or semi-fictional, tales of jazzmen are superior to anything every told of aging Betty-Ford-Clinic-rehabbed rockers. Think about Jack Kerouac’s excitement facing the Buddha-like Charlie Parker in his novel On The Road, or Michael Ondaatje’s fictionalized account of the life of Buddy ...

Jazz Vocalist Mellonie Irvine & Friends Featuring Christian Jacob

CATALINA BAR & GRILL 6725 Sunset Boulevard Tickets: $15 For more information or tickets call 323-466-2210 Los Angeles will get it's first chance to hear what's taken the Santa Barbara-based jazz singer Mellonie Irvine a lifetime to craft: Straight-ahead jazz laced with soothing, romantic vocals featuring a “dream team" of ...