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Peter Sommer: Crossroads
by Hrayr Attarian
It takes self-confidence and talent for a new musician to lock horns with a more experienced practitioner of the same instrument, and tenor saxophonist Peter Sommer has plenty of both. His only other recording was a collaborative effort with pianist Art Lande, and this second recording is his first as a leader. On ...
"A Swingin' Affair" Outshines Its Name
by Jack Bowers
With an appreciative bow and genial tip of the hat to the late Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute named its semi-annual big-band soiree May 21-24 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel “A Swingin' Affair." Was the event able to live up to its name? In the immortal words of ...
May Jazz at Charlie O's
Great jazz performances at Charlie O's this May including the return of our own Jack Sheldon for his regular Wednesday gigs. A very special Saturday performance on the 16th presenting the music of John Beasley with John Heard, Roy McCurdy and outstanding vocalist Dwight Trible. Followed by a birthday celebration for Denise Donatelli on the 21st, ...
March Jazz at Charlie O's
March jazz performances a birthday celebration for Bill Henderson on the 27th and a birthday celebration for Madeline Vergari Neumann on the 16th. The official release of Brandinos Melodies and Songbook and the Brandino and Friends Live at Charlie Os CD (if you purchased the original CD, please bring it back and you will receive the ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Christlieb
All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Christlieb's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete ChristliebFrom the 1970s through the 1990s, the sound of Pete’s tenor could be heard on television and motion picture sound tracks and recordings. The son of a famous bassoon player, Don Christlieb... more
Charlie O the Jazz Man
by Randall Robinson
Charlie Ottaviano's biggest passion in life was jazz. He always dreamed of opening a jazz club and he did just that in August 2000, little by little converting the small neighborhood establishment into a real jazz venue. He started small with music one night a week with John Heard and Earl Palmer performing and soon it ...
Live at the Jazz Cave
Label: Cognito Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Yours Is My Heart Alone; Limehouse Blues; You
Pete Christlieb with the Lori Mechem Quartet: Live at the Jazz Cave
by Jack Bowers
I fell head-over-heels in love with the tenor saxophone the first time I heard Zoot Sims play one, and my heart (thank goodness) has never quite recovered from the impact. These days I have two tenors of choice, one on each coast--Eric Alexander in the east, Pete Christlieb way out west. And the strange part is, ...
Apogee
Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: Magna-Tism; 317 E. 32nd; Rapunzel; Tenors of the Time; Donna Lee; I'm Old Fashioned; Lunarcy; Love Me; How About You
Pete Christlieb/Warne Marsh Quintet: Apogee
by Chris M. Slawecki
Apogee plays in a hard-bop format you almost never hear any more: saxophonists Marsh and Christleib screaming twin tenors in a quintet with piano (Lou Levy), bass (Jim Hughart) and drums (Nick Ceroli), immensely aided by several loose yet tight arrangements by Joe Roccisano. Of course, you almost never heard this format when Apogee was originally ...
