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Delta Blues & the Birth (and Death) of the Cool: Two definitive Ted Gioia Histories
by C. Michael Bailey
Does the music world need one more history of Delta blues music? Does a survey of a spongy concept like “cool" have any relevance in a post-9/11 world? Considering Robert Palmer authored a definitive narrative on depression-era Mississippi Delta music in Deep Blues (Viking, 1981) almost 30 years ago, and that Martin Williams and David Rosenthal, ...
Woodlawn Cemetery Walking Tour of Jazz Greats
This Sunday, September 27, join the Friends of Woodlawn for a walking tour of the final resting places of the Jazz Greats of Woodlawn Cemetery. Among the notable musicians buried at the historic cemetery are: Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Bricktop, William Sonny Greer, W.C. Handy, Charles “Cootie" Williams, King Oliver, ...
Jazz Greats of Woodlawn Cemetery Walking Tour
This Sunday, September 27, join the Friends of Woodlawn for a walking tour of the final resting places of the Jazz Greats of Woodlawn Cemetery. Among the notable musicians buried at the historic cemetery are: Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Bricktop, William Sonny Greer, W.C. Handy, Charles “Cootie" Williams, King Oliver, ...
"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 ...
Kelvin Sholar: Artistic Crossroads
by Franz A. Matzner
Pianist, composer, programmer, writer, philosopher Kelvin Sholar is a modern Renaissance man, an endangered species in our modern times of careerism and hyper-focused resumes. At any one time, Sholar seems to be grappling with more ideas and projects than very few are capable of doing over several years--if at all. To give a ...
