HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
Nanaimo: A jazz venue not to be missed! Vibraphone player Lou Williamson is performing his usual brand of elegant and excellent jazz with the Geoff Bowen Trio.
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
Nanaimo: A jazz venue not to be missed! Vibraphone player Lou Williamson is performing his usual brand of elegant and excellent jazz with the Geoff Bowen Trio.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
"Cube" (Shanti) is a big band and vocal suite based on the Biblical events of Easter. (Reviewing it at Christmastime isn't out of place, considering the main character in each celebration.) The album features an all-star European and American group led by Swiss reedman and composer Fritz Renold. Helen Savari-Renold, his wife, handles vocals...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
TRYING TO GET GOOD: the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon exposes Hollywoods best kept secret - when the stars come out to play, its Jack Sheldon who plays for them. Trying to Get Good takes a look deep inside the eternally tormented soul of an artist whos not just trying to get good on the trumpet, but in his life as well...
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 12/16/2008
Nanaimo: A jazz venue not to be missed! Vibraphone player Lou Williamson is performing his usual brand of elegant and ecellent jazz with the Geoff Bowen Trio.
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 12/16/2008
Nanaimo: A jazz venue not to be missed! Vibraphone player Lou Williamson is performing his usual brand of elegant and ecellent jazz with the Geoff Bowen Trio.
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 12/15/2008
Nanaimo: Not to be missed - Internationally acclaimed Jazz saxophone player Ross Taggart performs with Pat Coleman (guitar), Ken Lister (bass) and Geoff Bowen (drums).
Inland Empire California (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Marilyn King is the baby sister of a show biz dynasty -"The King Family." All of the 5 older sisters got their start with the Horace Heidt Orchestra in San Francisco where Alvino Rey (inventor of the steel guitar) was also playing.
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Following marathon eggnog sessions and several aggressive battles with a Yule log, The Priestess & The Fool present Ride On, Santa, the free downloadable EP of Christmas cheer for all to enjoy from Exotic Recordings. A collection of re-imagined holiday music for scrooges, atheists, and all types of bah-humbuggery, Ride On, Santa features old [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Aficionados of the 1960s TV series The Twilight Zone will remember an episode wherein a harried business exec regularly dream "visited" a tranquil, turn-of-the century nirvana called "Willoughby." There, before technology reigned supreme, times were much slower, calmer and the town's concert band gave weekly Sunday afternoon concerts to adoring audiences...
UTNews (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
Join jazz icon Jon Hendricks for a special UT music concert Monday, Dec. 8.
Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Out Of Nowhere Don Ellis – Paul Bley – Steve Swallow How Time Passes… Don Ellis – Jaki Byard – Ron Carter – Charlie Persip “Third Stream Jazz” I gotta admit I have not heard any of Don Ellis’ best-known records like Tears of Joy and Live At Monterey, which date from the late sixties to early seventies. He had [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Celine Dion, Stevie Wonder and B.B. King healine the December schedule playing the NOKIA Theater at L.A.Live. Stan Kenton Christmas Carols with the Boston Brass and Brass All-Stars Big Band opening act for Duran Duran December 2nd. Celine Dion Grammy Nomination show with B.B. King on the 3rd, while King returns December 27th and 28th. Stevie Wonder brings his show to L.A. Live on Saturday the 13th...
Do the Math (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Just a few more photos from the archive. Gene Krupa Louis Armstrong Benny Goodman (in Russia) Roy Eldridge Jo Jones Buddy RichThe Modern Jazz Quartet Jazz critic Marshall StearnsDuke Ellington and Stan Kenton
Needled (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Every Monday, when putting together the Needled news review, the first thing I do is choose a good soundtrack to get me in the mood for mocking. This weekend I found myself already bombarded with Christmas lights, sales, and sluts in little Santa outfits, and now I desperately need an antidote to the early holiday [...]
