Johnny Winter Roots (Megaforce) By Mike Finkelstein This latest release from blues/rock legend Johnny Winter signifies one more move in the direction of his original roots in the blues. The album’s format is one of Johnny and a very boppin’ and rock-steady backing band (Vito Liuzzi on drums, Scott Spray on bass, Paul Nelson on… Read More CD Review: Johnny Winter’s “Roots”
By Don Heckman Los Angeles – Nov. 30. (Wed.) Sting. One of the iconic masters of popular song makes a rare Southland appearance as part of his extended, “Back To Bass” tour. The Wiltern. (877) 686-5366. – Nov. 30. (Wed.) The Ron McCurdy Collective. Trumpeter/educator McCurdy blends his soaring trumpet sounds with the lush harmonies… Read More Picks of the Week: Nov. 29 – Dec. 4
EG Kight Lip Service (Vizzitone) By Brian Arsenault When this album started my first reaction was, “If Bonnie Raitt was Southern, this is what she’d sound like.” But that may just be my Yankee self talking, because what you really feel when you’re moving through Lip Service, E G Kight’s latest CD, is that you… Read More CD Review: EG Kight’s “Lip Service”
. “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don’t start measuring her limbs.” – Pablo Picasso . To read more Quotations of the Week click HERE.
By Don Heckman Here’s my annual, continual and growing list of the many musical reasons I have to be thankful. * * * * * – Every note Charlie Parker ever played. – Ditto for Louis Armstrong. – Bebop, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Tadd Dameron, Ray Brown, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Clifford Brown and more.… Read More Here, There & Everywhere: The Music I’m Thankful For
By Don Heckman Los Angeles – Nov. 22. (Tues.) Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Trey McIntyre Project. New Orleans roots, at their most convincing authenticity are delivered by the Preservation Hall players in a fascinating collaboration with the entrancing choreography of the McIntyre Project’s modern dance. Disney Hall. 638 (323) 850-2000. – Nov. 22.… Read More Picks of the Week: Nov. 22 – 27
By Don Heckman Looking at the videos of police using pepper spray on U.C. Davis demonstrators, and using violent tactics on protestors elsewhere, has triggered a whole bunch of distant memories. As has much of the media coverage of the Occupy movement as it has grown in size and intensity around the country. The goals… Read More Here, There & Everywhere: Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” — 44 years later and still timely
By Brian Arsenault The problem with old rockers — Rolling Stones and some Neil Young excepted — is that they don’t rock enough. Maybe it’s the passage of time, the slowing of the internal clock, or just some strange need to become Bob Dylan at his slowest. Nils Lofgren’s Old School has its moments but… Read More CD Review: Nils Lofgren’s “Old School”
By Mike Finkelstein On Friday night UCLA Live presented an attractive double bill of modern music with two of the more prominent performers in the genre, percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and cellist Maya Beiser. Though not heavily attended, the show was well-received. The program started with Beiser and her quartet playing five pieces, then an… Read More Live Music: Evelyn Glennie and Maya Beiser at Royce Hall
By Don Heckman Los Angeles – Nov. 15. (Tues.) Carol Welsman. Pianist/singer Welsman makes her last L.A. area performance of the year, which makes it one not to be missed. Hopefully she’ll play a few tunes from her soon to be released latest CD. Vibrato Grill Jazz…etc. (310) 474-9400. – Nov. 16. (Wed.) Jane Harvey. … Read More Picks of the Week: Nov. 15 – 20
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