Larkin McLean If You’re A Wild Girl Say Aye (Best Day Ever Records) by Brian Arsenault I always approach a CD I am going to review wanting to like it. Anyone not essentially nasty is always hoping for that “this is great” kind of 40 minutes or so. However, when Larkin McLean’s newest arrived in… Read More CD Review: Larkin McLean
By Tony Gieske I never thought I would be bored at a Bill Frisell concert, but that is what happened to me at Royce Hall on Saturday night. I was looking forward to a rich evening of fully developed playing by Frisell, one of a handful of electric guitar players worth hearing (others being, to… Read More Live Jazz: Bill Frisell at a UCLA Live concert in Royce Hall
By Don Heckman Los Angeles – Mar. 30 (Wed.) Bill Cantos Quartet. Pianist/singer/songwriter Cantos is a first call rhythm section player. But he’s also a gifted performer in his own right, a songwriter whose works have the feel and the quality of the Great American Songbook. Vibrato Grill Jazz…etc. (310) 474-9400. – April 1.… Read More Picks of the Week: Mar. 29 – April 3
By Don Heckman Los Angeles – April 5. (Mon.) Gretchen Parlato. A singer who finds the inner core of a song and makes it her own, Parlato is arguably one of the most original vocal performers of her generation. Listen to her sing and you’ll be as bewildered as I was that she didn’t receive… Read More Picks of the Week: April 5 – 11
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