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Lady Blackbird at the Blue Note, Los Angeles
Long before the 2020 release of her hypnotic, visceral jazz-soul re-imagining of Nina Simone’s 1966 song “Blackbird” coincided with the Black Lives Matter movement and led her to redefine her ... -
Fantastic Negrito at the Blue Note Los Angeles
Exactly a month after the global Blue Note Jazz Club brand finally opened its doors in Los Angeles, the three-time Grammy winning force of musical nature known as Fantastic Negrito ... -
Up Close: Bands4Bands Entertainment
facebook.com/B4Btalentandentertainment Heavy Metal Drummer Turns Talent Booker and Promoter: A Denver-based national and international production company providing services to artists and corporations on a global scale, Bands4Bands (B4B) Entertainment was ... -
CELEBRATING THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ALAN BERGMAN AT THE BROAD STAGE
Pictured: Lilias White It was fitting that legendary film composer, Dave Grusin performed an impromptu, improvised solo piano rendition of “Happy Birthday” in the middle of the star-studded event at ... -
Close Up: Hitkor
hitkor.com Legendary Session Drummer’s Revolutionary Streaming Venture: Once voted by Modern Drummer magazine’s reader’s poll as one of the top five studio drummers in the world for three years in ... -
SMOOTH SUMMER JAZZ AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, CA
As a music journalist who has made the melodic, urban driven sounds of the genre/format known as Smooth Jazz a centerpiece of his work for decades, I get it when ... -
Herbie Hancock at the Hollywood Bowl, CA
Legendary keyboardist, composer, and jazz innovator Herbie Hancock’s ever-evolving relationship with the Hollywood Bowl extends back 61 years to his first appearance as a member of the Miles Davis Second ... -
Album Review of "Unravel" by Henhouse Prowlers (8/10)
Dark Shadow Producer: Stephen Mougin Celebrating two decades as internationally acclaimed, richly storied cultural ambassadors in grand, freewheeling style, Chicago based bluegrassers Henhouse Prowlers’ 10th album is musically and harmonically ... -
Up Close: Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp
rockcamp.com Rock Tour Producer Makes Fantasies Come True: In the mid-‘80s, former sports agent David Fishof began producing all-star rock tours, starting with the Happy Together Tour (featuring The Association ... -
Close Up: Pearlman Microphones
pearlmanmicrophones.com Shout Out from a Legendary Engineer: With all the success Dave Pearlman has had over the last 20 years since launching Pearlman Microphones, nothing has made him feel as ...
