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Los Angeles Jazz   Live Jazz Calendar for the Los Angeles Area
Current concert and complete club listings for Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Calendarinfo provided by lajazz.com read more ...
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Written by LA Jazz (lajazz.com)
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Monday, 19 November 2007 |
 Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, led by brothers John Clayton, bass, Jeff Clayton, reeds, and drummer Jeff Hamilton, will perform the familiar and lesser-known songs most associated with the wealth of famous bands, singers and soloists who came from, came to or passed through Central Avenue. Helping the CHJO bring it home will be three special guests with ties to Central Avenue: vocalist Ernie Andrews, saxophonist Red Holloway and pianist-singer Les McCann. John Clayton, the group's six-time Grammy®-nominated arranger, is working on new arrangements of many of the signature tunes from that era to showcase Andrews, Holloway and McCann and the great music associated with them. As Clayton noted, "You had Lionel Hampton and Benny Carter, and in Lionel Hampton's band you had people playing and writing for the band like Quincy Jones, Slide Hampton and so many other greats. So it's mind-boggling how much music we can choose from."Read complete article at lajazz.com ... |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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Sunday, 18 November 2007 |
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 Jim Snidero
“Master musician...vibrant sound and vigorous harmonic and melodic approach” –DownBeat A master of alto saxophone as well as an author and educator, New York jazz artist Jim Snidero has been accumulating accolades as a live performer and recording artist. Described by Gary Giddens (Village Voice) as having “a wonderfully aggressive broadsword of a sound, recalling Bird in its sheer jubilance,” Snidero impressed the New York Times with his “dazzling” solos, while the Penguin Guide to Jazz called him “a genuinely significant figure in jazz composition.” On November 23-24. Snidero will display these skills and more at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles. |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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Monday, 12 November 2007 |
“… a composer with an unusually brilliant melodic sense.” –John S. Wilson, New York Times  Benny Golson © Andrea Canter A native of Philadelphia, Golson studied piano, organ, clarinet, and tenor sax as a child. In an All About Jazz interview, Golson recalled, “I started out wanting to be a pianist and as I got into it I fancied that I wanted to be a concert pianist. That got a few chuckles in the ghetto, you know. But at 14, I heard the saxophone and my first influence was Arnett Cobb. I went to the theatre one day and I heard him play “Flying Home” and that changed my life. Then after that, of course, it was Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, and then John Coltrane and I went through the ranks together.” With fellow Philly native Coltrane, Golson played weekends with a local band (“Jimmy Johnson and His Ambassadors”) while still in high school, earning eight dollars per performance. |
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Written by Glenn A. Mitchell, LA Jazz Scene
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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
 Heart and Soul Ensemble©Andre Torng Appearing with a fantastic band of stellar musicians, Hart and Soul’s show Saturday, September 30th garnered a crowd of pleased Orange County’s jazz patrons. The Hart and Soul Duo--vocalist/pianist Jennifer Hart and pianist extraordinaire, Llew Matthews--have been together for several years. This concert at O.C. Pavilion was a celebration of their music, but with an ensemble of the best musicians around. Matthews wrote specialized arrangements for the group, which included Luther Hughes – bass, Ralph Penland – drums, Jeff Jarvis and John Bradley – trumpets, Dave Woodley – trombone, Gary Gould and Colin Wenhardt – wind instruments, including penny whistle (Gould), and Edmund Velasco – baritone sax. Hart introduced the musicians throughout the show and talked about their individual musical credits. |
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