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    Feb 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Red Holloway dies at 84; Versatile L.A. jazz saxophonist

    Red Holloway, a tenor and alto saxophonist who was one of Los Angeles' most highly regarded jazz artists for more than four decades, died Saturday in San Luis Obispo. He was 84.
    Red Holloway, a tenor and alto saxophonist who was one of Los Angeles' most highly regarded jazz artists for more than four decades, died Saturday in San Luis Obispo. He was 84. The cause was kidney failure, complicated by several strokes, according to...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Sonny Rollins, Jazz (genre), Willie Dixon, Lionel Hampton

    2. Jan 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Johnny Otis dies at 90; R&B singer wrote 'Willie and the Hand Jive'

    Pioneering rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, drummer, bandleader and disc jockey Johnny Otis made the kind of conscious life choice early on that few people have the inclination, or circumstance, to carry out.
    Pioneering rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, drummer, bandleader and disc jockey Johnny Otis made the kind of conscious life choice early on that few people have the inclination, or circumstance, to carry out. Born white, the son of Greek immigrant...

    Tags: Bo Diddley, Arts and Culture, Miles Davis, Big Band (genre), Dining and Drinking

    3. Nov 5, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, at 80

    Culture Monster
    Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, at 80, discusses his music and values....
    4. Sep 8, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. The Arts on TV: Sister Wendy; Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett

    Culture Monster
    “Grand Canyon Serenade” 8 p.m. Thursday KVCR: A visual tour of the Grand Canyon is set to classical music by Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Dvorak. “Globe Trekker” 8 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. Saturday KLCS; 9 p.m. Monday KCET: Amsterdam...
    5. Jun 20, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. An Appreciation: Clarence Clemons

    Pop & Hiss
    An Appreciation for E Street Band sax man Clarence Clemons...
    6. Mar 18, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Angel City Brewing opens its new downtown Los Angeles location Friday

    Daily Dish
    Angel City Brewing, the 14-year-old microbrewery that once called Alpine Village in Torrance home, has moved to downtown Los Angeles. It held a few parties in its beer garden last weekend, but it celebrates its grand opening this weekend. Friday's......
    7. Apr 24, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Book Review: 'Otherwise Known as the Human Condition' by Geoff Dyer

    Otherwise Known as the Human Condition
    Los Angeles Times Book Critic
    Otherwise Known as the Human Condition Selected Essays and Reviews Geoff Dyer Graywolf: 422 pp., $18 paper "Almost as soon as I began writing for magazines and newspapers," Geoff Dyer tells us in the introduction to "Otherwise Known as the Human...

    Tags: Crimes, Photography, Arts and Culture, Newspaper and Magazine, Mass Media

    8. Jul 12, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Theater review: 'Stoop Stories' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre

    Culture Monster
    Welcome to a block party of one. Sitting on a set of stairs in the middle of a bare stage, Dael Orlandersmith recounts close encounters of the urban kind in “Stoop Stories,” which played last week as part of the......
    9. May 18, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Hank Jones dies at 91; jazz pianist who spanned styles and generations

    Hank Jones, whose extraordinary combination of versatility, craftsmanship and creativity during his nearly eight-decade career earned him the reputation as a jazz pianist's pianist, has died. He was 91.
    Hank Jones, whose extraordinary combination of versatility, craftsmanship and creativity during his nearly eight-decade career earned him the reputation as a jazz pianist's pianist, has died. He was 91. Jones died Sunday at Calvary Hospital in New York...

    Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Freedom of the Press, Art Tatum

    10. Apr 6, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Paris' Quai Branly Museum celebrates 'Jazz Century'

    Bump Picasso.
    Bump Picasso. Forget Rococo. The Quai Branly Museum, a steel-and-glass palace on the Seine River, has news for the culture world: "Three Little Bops" is art. The Looney Tunes cartoon from 1957 retells the Three Little Pigs as a jazz fable with music by...

    Tags: Langston Hughes, Arts and Culture, Charles Mingus, Newspaper and Magazine, Miles Davis

    11. Feb 17, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Louie Bellson dies at 84; Duke Ellington called him 'the world's greatest drummer'

    Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer and bandleader who combined remarkable instrumental virtuosity with far-ranging compositional skills, has died. He was 84. According to his wife, Francine, Bellson died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...

    Tags: Tommy Dorsey, Billy Strayhorn, Big Band (genre), Duke Ellington, Woody Herman

    12. Feb 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Remembering Fred Anderson: Chicago salutes a fallen jazz giant

    On stage, he was a volcano, torrents of sound pouring from the bell of his tenor saxophone.
    On stage, he was a volcano, torrents of sound pouring from the bell of his tenor saxophone. In person, he couldn't be gentler, a soft-spoken jazz giant who nurtured generations of musicians and, therefore, enhanced Chicago's stature as a nexus of...

    Tags: Fred Anderson, Howard Reich, Entertainment Events, Theater, Music Industry

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