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Beatles debut album released 50 years ago
It was 50 years ago today….a Beatles album came out in the U.K. That would be the Fab Four’s debut album, “Please Please Me,” released March 22, 1963. To mark the occasion, the Beatles official website is posting the five-minute...
Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, The Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, Eric Idle
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Dave Brubeck dies at 91; jazz legend
In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn't drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like "baloney!" and "you bet" over ruder alternatives. He had a prodigious work ethic that had been...
Tags: Duke Ellington, Entertainment, Jazz (genre), Miles Davis, Concerts
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Appreciation: Pianist Dave Brubeck's gift for timing endures
When thinking about Dave Brubeck, you can't help but also consider time, and not just how much of it fans received from the prolific jazz pianist up to his death Wednesday at age 91. A titan of West Coast jazz, Brubeck was linked with California for...
Tags: Duke Ellington, Entertainment, Miles Davis, Jazz (genre), Music
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Teddy Charles dies at 84; jazz vibraphonist and composer
Teddy Charles, a jazz vibraphonist who performed with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and other bebop-era jazz greats before becoming a charter boat captain in the Caribbean, died Monday at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead on New York's...
Tags: Stan Getz, Entertainment, Human Accomplishments, Miles Davis, Sailing
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Catherine Mulholland dies at 88; historian wrote key biography of famed grandfather
Catherine Mulholland, a historian whose biography of her grandfather William Mulholland sought to correct the image of the man who was sometimes vilified for his central role in bringing water to Southern California, died of natural causes Wednesday at...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Allen Ginsberg, Marlborough
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Gil Bernal dies at 80; veteran tenor saxophonist
Gil Bernal, a tenor saxophonist who during his long career played a variety of styles with artists such as Spike Jones, Lionel Hampton and Ry Cooder, has died. He was 80.
Bernal died of congestive heart failure July 17 at Glendale Adventist Medical...Tags: Elvis Presley, Celebrities and Health Issues, Mike Stoller, Ry Cooder, Lionel Hampton
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Jazz review: Angel City Jazz Festival at the Ford Amphitheatre [Updated]
Culture MonsterTigran Hamasyan and Rudresh Mahanthappa lead the Angel City Jazz Festival's biggest night, which featured sounds as diverse, rewarding and tough to define as the city it calls home.... -
Influences: Jazz composer and bass player Stanley Clarke
Culture MonsterJazz composer and bass player Stanley Clarke shares his musical influences... -
Jazz review: 'Joni's Jazz' at the Hollywood Bowl
Culture MonsterJoni Mitchell's songs are performed at the Hollywood Bowl by all-star vocalists including Glen Hansard, Aimee Mann and Cassandra Wilson. Herbie Hancock leads the night. Chris Barton reviews in the Los Angeles Times.... -
Charles Owens, spreading the jazz faith worldwide
Culture MonsterThese days, you're as likely to find Charles Owens presiding over a UCLA classroom or conducting the Luckman Jazz Orchestra as riding a bar bandstand. But, recently returned from Europe, he laments the fact that Germany can boast a better chitlin... -
Getting rad at the Watts Towers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShould a Tony Hawk-endorsed skateboard park be a neighbor to South Los Angeles' cultural landmark, the Watts Towers? In what could become a battle between athletics and aesthetics, the answer will be up to city officials, who figure to get an earful from...Tags: Government, Entertainment, Lew Wasserman, Religion and Belief, Arts
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Album review: Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green's 'Apex'
Culture MonsterConsider this face-off between alto saxophonists the ideal "get-to-know-you" session for those unfamiliar with them. A gifted New York City-based player just on the doorstep of his 40th birthday, Mahanthappa has earned accolades both for incorporating...
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