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An appreciation: Phil Ramone's golden ear for the hits
That Phil Ramone was a musical force in the recording studio is undeniable, and the evidence lies in the range of his accomplishments. For example, within one three-year period in the early 1960s, Ramone mixed Lesley Gore's smash hit "It's My Party,"...
Tags: Billy Joel, John Coltrane, Liza Minnelli, Science and Technology, Bob Dylan
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Premiere: Astronautica offers soft digital tones on 'Califlorida'
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticAmong the many stylistic traits of Southern California cultural offerings is a certain easiness, a smooth, groove-centered vibe found both in Dr. Dre’s G-funk sound two decades ago and the dubbed out sounds of Flying Lotus, Teebs and the Gaslamp...Tags: Dr. Dre (music artist), Kanye West, The Beach Boys
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Grammys 2013: Luciana Souza's L.A.-Brazil jazz connection
If Luciana Souza wins two Grammy Awards on Sunday, will her acceptance speeches be in English, in Portuguese or both? This year, the Brazilian-born, L.A.-based chanteuse has managed the highly unusual feat of being nominated for singing in two...
Tags: Grammy Awards, Brazil, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes
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Ed Cassidy dies at 89; drummer for band Spirit
Ed Cassidy, the drummer whose musical background influenced the jazz-tinged sound of the band Spirit, which emerged in the late 1960s as one of the West Coast's premier rock groups, has died. He was 89. Cassidy died Thursday of cancer at an assisted...
Tags: Dexter Gordon, Music Industry, Led Zeppelin (music group), Rock and Roll (genre), Stairway to Heaven (song)
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Kenneth Price dies at 77; artist transformed traditional ceramics
Kenneth Price, a prolific Los Angeles artist whose work with glazed and painted clay transformed traditional ceramics while also expanding orthodox definitions of American and European sculpture, died early Friday at his home and studio in Taos, N.M. He...Tags: Joseph Cornell, Artists, Arts, Common, Science and Technology
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Bob Brookmeyer dies at 81; jazz trombonist, composer
Bob Brookmeyer, a jazz trombonist, composer, arranger and educator whose multifaceted career reached from cutting-edge performances with Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz to innovative big band compositions and highly regarded classes at the New England...Tags: Big Band (genre), Merv Griffin, Count Basie, ABC (tv network), Jazz (genre)
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Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer
Etta James, the earthy blues and R&B singer whose anguished vocals convinced generations of listeners that she would rather go blind than see her love leave, then communicated her joy upon finding that love at last, died Friday. She was 73.
She died at...Tags: Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Bonnie Raitt, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce
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Jerry Leiber appreciation: A songwriter who helped change pop music
Pop & HissAn appreciation of Jerry Leiber who, writing for Elvis Presley, Peggy Lee, The Coasters and more as the lyricist half of the Leiber and Stoller songwriting team, helped change pop music and set the template for future artists.... -
Influences: Bass players Charlie Haden
Culture MonsterAlto saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s revolutionary quartet stood the jazz world on its head at the end of 1959. His vigorous and intense music was in continual motion: melodically, harmonically and rhythmically. With no piano providing a chordal... -
Retracing Jack Kerouac's rocky road
There are those who return to Jack Kerouac just to get lost in the ride. Not across lonesome America but in the serpentine locomotion of his prose.
It's the music of the page: long blasts of blue-streak narrative that don't yield to periods, semicolons,...Tags: Documentary (genre), Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poetry, DVDs
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The Arts on TV: 'All About Eve' on TCM; Jason Alexander on 'The Artist Toolbox'
Culture Monster“Movie: All About Eve” (1950) 5 p.m. Thursday, TCM; Bette Davis, Anne Baxter. A broadway star takes a young and seemingly naive aspiring actress under her wing. “The Artist Toolbox” 10 p.m. Friday, KVCR; American Ballet theater... -
The Arts on TV: Gil Amelio; Jason Alexander; Max Raabe
Culture Monster“The 700 Club” 8 and 10 a.m., and 11 p.m. Thursday, MyNet: Artist Gil Amelio's sculpture of Jesus. (N) “If Walls Could Talk...” 8:30 a.m. Thursday, HGTV: Painting Puzzler: A woman finds signed watercolors from a famous artist....
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