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Sam Rivers dies at 88; pioneering jazz saxophonist, composer
Sam Rivers, a saxophonist and composer who helped define the avant-garde jazz scene in the 1960s and '70s, died of pneumonia Monday in Orlando, Fla. He was 88.
Rivers, whose legacy is defined by both his pioneering spirit in the post-bop jazz scene and a...Tags: Pneumonia, Circuses, Music, Music Industry, Walt Disney
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Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith dies at 75; blues musician
At 17, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith left the Arkansas farm where he was raised to travel to Chicago, where he first heard Muddy Waters when his mother took him to a club.
Inspired by the great bluesman, Smith never went home. Instead, he taught himself to...Tags: Bo Diddley, Music, Entertainment, University of Chicago, Blues (genre)
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Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, at 80
Culture MonsterJazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, at 80, discusses his music and values.... -
House of Blues goes back to its roots
Company TownHouse of Blues gets an old-fashioned makeover from a new CEO who once ran Universal Studios' theme parks.... -
Album review: Grinderman, 'Grinderman 2'
Pop & HissBe it as a songwriter, screenwriter ("The Proposition") or novelist ("The Death of Bunny Munro," "And the Ass Saw the Angel"), Australian singer Nick Cave is a man of words, and he excels at constructing unforgettable scenes filled with emotions...... -
Personal Playlist: David Lynch
Pop & HissThe director, who has a pair of singles out, talks about his music picks. The experimental auteur David Lynch has long dabbled in music, efforts of which have been taking a more serious turn of late. The filmmaker released a...... -
Don Van Vliet's tip for guitarists: "Listen to the birds. That's where all music comes from."
Pop & HissAmong the bits of advice that Don Van Vliet, in the guise of his musical alter ego, Captain Beefheart, listed in a 1996 musical primer called âCaptain Beefheartâs 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing,â is this, number 1: âListen to the...... -
At the crossroads as Robert Johnson centennial nears
The intersection of DeSoto and State streets here doesn't look like anything special.
On the southeast corner of the roads is H Town Custom Wheels. Across DeSoto to the west is Beer & Bud Mart, which faces a Church's Chicken stand. Immediately to the...Tags: Willie Dixon, Acoustic (genre), Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones (music group), Music
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Book review: 'Soul Mining' by Daniel Lanois
Special to the Los Angeles TimesDaniel Lanois loves shadows — in his rooms, in his photographs and most famously in the atmospheric music he has produced for himself and such artists as Bob Dylan, U2 and Peter Gabriel, in which sonic shadows lend dimension and an air of mystery....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Politics, Neil Young, Brian Eno, Music
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Long Beach Blues Festival goes on hiatus; Blues Bash planned instead
Pop & HissCiting a tough economic climate, local jazz and blues standard-bearers KKJZ-FM (88.1) has announced that the long-running Long Beach Blues Festival will be going on hiatus this year, breaking a Labor Day tradition that lasted 30 years. On the bright...... -
Album review: Tom Jones' 'Praise & Blame'
Pop & HissTom Jones turned 70 in June and one listen to "Praise & Blame" leaves no doubt that he's finally decided it's time to stop kidding around. Musically, he's checked out of Vegas and set up shop in Memphis, or maybe...... -
Laura Mae Gross dies at 89; club owner
Laura Mae Gross, a strong-willed Mississippi woman who came to the West Coast and founded a club that became a staple of Los Angeles' blues scene, died Saturday of heart failure, according to relatives.
She was 89.
Gross, also known as "Mama," opened...Tags: Death, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Music Industry, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, African Americans
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