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    Nov 29, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. 'Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong' by Terry Teachout

    In 1947, jazz great Louis Armstrong got himself a new gadget -- a tape recorder, fresh out on the consumer market. It was a big, boxy machine that he set up in concert halls and jazz joints to record his six-piece All Stars  so he could listen to each show in his hotel room and thin out the weak spots for the next gig.
    In 1947, jazz great Louis Armstrong got himself a new gadget -- a tape recorder, fresh out on the consumer market. It was a big, boxy machine that he set up in concert halls and jazz joints to record his six-piece All Stars so he could listen to each show...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, George Balanchine, Queens (New York City), H.L. Mencken

  2. Mar 25, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Jim Marshall dies at 74; iconic photographer shot music greats

    Jim Marshall, celebrated in music circles for his iconic, attitude-laced images of <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jimi-hendrix/">Jimi Hendrix</a>, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones and other '60s rock luminaries as well as equally revered portraits of <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/03/photographer-jim-marshall-19362010-with-johnny-cash-at-folsom-prison.html">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/miles-davis/">Miles Davis</a>, John Coltrane and myriad folk, country, jazz and blues artists, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 74.
    Jim Marshall, celebrated in music circles for his iconic, attitude-laced images of Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones and other '60s rock luminaries as well as equally revered portraits of Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and...

    Tags: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (music group), Woodstock Festival (1969), Family, Folk (genre), Bob Dylan

  4. Oct 29, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Roy DeCarava dies at 89; art photographer depicted the African American experience

    Roy DeCarava, an art photographer whose pictures of everyday life in Harlem helped clarify the African American experience for a wider audience, has died. He was 89.
    Roy DeCarava, an art photographer whose pictures of everyday life in Harlem helped clarify the African American experience for a wider audience, has died. He was 89. He died Tuesday in New York City, his daughter Wendy DeCarava said. The cause was not...

    Tags: Edward Steichen, Museum of Modern Art, Crime, Law and Justice, Dining and Drinking, Social Issues

  6. May 14, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  7. Live Review: Dave Fiuczynski at the Baked Potato

    Pop & Hiss
    As the Baked Potato steams toward its massive 40th anniversary jazz festival next weekend, there was something perfect about East Coast guitarist Dave Fiuczynski's performance Thursday night. Revered as a home for musicians' musicians and those who love...
  8. May 17, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  9. Live review: A weekend of Flying Lotus at the Echoplex

    Pop & Hiss
    Sometimes, there is that moment. When time doesn’t stop but instead splinters into a dozen discrete and unlocked avenues, the realm of infinite options and unlimited potential. When the Earth’s axis clicks, the winds blow serenely rather than from...
  10. Oct 15, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
  11. Album review: The Flaming Lips' 'Embryonic'

    Pop & Hiss
    "People are evil, it's true," sings Wayne Coyne on the new album by his long-running Oklahoma psych-rock outfit, the Flaming Lips. That kind of observation is typical of Coyne, who in the Lips' 2002 hit "Do You Realize??" wondered if......
  12. May 21, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  13. Jazz war, anyone? Jason Marsalis vs. 'Jazz Nerds International'

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    Have you, as a listener, been suffering under the influence of Jazz Nerds International? Jazz critic and blogger for the Ottawa Citizen Peter Hum wrote a terrific post Thursday on the latest installment in what's become known as "the jazz......
  14. Aug 16, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Herman Leonard dies at 87; photographer chronicled mid-century jazz scene

    Herman Leonard, a photographer best known for his iconic images of such jazz greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, has died. He was 87.
    Herman Leonard, a photographer best known for his iconic images of such jazz greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, has died. He was 87. Leonard died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a family spokeswoman said. No...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Hartford Distributors Shooting (2010), Bars and Clubs, U.S. Army, Entertainment

  16. Jun 13, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  17. Playboy Jazz Festival has the Bowl jumpin'

    Pop & Hiss
    "Who's got some extra suntan oil, man?" asked singer and unflappably cool customer Kurt Elling from the stage Saturday at the 32nd annual Playboy Jazz Festival. Marking his first appearance at the festival, the sharply dressed Elling had just finished.......
  18. Jun 15, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  19. Are you a 'jazz nerd'? Jason Marsalis revisits and clarifies the term

    Pop & Hiss
    In the wake of causing a minor firestorm in the online jazz community last month with a playful video decrying the influence of "jazz nerds," drummer Jason Marsalis e-mailed me a clarification this morning that both expands on the definition,......
  20. Oct 25, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
  21. Dance review: Pilobolus at the Ahmanson Theatre

    Culture Monster
    The din at a Pilobolus performance is like that of no other dance crowd. If you were blindfolded, you’d have every reason to assume that you were attending a small-scale circus, what with the enthusiastic applause for acrobatic feats, the......
  22. Jul 7, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  23. Sunset Junction announces lineup for 30th anniversary celebration

    Pop & Hiss
    The lineup for the 30th annual Sunset Junction Fair, produced by Silver Lake business owner Michael McKinley, was announced Wednesday. The five stages will present plenty of local talent but so far, the festival is curiously bereft of the marquee......
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