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72 Hours: Aurelio, a Beefheart tribute and Jimmy Webb lead this weekend's gig list
Pop & HissThe weekly Pop & Hiss rundown of the weekend's top concerts, once again arriving significantly later than it should have been posted. Sorry -- the main writer's cat needed to visit the vet today. Pop & Hiss apologizes for the...... -
Jazz opera review: 'George Herms: The Artistâs Life' at REDCAT
Culture MonsterAn impish 75, George Herms is a Los Angeles assemblage artist who was associated with the Beats and who, my colleague Christopher Knight noted in a review of a 2005 Herms retrospective at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, has...... -
Matt Weinstock, Oct. 2, 1959
The Daily MirrorOct. 2, 1959: ???Thelonious Monk, who???ll be among those present at the Hollywood Bowl jazz festival tonight, is the composer of ???Round About Midnight, in my opinion one of the finest mood pieces of recent years.???... -
Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 3, 1959
The Daily MirrorOct. 3, 1959: Thelonious Monk leaves after playing two numbers at the Hollywood Bowl Jazz fest. Mike Wallace decides not to have Aldous Huxley on his TV show because Huxley wasn???t well known. Huxley asked: ???Mike Wallace? Who???s Mike Wallace????... -
Live: Ben Wendel Group at Barnsdall Gallery Theater
Pop & HissFor a guy who named his 2009 solo debut "Simple Song," Ben Wendel isn't a musician afraid of complicated situations. In a Tuesday night show at Barnsdall Gallery Theater, the young saxophonist stepped away from a set list that served...... -
Grammy countdown: How the awards can stay relevant
Pop & HissAt the age of 52, the Grammy Awards are set in their ways. As the Oscars and the Emmys made dramatic changes to their galas, upping the number of nominees of major categories, the Grammys waved goodbye to polka. Changes...... -
Are you a 'jazz nerd'? Jason Marsalis revisits and clarifies the term
Pop & HissIn 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,...... -
Live review: Hootenanny Festival 2010
Pop & HissFor some, the Fourth of July is a good opportunity to re-read the Declaration of Independence, or the writings of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams or George Washington to reacquaint themselves with the spirit behind the nationâs founding. The Hootenanny... -
Dance review: Maria Bermudez at the Ford Amphitheatre
Culture MonsterShe vamped, she emoted, she struck haughty poses, her filigreed fingers slicing the cool night air. Too bad, then, that these actions Friday at the Ford Amphitheatre were more consigned to songs than to flamenco dance, the art form that...... -
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.
Jones died Sunday at Calvary Hospital in New York...Tags: John Coltrane, Marilyn Monroe, NPR, Hospitals and Clinics, Madison Square Garden
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Album review: Dave King's 'Indelicate'
Pop & HissWhen the adventurous jazz trio the Bad Plus is onstage, it's quite possible that no one in the room is having a better time than drummer Dave King. Gifted with an intensely athletic, time-bending approach, King's face is often locked...... -
Live review: Scott Amendola vs. Wil Blades at Vitello's
Pop & HissTypically armed with a small hardware store of electronics, gadgets and noisemakers when performing with explosive avant-jazz trio the Nels Cline Singers, drummer Scott Amendola presented a more stripped-down but no less adventurous side in a duo...
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