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Personal Playlist: Henry Rollins
Pop & HissThe musician/DJ favors Miles Davis, Vum, Le Butcherettes and Boris.... -
New CDs: 'Miles Davis Quintet - Live in Europe'; 'Miles Espanol'
Culture MonsterTwo new releases for fall offer two distinct takes on the Miles Davis catalog, one cluster of live recordings from a great band in its prime the other a collection that uses the trumpeter's music as an exotic jumping-off point.... -
Jazz review: Charles Lloyd at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center*
Culture MonsterCharles Lloyd rested his tenor saxophone at one point at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center on Saturday night and told the audience his younger quartet mates were "the best musicians in the world." The tribute raised a grateful smile...... -
Irvine Lake enters 'Rocktober' with a bang; blue catfish to 18-4 go on the chew
OutpostsHere's this week's Irvine Lake fishing report, written by veteran angler Steve Carson: The traditional best month of the year for Irvine Lake's blue catfish population kept up with its reputation this week, reported Jimmy Getty at the Pro Shop....... -
La Roux teams with Kanye West for 'In For the Kill' remix
Pop & HissBritish pop/electro act La Roux won America over this past summer with their thumping summer anthem "Bulletproof," and now the band has teamed up with Kanye West for its next single. The rapper breathes new life into a remix for...... -
Theater review: 'Macbeezy' at the Knightsbridge
Culture MonsterThere’s very little not to love about “Macbeezy” at the Knightsbridge. This “hip-hopera,” which sets “Macbeth” to hip-hop music, brims with youthful brio while staying remarkably faithful to its source material. Sometimes, that devotion to... -
Drummers, beating jazz into new terrain
Culture MonsterWhile rarely receiving due credit for driving jazz innovation, drummers have played an essential role in the music’s evolution ever since Warren “Baby” Dodds devised a new rhythmic vocabulary for accompanying Louis Armstrong. From swing pioneers Big... -
Kanye West debuts video for 'All of the Lights', reminds us of 'Enter the Void', Justice
Brand XCharlie Sheen's ongoing craziness, Justin Bieber's hair, the new iPad, it's been an important, event-filled day. So much so in fact we nearly got on without mention of Kanye West's new video for "All of the Lights", which debuted today. It features cameos... -
Jazz drummers vary the beat
In jazz, this is the era of the drummer. On a scene largely defined by the proliferation of creatively ambitious trap set experts, every year seems to bring a new crop of gifted rhythmic explorers. While steeped in jazz history, many of these musicians...Tags: Redman, John Coltrane, Steven Bernstein, Christianity, Emmylou Harris
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Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter, dies at 70
Freddie Hubbard, widely regarded as the most gifted jazz trumpeter of the post-bebop '60s and '70s, died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 70.
The cause of death was attributed to complications from a heart attack he suffered Nov....Tags: Sonny Rollins, Death, John Coltrane, Heart Attack, Health
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Theater review: 'Blood and Thunder' at Moving Arts-Hyperion Station
Culture MonsterAug. 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina roars through New Orleans, engulfing 80% of the city. But in “Blood and Thunder,” Terence Anthony’s tense drama now extending at Moving Arts in Silverlake, blood is deadlier than water. Marcus (Keith Arthur Bolden)... -
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: Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Tatum, University of California, Los Angeles
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