Chris Barton: Stories and Features
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The author’s latest collection is quietly haunting.
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Colson Whitehead’s zombie novel set in plague-infested Lower Manhattan is a rich mix of wartime satire and darkly funny social commentary.
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The baseball novel follows a star Midwestern college player and his quest to recover from errors on and off the field.
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Author Daniel H. Wilson’s follow-up to his spoof guidebook “How to Survive a Robot Uprising” is a fast-paced and decidedly cinematic novel with chills mixed in with the thrills.
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Herbie Hancock need to program more adventurous summer pairings.
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The jazz trumpeter’s music isn’t the kind that is easy to categorize.
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A couple survives an avalanche and then live in a deserted world where the laws of nature are twisted.
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Jonathan Coe’s latest novel, ‘The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim,’ chronicles a lonely man’s midlife crisis and his disconnection from the world in the Internet age.
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Snap judgments and considered criticism of pop culture and beyond. By Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times
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Snap judgments and considered criticism of pop culture and beyond from the staff of The L.A. Times.
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Two days of music events are lined up to celebrate the jazz great’s 110th birthday.
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Chick Corea and Randy Brecker delivered skillfully, but they weren’t the forward-looking choices.
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The veteran sax man and his combo treat a Disney Hall audience to an improvisational tour de force.
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The young jazz player has little patience for those who try to lay out rules or limitations on his chosen art form.
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The improv devotees have changed the way they record, fleshing out new material in concerts rather than the rehearsal studio.
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Brad Mehldau, Ellis Marsalis and McCoy Tyner play memorable sets at the Greek.
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They highlight the Thelonious Monk Institute benefit that includes a saxophone competition and appearances by Herbie Hancock, Robert Cray and others.
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The eclectic Southwestern band boasts a confident new album, ‘Carried to Dust.’
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Now that Jennifer Hudson is in talks to play Lady Soul, we’d like to suggest some more dream castings to Hollywood.
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El Ten Eleven spans the Internet, and Matt Costa tries out a new trick.
