Thursday, Mar 11, 2010
Actor/comedian Tony Russell & His Jazz Quartet 8:00 pm
Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club, Studio City
Babatunde Lea Quintet 8:00 pm
Catalina Bar & Grill, Los Angeles
The Austin Peralta Project 8:00 pm
Spazio, Sherman Oaks
Fine Arts Jazz Group 5:00 pm
Paradise Cove Beach Cafe, Malibu
Ryan Scivielli (guitar) and Dave Sills (sax) Quintet 5:00 pm
Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach
Johnny Meza 6:00 pm
Desert Sage Resturant & Piano Bar, La Quinta
Ken James Trio with Nancy Sanchez 6:00 pm
Manhattan Supper Club, Orange
Katja Rieckermann 6:30 pm
Vibrato, Los Angeles
Mike Hamilton 6:30 pm
Savannah Chop House, Laguna Niguel
The Great Room Trio 6:30 pm
Pelican Hill Resort in The Grill, Newport Beach
Le Grand Barr 7:00 pm
French 75 - Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach
Matt Slocum Trio - CD Release Party 7:00 pm
Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles
Mel Dangcil's "Cabaret" Vocalists Showcase w/ Greg Dobrin 7:00 pm
HSB&G, Hollywood
Alan Winkel Trio Featuring Debbie Gray 7:30 pm
D'Vine Wine Bar, Victorville
Derek Bordeaux 7:30 pm
Kobe, Seal Beach
DW3 7:30 pm
Spaghettini Italian Grill and Jazz Club, Seal Beach
Cow Bop with Bruce Forman 8:00 pm
Café 322, Sierra Madre
Evan Stone and the Translucent Ham Sandwich Band 8:00 pm
Steamers Jazz Club and Café, Fullerton
Joe LaBarbera Quintet 8:00 pm
Charlie O's, Van Nuys
Marc Bosserman 8:00 pm
Left Coast Wine Bar & Gallery, Glendale
Pianist Hiromi 8:00 pm
Japan America Theatre, Los Angeles
Roger Cairns Jazz Crew 8:00 pm
Chop Suey Cafe, Los Angeles
You and "The In-House Live Jazz Trio" 8:00 pm
HSB&G, Hollywood
Jack Sheldon 9:00 pm
Jax Bar and Grill, Glendale
Les Arrivistes 9:00 pm
The Press Restaurant, Claremont
Marty & Elayne 9:00 pm
Dresden Room, Los Angeles
Richard Sears Quartet 9:00 pm
Blue Whale, Los Angeles
Bombastic Meatbats 9:30 pm
Baked Potato, Studio City
Phil Palermo Call for Event Times
Miceli's, Los Angeles
Larry Coryell and Hiromi visit L.A. this week, along with gigs featuring Ralph Humphrey, John Beasley, Austin Peralta, Mark Isham and Josh Nelson. Read more in this week's About & Out by Tom Meek.
There are two long-running jazz clubs in the US that are famous worldwide. One turned 75 years young recently and that one is New York's Village Vanguard. Edging out the Village Vanguard by a few months and regarded as the oldest jazz club in the world, Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit has stayed open consecutively for the past 76 years. Read more in the latest edition of Dee Dee's Jazz Diary.
Singer, composer and guitarist Gilberto Gil will be bringing his unique blend of jazz, rock, reggae and traditional rhythms of Bahia to Royce Hall at UCLA on Saturday, March 20 at 8pm, accompanied by cellist Jacques Morelenbaum. Gil's importance to the culture of his country goes back to the 60's, when he and Caetano Veloso created "Tropicalismo," a wave of musical innovation that incorporated unusual rhythms, unorthodox song structures and politically engaged lyrics into popular music. The movement galvanized popular opposition to the repressive military regime and resulted in Veloso and Gil being exiled until 1972. Call 310-825-2101 for ticket. Presented by Brazilian Nites.
Pianist and composer Billy Childs will make a rare appearance at Vitello's Jazz & Super Club on Thursday, March 25, doing shows at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. This will be a chance for the Grammy®-winner to "just play."
The one-and-only Monterey Jazz Festival has taken to the road with a roster of musical heavyweights including nine-time Grammy®-nominated and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron (piano), Grammy-nominated Regina Carter (violin), Grammy winner Russell Malone (guitar), Grammy-winner Kurt Elling (vocals), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass) and Grammy-nominated Johnathan Blake (drums). This impressive ensemble makes a stop at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, April 24 at 8:00 p.m.
Opened in 1970, the world-famous Baked Potato is the oldest jazz club in California and a Los Angeles historical music landmark, known for hosting internationally-known jazz greats. On Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23, they will celebrate that history with the Baked Potato 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival, at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. The weekend will feature performances by Larry Carlton, Yellowjackets, The Jazz Ministry, Steve Lukather and Special Friends, The Michael Landau Group, Don Randi & Quest, Lee Ritenour and Friends, The Baked Potato All Stars, O.H.M, Scott Henderson Trio, VOLTO!, Holdsworth, Pasqua, Haslip, Novak, John Daversa Big Band and Mitch Forman. Tickets are on sale now.
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