So, while waiting for me at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to see an opera, my wife gets conned into buying a cd produced by a zealous vocalist named Darcell. My wife is such a soft touch that she drags me…
Month: January 2015
TIERNEY SUTTON’S SOUL DESIRE
Quick. What’s your first thought when you hear the word “desire?” If you were honest with yourself, it was either food, power, money, lust or, if you were in a reflective mood, you possibly thought of a deeper relationship with…
IT’S TOP TEN TIME!!!
Basically, there are two lists of people: those who make lists, and those who don’t. Badda Boom! Me, I LOVE lists! On my refrigerator door used to be a picture of Fredric Chopin next to one of Franz Liszt, and…
OLIVER LAKE: A WORLD SAXOPHONE SOLOIST
ONE OF THE MOST REPEATED LESSONS ANY SAGE OF JAZZ WILL TELL YOU IS TO “DEVELOP YOUR OWN VOICE.” MANY ASPIRE, FEW ATTAIN. EVEN MORE DIFFICULT IS TO THEN DEVELOP A UNIQUE STYLE AND APPROACH TO MUSIC, AN HONOR GIVEN…