You know you’re getting something special at an event when leader/bassist Eric Revis takes a night off from his regular stint with Branford Marsalis to admit to the audience “being here is an opportunity to have good musicians and friends…
Category: Concert Reviews
Staci Griesbach Presents the George Jones Songbook @ Catalina’s 10.07.21
Dizzy did it with Afro Cuban. Getz, likewise with bossa nova. Miles plugged in. Like all of these giants who injected new blood into jazz, vocalist Staci Griesbach is doing by bringing in songbooks from the country and western side…
Pat Metheny Side Eye@The Lobero Theatre 09.29.21
The Lobero Theatre is finally open again! Even guitar icon Pat Metheny was celebrating returning to the famed venue, as he walked on stage and confessed “whenever I put together a new band or album, I ask myself how it…
Chris Hillman@The Scherr Forum 09.25.21
“Welcome to our living room” So announced pioneer of country rock Chris Hillman as he made the packed Scherr Forum feel like a cozy night by the fireplace. Teamed with longtime mates John Jorgensen/g-mand, Herb Pederson/g-ban and Mark Fain/b, Hillman…
Carl Verheyen@ Bogies Bar 08.29.21
There was joy in the air Sunday night as Westlake’s Bogie’s Bar finally opened its doors to live music. The packed house for both shows was in a celebrative mood, as was headliner Carl Verheyen, visibly enjoying the chance to…
Elijah Rock CD Release@Catalina Jazz Club 08.18.21
It takes a certain kind of artist these days to carry on the torch passed on from the likes of Nat “King” Cole, Freddie Cole, Billy Eckstine and Joe Williams. Judging by the success of Elijah Rock’s 90 minute set…
Groove Legacy@The Baked Potato 08.10.21
There’s nothing like “the hang” at a local jazz club, and with things beginning to open up in the land of soon to be recalled Gavin Newsome, people are starting to grab on to the gentle mercies of musical life…
King Crimson@The Greek Theatre 08.06.21
To put the fusion pioneer band’s career into perspective, Robert Fripp’s King Crimson has now been together for over 50 years, longer than Duke Ellington’s venerable orchestra. Judging by the packed house of multiple generations of fans, it is impressive…
Kurt Elling w/ John Beasley’s MONK’estra Trio@Catalina Jazz Club 07.31.21
After 18 months of being shut down by the draconian COVID laws, the Catalina Jazz Club finally re-opened its doors, and the appreciative Angelenos packed the house to finally get a dose of live music again. And what a way…
Albert Lee@The Baked Potato 06.26.21
Even before Albert Lee plugged in his famed Telecaster and delivered a steaming night of Western Swing, the atmosphere in the famed Baked Potato was electrifying. Everyone in attendance , from the mask-free audience to owner Justin serving the bar…