For at least one night, the Son of a Bluesman Lucky Peterson turned the upscale Vibrato Grill into a back road juke joint with a smoky set Wednesday night. With his air-tight team of Tim Waits/b, Kelyn Crapp/b and Raul…
Category: Concert Reviews
John Pizzarelli@Catalina’s 08.24.18
After leading numerous bands that included his vocalist wife, the grandson of Tom Jobim, and various drummers, John Pizzarelli returned to his musical roots as he lead a vintage trio with Mike Karn/b and Konrad Paszkovozki/dr that continued the legacy…
Denny Laine@Bogie’s Bar 08-23-18
Like a prophet of old, music vet Denny Laine reminded the filled house at Bogie’s of the essential elements of good music. Since he was there “at the beginning” with the original Moody Blues and then with Paul McCartney’s Wings,…
Cheryl Bentyne & Mark Winkler sing “Eastern Standard Time” @ Vitello’s 08.18.18
Mixing material from their two highly successful albums, the rara avis of a working male/female singing team of Cheryl Bentyne and Mark Winkler wowed the audience with an evening that swung harder than Reggie Jackson and had more hip moments…
Hristo Vitchev CD Release Concert @ The Blue Whale 08.16.18
With Pat Metheny’s appearances becoming all the rarer, the question comes to which artist will take his baton forward. Bulgarian born and CA-stationed Hristo Vitchev has thrown his hat into the ring and showed at his recent cd release concert…
Nathan East Trio@Mr. Musichead Gallery 08.08.18
“This is the first time we’ve had a chance to play the kind of music that we grew up with together.” While this wasn’t stated by leader Nathan East, the exuded shout out by drummer Steve Ferrone captured the mood…
The Jazz Bakery’s Moveable Feast Presents: Yosvany Terry’s Afro-Cuban Quintet@Moss Theatre 08.04.18
As alto saxist and leader showed the audience at the Moss Theatre Saturday night, there is life beyond Dizzy Gillespie’s Afro Cuban jazz classic “Manteca” as Terry and his Quintet have taken the Afro Cuban sounds initially popularized by Gillespie…
Pretzel Logic @Vitello’s 08.03.18
As they demonstrated at Vitello’s Friday night, the thing that sets Pretzel Logic apart from other “tribute” bands is that leader and keyboardist Steve Chernove takes the music of Donald Fagen and Walter Brecker and use their tunes not as…
Albert Lee@Bogie’s Bar 07.08.18
Yes, there are guitar player with more fiendish chops and can do wilder electronic wizardry with the pedals to make sounds that hit the ozone layer. But, as he displayed with his band at Bogie’s on Sunday night, the reason…
The Jazz Bakery’s “Moveable Feast” Presents: The Gerald Clayton Quartet@The Moss Theatre 06.30.18
As demonstrated with his stints with such luminaries such as Roy Hargrove, Charles Lloyd and his own dad John, pianist Gerald Clayton showed the packed house at the Moss Theatre on Saturday night that he is also quite a mathematician.…