One of the cardinal rules of a musician or group is to have a personal sound. Keyboardist Kait Dunton, with her long time working team of bassist Cooper Appell and husband/drummer Jake Reed have been able to achieve that goal,…
Category: Concert Reviews
John Scofield’s Combo 66@TRK 10.18.18
Celebrating his 66th year on earth, (hence the band’s monicker), guitarist John Scofield showed the audience at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz that he is at the stage of his career that he can bring in all of the influences from…
Jazz Bakery Presents The Benny Golson Quartet@The Moss Theatre 10.13.18
Weaving together stories both musical and verbal, jazz legend Benny Golson gave a 90 minute serving of hard bop comfort food before an appreciative house of guests at the Moss Theatre that included one time fellow band member Quincy Jones.…
Bunny Brunel@Bogie’s Bar 10.09.18
Legendary electric bassist Bunny Brunel put the “fuse” back into fusion with an electrifying 110 minute set at the acoustically adroit Bogie’s Bar. Mixing material from his days with Chick Corea as well as his own CAB band, Brunel and…
The Jazz Bakery “Moveable Feast” Presents: Sergio Mielniczenko Celebrating 60 Years of Bossa Nova
Famed radio host and promoter Sergio Mielniczenko led a double anniversary of Brazilian music at the festive Moss Theatre Saturday night. Not only is 2018 the 40 year anniversary of his immensely popular Brazilian Hour program (heard locally at KXLU…
Lucky Peterson@Vibrato 09.05.18
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…
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…