Yotam Silberstein represents what I call “The New Mainstream” in jazz. As evidenced by his recent release The Village and his swinging set at The Blue Whale Friday night, the guitarist/composer shows allegiance to the tradition of jazz, but with…
Category: Concert Reviews
Joe Bonamassa@The Arlington Theatre
In a recent interview, Joe Bonamassa mentioned that within the first 30 seconds of a performance, he can tell whether the crowd is going to connect with him to urge it on. The packed house passed the half minute rule…
Stanley Clarke@The Broad Stage 10.14.17
Since his fully committed return to the jazz scene 10 years ago, Stanley Clarke has wisely walked the fine line of being faithful to his legion of long term fans with albums and concerts featuring reunions with Return to Forever,…
Carl Verheyen@The Baked Potato 10.12.17
While guitarist and vocalist Carl Verheyen is best known for his work with Supertramp, he also pumps a bleeding blues heart, exampled by his latest album Essential Blues and demonstrated during his sizzling set Friday night with some of LA’s…
Lizz Wright@Smothers Theatre 10.12.17
Throughout her almost 20 years of performing, vocalist Lizz Wright has brought her sorghum-toned voice to modern R&B with nuances of her church upbringing. But on this performance which focused on material from her latest album Grace, she has stripped…
Legendary Ladies of Motown w/ Mary Wilson & Martha Reeves@Smothers Theatre 10.07.17
Back in the 1960’s, Motown Records boasted that it was “The Sound Of Young America.” Sixty plus years later, the sound of youth came back to the Smothers Theatre for an evening of timeless soul music. Opening up was Martha…
Lucky Peterson@Vibrato 10.02.17
Blues master Lucky Peterson made a rare visit to Los Angeles Wednesday night, and for the first of a two evening stand, he turned the upscale Vibrato Jazz Grill into a low ceilinged juke joint with a 70 minute stet…
Victor Wooten@The Grammy Museum 09.27.17
About to begin his 28 city tour promoting his hot trio album with Dennis Chambers and Bob Franceschini, Grammy-winning bassist Victor Wooten went solo this evening at the cozy Grammy Museum, giving the audience an evening of inspiring conversation and…
George Thorogood & The Destroyers@The Saban 09.22.17
While George Thorogood’s latest album is a solo project titled Party of One, the legendary guitarist made the guest list open ended for the fist pumping crowd at the Saban Theatre. While Thorogood and his long time band of Destroyers…
Adam Rogers’ DICE@The Blue Whale 09.19.17
Guitarist Adam Rogers, better known for his work alongside artists ranging from Norah Jones to Chris Potter, stepped out in front with his DICE trio of Nate Smith/dr and Fima Ephron/b to deliver sounds and styles the displayed his own…