If I were God, and I could create the perfect jazz singer, what would she be? Well, I’d take the swing and clarity of Ella Fitzgerald, the sensuality of Julie London, and just for fun add the look and allure of…
Category: Concert Reviews
Roberta Flack@Wengler Center Pepperdine 02.06.15
Sometimes, you just get so far off target in life, that you forget what the normal standard of something should be. We’re bombarded by synthetic and thunderous sounds, misogynistic and angry lyrics and nothing that is sung with a sense…
Leo Kottke@LSW Center Pepperdine 01.31.14
What better way to end Guitar Month than taking in a concert with the 12 and 6 string acoustic master Leo Kottke? He just recently performed in Santa Barbara, but the place was still packed with fans, some of them…
Steve Gadd Band@Catalina’s 01.29.15
The term “Deep Pockets” is usually a financial term, but in the case of drummer Steve Gadd, it’s a fitting description of the music that he has created over his career. Celebrating his 70th birthday, he filled up Catalina’s with…
Eric Johnson & Mike Stern (or was it Mike Stern & Eric Johnson?) @ Canyon Club 01.25.15
Sunday night just might have been the highlight of Guitar Month here in LA. At the Canyon Club, fresh off recording their smoking Eclectic album, guitarists from two different worlds descended from Mt. Olympus to give the citizens of their…
Jamie Cullum@Largo 01.24.15
Like the British Invasion of the 60s, Jamie Cullum has taken the American jazz that inspired him in his UK home, put his own blend on it, and brought it back to the US shores with a new album (Interlude)…
Allan Holdsworth Trio@Canyon Club 01.22.15
The continued adventure of January being guitar heaven had a feast for six stringed fans at the Canyon Club Thursday night. Every Thursday is “Live Unsigned Night,” with the opening act for Allan Holdsworth being the impressive Ruben Reza, who…
Nels Cline & Julian Lage@Largo 01.17.15
If it’s January, and you’re a guitar fan in Los Angeles, this is your month to thank the Good Lord for the abundance of riches that He’s showering down to start off the year. In the wake of Lee Ritenour…
Lee Ritenour@ Catalina’s 01.09.15
January is starting the year of with a feast for guitar fans. In just these four short weeks you can see (deep breath) Mike Stern, Eric Johnson, Alan Holdsworth, Julian Lage, Nels Cline,Larry Koonse, Bill Frisell and of course the…
Sons of Champlin & Will Champlin @ The Lobero 01.03.15
It was a true Night of Champlins as the legendary group Sons of Champlin came to Santa Barbara not only with their own mix of rock, funk and jazz, but the SON of the Sons of Champlin took the baton…