Jazz in 5/4 Time

The legendary jazz vocalist and lyricist Jon Hendricks passed away last week. He is best known for creating a style of singing called "Vocalese." Vocalese is defined as "a style of singing in which singers put words to jazz tunes...
bluewhale
December 1-15
Between Riverside and Crazy - LA Theatre Works at James Bridges Theatre/UCLA November 17-19 In 2015, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this play. The Pulitzer committee called this play “a nuanced, beautifully written play about...
When director John Scheinfeld embarked on a documentary about legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, he knew the influence of the musician was broad. So he corralled President Bill Clinton, Oscar-winning artist Common, rock legend Carlos Santana and jazz sensation...
Grammy Museum
November 17 - September 2018
In the Oscar-winning film La La Land, John Legend’s character says to Ryan Gosling’s Sebastian, “How you are you going to be a revolutionary if you’re such a traditionalist?” No one has ever asked pianist/composer Jason Moran that question...
In order to make his new record, Angel City, singer/songwriter Spencer Day found himself without a record label and facing the very real prospect of going it alone. Which is exactly what he did. With crowd-funding he could make...
The Theatre at the Ace Hotel/CapUCLA
November 10
Catalina Bar & Grill
November 11th
Blue Whale
Monday, October 9th
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