Music

El Cid Restaurant
Friday, September 22nd Only

The Apollo Theater Celebrates Ella's 100th Birthday
Ford Amphitheatre, Sunday, September 24th only

Last night I attended the first of two nights by the Avishai Cohen Quartet at the bluewhale in Little Tokyo. I fully knew what to expect from Cohen whose album Cross My Palm with Silver is one of my favorites...

So many choices for your weekend activities, so little chance of seeing them all. Here are my picks: Friday: Brad Mehldau and Chris Tile at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel (Season opening event for CAP UCLA). Check out my interview...

When Brad Mehldau takes to the stage at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel, he won't be performing with his trio, nor will he be going it alone. For this year's start of the CAP UCLA season, he will...

If you were to ask jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen what prompted him to title his new ECM Recording Cross My Palm With Silver, he'll tell you that he was inspired by the expression's origin wherein a silver coin is played...

Before Taylor Mac returns next year with the full 24 Decade History of Popular Music at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel, take a look a Taylor's pov on the entire project with an interview I did that posted...

You wouldn’t expect openly gay actor/singer/comedian Lea DeLaria to have a baby daddy. But she does. And it’s David Bowie. “He’s totally my baby daddy,” she says. “First of all because I love him, and second, when we consider...

What opera comes with an advisory that the production features nudity, violence, mature themes and adult language? (Spoiler: it’s not The Magic Flute.) But that’s exactly the advisory you’ll get ahead of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s new opera, Anatomy Theatre. “When...

“The fact that it starts at 3 p.m. and goes to 10:45 p.m. seems like a long time,” George Lopez says of the Playboy Jazz Festival. (He’s allowed to comment—he’s the MC.) “It amazes me how fast that amount...