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The New York Times wrote that "the album's songs, Mr. Rawls's rich drawling delivery and production that adds discreet pop flavoring to ensemble jazz arrangements all work together to bring jazz, blues and soul inflections into a perfectly relaxed and natural blend." [10] Newsday praised the "superb session help from George Benson and Cornell ...
The Los Angeles Times called trumpeter Brian Lynch "a splendid writer and soloist." [4] Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "The final recording by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers found the 70-year old drummer (just months before his death) doing what he loved best, leading a group of young players through hard-swinging and generally new music in the ...
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. [1][4] Starting in 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles and was the jazz editor for Record Review. He wrote for many jazz and arts magazines, including JazzTimes, Jazziz, Down Beat, Cadence, CODA, and the Los Angeles Jazz Scene. In September 2002, Yanow was interviewed ...
The Penguin Guide to Jazz [ 4 ] In 1986, the Los Angeles Times wrote that "solo piano at its best is performed by one of the few former boppers who can bring a touch of two-handed elegance to his music."
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881. [3] Based in the Greater Los Angeles area city of El Segundo since 2018, [4] it is the fifth-largest newspaper in nation and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760 and 500,000 online subscribers. [5]
Jazz Calendar is a ballet created in 1968 by Frederick Ashton to the music of Richard Rodney Bennett. The ballet was first performed on 9 January 1968 by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with designs by Derek Jarman. [1] The work was performed over 50 times up to 1979 by the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden but is not part ...
Superblue (band) Superblue was an American jazz ensemble that released two albums for Blue Note Records in 1988 and 1989. [ 1][ 2] It was led by Don Sickler. [ 3] The ensemble played in the hard bop style of Blue Note acts of the 1950s and 1960s. [ 4]
The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, officially nicknamed The Ford, is a music venue in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California. The 1,200-seat outdoor amphitheatre is situated within the Cahuenga Pass within the Santa Monica Mountains, directly across the U.S. 101 freeway from and the official sister venue of the Hollywood Bowl.