Brick's Picks: The World Beat
Rhythms from north to south, east to west
The Pasadena Jazz Institute (on the second level of the Paseo Colorado) features Linda Hopkins' "Celebration of the Blues," which should be a rowdy good time. Then on Thursday, they have the Nedra Wheeler Trio (with Nate Morgan on piano) in a night she calls "Remembering Ella." Nedra plays a mean bass and is loaded with stage presence. We've never seen any project of hers that didn't get the audience stirred up. (Check www.pasjazz.org for the rest of the schedule; they have a lot going on.) And there's a bittersweet blowout at the final night of the Vic in Santa Monica this Thursday with Barbara Morrison and the Sherwood Sledge Quartet. That is a nice room, a good jazz space with a unique vibe. It's sad to see Ray Slayton closing the joint after seven years. We saw some truly good music there.
(Brick can be reached at brickjazz@yahoo.com.)
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