Big Band and Swing

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April 3, 2012
Anthony Wilson, Guitar Pinup, Begins Monthlong Residency at the Blue Whale Tomorrow
Guitarist and L.A. native Anthony Wilson has been a part of the jazz scene since his birth. His 93-year-old father, bandleader/raconteur/legend Gerald Wilson, started swinging before World War II and hasn't stopped, but the younger Wilson grew up in a musical landscape as indebted to Peter Frampton ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Here's Tasting You, Burbank
Calendar
September 22, 2011
A Touch of Naomi/Doc & Renee
Music
March 10, 2011
Brick's Picks: Gerald Wilson Lives Up to the Hype ... and Then Some
Calendar
April 1, 2010
OINGO TO THIS. YOU TOO?
Music
December 10, 2009
Sound the Horns
Roy Hargrove Quintet, Azar Lawrence, and the Retro Jazz Quintet
Music
May 21, 2009
Brick's Picks: Big-Band Revival
Music
March 26, 2009
Cryptogramophone's Anniversary at REDCAT, Ben Wendel at Alva's (and Jazz Bakery)
Big Band bombast at Spazio
Music
March 19, 2009
Branford, Bob Bain, Will Bernard with John Medeski
Music
October 9, 2008
Brick's Picks: Big Band Fiesta Draws Latin Lovers
Plus, Matt Slocum, Ernie Watts, Wolfgang Schalk and other jazz highlights
Music
February 14, 2008
Brick's Picks: Excavatin' the Melody
Dig these jazz treasures, Feb. 15-21
Music
December 13, 2007
Winter Winds
Jazz picks around L.A.
Music
October 4, 2007
Brick's Picks: Jazzapalooza!
Big Band Showcase, Jazz at Drew and more
Music
September 27, 2007
Festival Beating
Day of the Drum and Watts Towers Jazz Festival
Music
August 30, 2007
All-Star Lineups
Some play it spicy, others sweet and hot
Music
June 28, 2007
Brick's Picks: Flight Plans
Zane Musa and other rides worth catching
Music
April 19, 2007
Last Call
Herman Riley�s horn falls silent
Music
February 15, 2007
Down With the Count
The Frank Capp Juggernaut Band at Charlie O�s
Columns
November 23, 2006
A Death in Moscow
Music
January 26, 2006
Ghosts
Music
October 2, 2003
Rivers� Edge
Music
March 1, 2001
Of Wasps and Wind
James Newton loves the wrong notes
LA Life
November 9, 2000
For Pete�s Sake
The other baseball museum in Cooperstown
Music
November 18, 1999
Altered Chords
Artie Shaw on music, God, sex & fame
Music
August 12, 1999
Baile Otra Vez
The life and laughs of Lalo Guerrero
Music
July 1, 1999
Juke Joint Jive
Jimmie Maddin on the L.A. scene circa the '40s & '50s
Music
March 19, 1998
Jazz Central
Oral history from a vanished Los Angeles