Charles Owens

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January 8, 2013
John Beasley Is Crazy For Putting a Big Band Together in This Day and Age
Pianist John Beasley has been in Los Angeles for over 30 years, playing pianos in gin joints, movie studios and everywhere in between. He has been a steadily employed sideman since he was a teenager starting out with Sergio Mendes and has most recently released an LP under the name 3 Brave Souls, al ... More >>
Music
July 14, 2011
Brick's Picks: Great Sax
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May 26, 2011
Brick's Picks: Size Doesn't Matter; Big Bands Small and Large
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May 19, 2011
Brick's Picks: Big Bands Blowin'
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October 7, 2010
Brick's Picks: JAZZ SO UNDERGROUND, IT EVEN HIDES FROM YOU
Music
September 30, 2010
Brick's Picks: Angel City Jazz
Music
September 3, 2009
Brick's Picks: Festivals of Nations
Music
August 14, 2008
Brick's Picks: Requiem for a Heavy Cat
A tribute to Dave Carpenter, and more
Music
April 3, 2008
Brick's Picks: Kids 'n' Players
Rollins and Hubbard keep the flame; Los Angeles Jazz Collective lights a fire
Music
November 22, 2007
Klezmer With Hot Sauce
Music
September 6, 2007
Brick's Picks: Sunny Session
Kick off the weekend with an �outdoor concert at LACMA
Music
April 5, 2007
A Tale of Two Cities
Hargrove, toast of the Big Apple; Clatworthy, lost on the left coast
Music
March 22, 2007
Can He Get a Witness?
Dwight Trible testifies, and other jazz picks
Music
March 8, 2007
'Phone Phreaks
The B.E.C.K. Quartet and other jazz picks
Music
February 22, 2007
The Mambo Princes
The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra and other picks
Music
February 8, 2007
The History Channeler
The Bobby Bradford Mo�tet and other jazz picks
Music
June 8, 2006
Careful With That Ax
David Ornette Cherry, jazz infinity and Monk in a tree
Calendar
February 2, 2006
Jazz Listings
Music
January 26, 2006
Ghosts
Music
June 2, 2005
The Joy of Jazz
Kenny Burrell � educator, if you please
Music
March 1, 2001
Of Wasps and Wind
James Newton loves the wrong notes
Music
March 4, 1999
Dirt and Sky
Honk if you love Horace Tapscott