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Blogs
February 8, 2013
Jazz Bassist Darryl Jones on How to Listen Hyper-Vigilantly
Bassist Darryl Jones should be a household name. His fluid, funky low end has supported at least a dozen of the biggest concert draws of the last 30 years, starting with Miles Davis' band when he was just 21. When Sting left the Police for a solo career in the mid-'80s, Jones was the man he hired to ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2012
The Best Los Angeles Jazz Concerts of 2012
5. Kamasi Washington Footsies Bar, February 8th Tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington is a force, and stands as thick as a redwood, which is tough when he is blocking your way to the restroom and he happens to be blasting his horn at that time too. But add in Thundercat on bass, his brother Ronald B ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2012
Ten Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die
By Joseph Lapin Because there are multiple decades of jazz, it's almost impossible to pick the top 10 albums of all time; the hip cats with their canes and cool shades will throw their used saxophone reeds in my direction and call me a young whippersnapper. Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2012
Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Great German Music
KCRW Broadcast #176 for Saturday, August 4, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! In a Rut Fanatics! Hello from Germany. I am currently living in the Hamburg at an airport hotel. I am doing two nights at the Wacken Festival. Since I am here and not with you and the other two at the Jasonic Tem ... More >>
Music
July 26, 2012
Music Picks: Kaskade, Dirty Projectors, Ondatrópica
KCRW Broadcast #176 for Saturday, August 4, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! In a Rut Fanatics! Hello from Germany. I am currently living in the Hamburg at an airport hotel. I am doing two nights at the Wacken Festival. Since I am here and not with you and the other two at the Jasonic Tem ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2012
Henry Rollins: The Column! Miles Davis, Cool on a Postage Stamp
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Miles Davis Celebration and Postage Stamp Unveiling - Hollywood Bowl - 6/27/12 Abo ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2012
Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Get Your Ruts Records Out
KCRW Broadcast #173 for Saturday, July 14, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Obamacare vs. the American Death Machine Fanatics! A great show tonight! In both hours we salute the mighty Ruts and acknowledge the passing of the band's legendary front man Malcolm Owen, who passed away on this ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2012
Miles Davis Celebration and Postage Stamp Unveiling - Hollywood Bowl - 6/27/12
A Celebration of Miles Davis Hollywood Bowl 6-27-12 Better than...celebrating Garfield creator Jim Davis Last night, under a vivid half moon, this year's Bowl jazz series kicked off with a tribute to Miles Davis. It was largely a hit and as eclectic as the great trumpeter's game-changing career. E ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2012
Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Henry's Live in Studio
KCRW Broadcast #170 for Saturday, June 23, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Zombie Attack Fanatics! Tonight and for the next few weeks, we are live! I will be back from a month in Canada and we will hit it with the full force of the Big Three--myself, Engineer X and the Young Will Bentley ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Henry Rollins: The Column! Advice From Diamond Dave
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Still in Australia, with a lot more shows to go. Right now, I am in Brisbane. We got in a few ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Jazz
See also: *Top 10 Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop *Top 5 Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011 Lots of folks know almost nothing about jazz, but condensing the hundred some odd years of the genre into ten albums is not easy, something akin to asking someone to describe the histor ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
George Duke Is  A Lot Older Than You.  And A Lot More Hip
Nanette Gonzales[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Q: What's cooler than being cool? A: George Duke. All apologies to Andre 3000, Antarctica and Wilt the Stilt circa 1971. But jazz ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List
Yeah, yeah, we know. The top 20 greatest musicians of all time, in any genre. Where do we get off? Well, we'll tell you where we get off -- at Accuracy Station. Our team of writers listened to thousands and thousands of hours of music for this list, digging deep into the annals of history and explor ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2012
Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: #15-11
See also: *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #20-16 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #10-6 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #5-1 15. Madonna When asked by Dick Clark on American Bandstand in 1983 what her dreams were, a young Madonna replied, "To rule the world." ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Brand New Track from The Mark of Cain
See also: *Henry Rollins: The Column! The Time I Drank The Sweat From My Socks Onstage *Henry Rollins, Scott Ian, Mike Watt, Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro - Avalon - 11/30/11 KCRW Broadcast #143 for Saturday, December 3, 2011 Fanatics! What a week. Finally. We have arrived at our meeting place, Satu ... More >>
Music
October 13, 2011
Music Picks: Shelby Lynne, Marsha Ambrosius, John Scofield Quartet, Wiz Khalifa
Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others
Music
September 8, 2011
Music Picks: Shunda K, SebastiAn, Fleet Foxes, Miles Evans Band
Also, Ray LaMontagne, Kissing Cousins, the Kills and others
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Lather with Lager: Give Him Beer Soap for Father's Day
The Beer Soap Co. Picture your father's beer, his sharpener of wits and marinader of meats. His remedy for kidney stones and explanation for those brown patches of grass that pop up on the front lawn. His foamy elixir, which emboldened him to woo and win your mother, and through its residua ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2011
Eat This Now: Lemon Pancake at Canelé
Things are not always as they seem at Canelé. Order coffee cake and you get a slice of pound cake with a spoonful of cream and a shot of espresso. Scan the brunch menu and you'll likely miss the best dish on it. Near the bottom, among inconspicuous sides like bacon and bowls of granola, you'll fi ... More >>
Music
February 24, 2011
The Column!: Stay Hungry (for Music)
Things are not always as they seem at Canelé. Order coffee cake and you get a slice of pound cake with a spoonful of cream and a shot of espresso. Scan the brunch menu and you'll likely miss the best dish on it. Near the bottom, among inconspicuous sides like bacon and bowls of granola, you'll fi ... More >>
Music
December 30, 2010
BRICK'S PICKS: MILES IN THE SKY WITH SHORTER
Things are not always as they seem at Canelé. Order coffee cake and you get a slice of pound cake with a spoonful of cream and a shot of espresso. Scan the brunch menu and you'll likely miss the best dish on it. Near the bottom, among inconspicuous sides like bacon and bowls of granola, you'll fi ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Airto Moreira, Brazilian Percussion Legend (and "Bitches Brew" Sideman) Playing Intimate Gig...at Footsie's?
Miles Davis' Percussionist Brings Brazil to Footsie's
Music
July 8, 2010
Brick's Picks: Getting Real
Miles Davis' Percussionist Brings Brazil to Footsie's
Blogs
July 6, 2010
5 Great 8-Bit Cover Songs Including Radiohead, Miles Davis, and Nirvana
5 Great 8-Bit Cover Songs Including Radiohead, Miles Davis, and Nirvana
Blogs
June 15, 2010
Over The Weekend: Playboy Jazz Festival
The 32nd Annual Playboy Jazz Festival had its typical big-name veterans play - George Benson, Marcus Miller, Chick Corea, Manhattan Transfer - but it was the lesser known performers who almost stole the show. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave. and Naturally 7 made their first appearances and the Pete ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2010
Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week
Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Miles Davis gets a beer named after him. [Huffington Post Food] -- Forage restaurant in Silver Lake resumes foraging. [Eater LA] -- Sotheby's hosts a Vegetable Auction. [The Art of Farming] - ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2009
First Listen: Wayward Saints Meld Downbeat, Hip Hop, and Far Out Jazz
First Listen: Wayward Saints Meld Downbeat, Hip Hop, and Far Out Jazz MP3
Blogs
August 5, 2009
The Ghost of Miles at the Hollywood Bowl
The Ghost of Miles Davis Tonight at the Hollywood Bowl
Music
April 30, 2009
Brick's Picks: Amir ElSaffar, Kyle Eastwood, Dot Org at Eagle Rock Center
The Ghost of Miles Davis Tonight at the Hollywood Bowl
Music
February 12, 2009
Grammy Grumblings, Jon Hassell, the John Heard Trio and others
Jazz in L.A., February 13-19
Blogs
January 21, 2009
Tonight at the Grammy Museum: Charlie Haden Talks Jazz
Legendary acoustic bass player Charlie Haden, whose work with Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon and pretty much every other jazz player of any import, will speak jazz and business with Grammy Museum director Robert Santelli at the museum's new digs in L.A. Live. The public conversation, part of the Duke ... More >>
Calendar
September 18, 2008
Opera Fun-damentals
Legendary acoustic bass player Charlie Haden, whose work with Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon and pretty much every other jazz player of any import, will speak jazz and business with Grammy Museum director Robert Santelli at the museum's new digs in L.A. Live. The public conversation, part of the Duke ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2008
MBW All Over LA
Mr Brainwash is on fire. His solo art show opens in just two weeks, and he's been pasting and painting his icons all over LA. So which gallery is he showing at? None. Try the recently abandoned CBS TV studio in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. MBW has been holed up there for weeks preparing for the ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2008
Memorial Day Weekend in LA: Music galore (and MP3s)
Ah, Memorial Day Weekend, the perfect three-day break, tailor-made for chilling in the comfort of an abandoned LA. As long as you stay away from Hollywood Boulevard and the tourists imported from Hell, you can relax, go out to dinner, catch some music, sleep in, drive to the desert, take some LSD, c ... More >>
Music
May 22, 2008
Doin' the Cow-Bop Boogie
Swinging into Memorial Day weekend at LACMA, Jazz Bakery, Papa West and more
Art+Books
November 15, 2007
Cool in the O.C.
Visions of a modernist past
Blogs
April 9, 2006
No cartooning today
This is the view from the balcony of an apartment that me and my wife had in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, before we were married, when I was in a band and she was in grad school. I was unemployed most of the time and working on a novel largely comprised of the word "fuck" while listening t ... More >>
Music
March 24, 2005
Chambers of the Heart
This is the view from the balcony of an apartment that me and my wife had in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, before we were married, when I was in a band and she was in grad school. I was unemployed most of the time and working on a novel largely comprised of the word "fuck" while listening t ... More >>
News
December 23, 2004
Metal and Wood
Music materials 2004
Supplement
December 11, 2003
The Duds, the Clubs, the Jazz
What I Saw at the Parisian Room
Music
April 24, 2003
The Dualists
R. Kelly�s R&B thuggery, Al Green�s sacred sensuality
Music
December 19, 2002
Fish Fry 2002
R. Kelly�s R&B thuggery, Al Green�s sacred sensuality
News
November 8, 2001
Music of the Heart and Other Organs
You can�t dance to everything
Music
April 19, 2001
Nasty Gal
You can�t dance to everything
Music
December 21, 2000
The Goods
I listened to �em, honest
News
October 26, 2000
I ,Too, Sing Hollywood (Part 2)
Four women on race, art and making movies
Music
August 10, 2000
Big Weird Fun
Funked up, bumming you out and completely down: Electric Miles still charged for days
Music
December 24, 1998
Birth of the Cruel
Progressive jazz for your silent night
Music
September 3, 1998
Jazz Changes
New directions, fresh juice
Music
August 20, 1998
Into the Cauldron
New directions, fresh juice
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