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Thelonious Monk

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2013

    The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, March 29 Fol Chen BOOTLEG THEATER Fol Chen is one of the most creative bands in the local electro-pop underground, conjuring unusual sounds that flutter, mutate, shimmer and trail sparks just as colorfully as the flying fish and luminous butterflies in Oz the Great and Powerful. While the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2013

    The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, March 15 The Black Ryder THE ECHO The Black Ryder come from Australia but sound like they're from 13th Floor Elevators' own personal Texas, a land of endless desert where the guitars echo to eternity and where it's too hot to move fast. The Black Ryder concoct psychedelia that bleeds and bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2012

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Jazz. What Else Would We Talk With Him About?

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. As both a Bruin and a Laker, he is a pillar of Los Angeles basketball. On Friday, Nov. 16, he will have his jersey number retired, and a statue of him will be unveiled outside Staples Center. That's fine and all, but we wanted to talk to him ... 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

    July 23, 2012

    USC Jazz Quintet - Levitt Pavilion Pasadena - 7/22/12

    USC Jazz Quintet Levitt Pavilion Pasadena 7/22/12 Better than... drinking beer alone in a Pasadena park. Last night in Pasadena, USC offered up their best and brightest jazz crew to revel in a little school pride and highlight the impressive capabilities of staff and alumni for a cool evening unde ... 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

    February 13, 2012

    Why the Grammys Stink

    See also: *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" So, our Grammy credentials were fairly limited last night. In fact, we were trapped in a room for eight hours, with journalists ... More >>

  • Music

    February 2, 2012

    Music Picks: Coldplay, Estelle, Joss Stone, Lana Del Rey

    Also, Enuff Z'Nuff, Gizzelle, Goliath and others

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Kris Bowers Played On Watch The Throne: He's At Catalina's Tomorrow Night

    Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute​When most college students return home for winter break, they watch TV in the den and get drunk with high school friends. Pianist Kris Bowers, a 22-year old-graduate student at Julliard, however, has come home to Los Angeles with some big prizes, and will perfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Walter Smith III Quintet - Blue Whale - 12/17/11

    ​Walter Smith III Quintet Blue Whale 12-17-11 Better than...a set by Thurston Howell III Houston-born saxophonist Walter Smith III is a busy man. His first-call tenor frequently shares the stage with some of the best young musicians out there, finding a particular affinity with trumpet playe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Blue Note Records' Troubling New Direction

    Few genres are as protective of their past as jazz. Some might say it's all they've got. The discipline is largely defined by the classic record labels that brought the sounds to the masses. Jazz nerds will argue the superiority of one golden recording era versus another just as stubbornly as baske ... More >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2011

    The Column! No. 2 With a Bullet

    Few genres are as protective of their past as jazz. Some might say it's all they've got. The discipline is largely defined by the classic record labels that brought the sounds to the masses. Jazz nerds will argue the superiority of one golden recording era versus another just as stubbornly as baske ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2010

    Music Picks: Tift Merritt, Clinic, Microscopic Septet

    Also, J. Cole, the Crazy Squeeze, Wild Flag and others

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    BRICK'S PICKS: GOOGLE "MINTON'S" AND DIG

    Also, J. Cole, the Crazy Squeeze, Wild Flag and others

  • 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 >>

  • Music

    January 28, 2010

    Brick’s Picks: Thelonious Assault

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2009

    S'Wonderful

    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 >>

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    The 1921A's 'Drunkyard Percussion'

    A band of McCabe's workers conjures American urban noise out of guitars, kitchen utensils, pie pans

  • Music

    December 25, 2008

    Brick's Picks: Champagne Grooves

    Jazz in L.A., ’08-’09

  • Music

    October 16, 2008

    Brick's Picks: Salve for the Recession with Monk's Centennial, Donavan Muradian Quintet

    Jazz in L.A., ’08-’09

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2008

    Mural Capital of the World or the City of Blights?

    Jazz in L.A., ’08-’09

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Perry Bennett

    The coolest ice cream

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Latin Playboys

    The rhythm, in many shapes and sizes, lands in town this week

  • Music

    August 23, 2007

    Straight Outta Leimert Park

    Richard Grant leaves home base for a show at Café 322

  • Columns

    June 28, 2007

    Unidentified Male Survives

    In accidental appreciation of Sonny Rollins

  • News

    November 30, 2006

    Crosstown Rivals

    When USC and UCLA put on their academic game faces, nothing less than the future of the city is at stake

  • Music

    June 8, 2006

    Careful With That Ax

    David Ornette Cherry, jazz infinity and Monk in a tree

  • Music

    May 4, 2006

    The Nile and the Bile

    David Ornette Cherry, jazz infinity and Monk in a tree

  • Columns

    January 26, 2006

    Drum Set in the Basement

    David Ornette Cherry, jazz infinity and Monk in a tree

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    Hard and Harder, Abstract and Abstracter

    2005 in metal and jazz

  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    In Memoriam: Derek Bailey, 1930–2005

    2005 in metal and jazz

  • Stage

    August 4, 2005

    Native Sounds

    2005 in metal and jazz

  • Music

    March 3, 2005

    Jazz Pilgrimage

    What kind of idiot’s never seen Sonny Rollins?

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Metal and Wood

    Music materials 2004

  • Music

    November 25, 2004

    Ain't Been Licked

    Music materials 2004

  • Columns

    November 6, 2003

    Crime Against Monk

    Music materials 2004

  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    Lalo Schifrin Swings

    How an Argentinean became the ultimate American musician

  • Music

    April 3, 2003

    The Function of Jazz

    Abstraction under siege in a utilitarian world

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Blues From Mars

    Abstraction under siege in a utilitarian world

  • Columns

    July 25, 2002

    Absent Friends

    Abstraction under siege in a utilitarian world

  • Art+Books

    January 24, 2002

    Music, Race and Junk

    Abstraction under siege in a utilitarian world

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    Troubleshooters

    Abstraction under siege in a utilitarian world

  • Columns

    May 3, 2001

    The Staircase

    The best of Sitegeist

  • Music

    December 21, 2000

    The Goods

    I listened to ’em, honest

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    The Elixirs

    Charles Lloyd on ultrapolation, dehumidification and the sound

  • Music

    December 9, 1999

    Original Jamsters

    No-dress-code jazz releases

  • Columns

    July 15, 1999

    The Staircase

    No-dress-code jazz releases

  • Music

    July 1, 1999

    Juke Joint Jive

    Jimmie Maddin on the L.A. scene circa the '40s & '50s

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    New Standards

    Marcus Roberts' assimilation and re-expression

  • Music

    February 5, 1998

    Old Flames

    Riverside jazz: An invitation

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