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Jazz Listings for February 10 – 16

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Concerts GO CARMEN LUNDY Last time this imaginative singer was in town, she had a big band with the likes of Steve Turre and Mark Shim in the ranks. Now it’s a different vibe with a quartet, featuring pianist Harold O’Neal (Greg Osby), guitarist Phil Upchurch and the marvelous Smitty......
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Jazz Listings

Brick Wahl
Concerts GO HONEYCOMB WHEELS Sound that weaves a fragile abstract web to cradle your even more fragile mind, featuring some of L.A.’s best young conceptualists, Jeremy Drake (guitar twice removed), Jessica Catron (cello) and David Kendall (computer expositions). Plus Thollem McDonas, a fresh, disciplined avant-pianist from the Bay Area. CENTER......
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Jazz, Blues, Cabarets, Latin listings

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JazzConcertsTHE GYPSY CARAVAN Amoeba Music sponsors this nouveau Gypsy Jazz tour. Mandolin legend David Grisman mixes it up with young Djangophiles The Robin Nolan Trio, French guitarist Stephane Wrembel, Bay Area vocalist Brandi Shearer, and the even younger Sammo & the Gypsy Kids. Maybe not quite Le Hot Club de......
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Jazz Listings

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Jazz Concerts RUSSELL MALONE QUARTET The talented improviser is best known as guitarist for Diana Krall and Harry Connick Jr. ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Founders Hall, 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa; Fri.-Sat., Jan. 13-14, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. (714) 556-2787. JOYCE COOLING, THE RIPPINGTONS CERRITOS CENTER, 12700 Center......
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Chuck Niles, 1927–2004

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Photo by Debra DiPaolo Longtime KKGO-KLON-KKJZ disc jockey Chuck Niles has passed away, having worked up until quite near the end. In a medium full of empty-headed blowhards and Clear Channel Stepford-jocks, Niles was in every sense an “on-air personality.” I met Niles a couple of times — it was......