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Turtle Island Quartet With Tierney Sutton

Tom Meek
Tonight, the double–Grammy-winning, San Francisco–based Turtle Island Quartet makes a stop at the downtown Colburn School of Music's Zipper Hall. Turtle Island's 2007 interpretation of John Coltrane's seminal A Love Supreme won their latest Grammy Award for Best Crossover Album. For more than two decades, Turtle Island have reworked music......
Executive Chef Shawn Davis and Owner Dennis "D.Anthony" Robertson; Credit: Dailey Pike

New African-American Owned Beverly Hills Jazz Club Is An Anomaly

Tom Meek
Dennis "D.Anthony" Robertson has moved back and forth between the business and music worlds for years now. An aspiring drummer, he first began promoting acts at B.B. King's at Universal Studios, working his way into management and eventually ownership of the club. When that venture ended a few years ago,......
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Lorraine Feather

Tom Meek
In 2010 Lorraine Feather received a Grammy nomination for her album Ages, which drew widespread critical and popular acclaim. Feather's latest effort is Tales From the Unusual, material from which she debuts tonight. Feather's background is a unique one. She's the daughter of Jane and Leonard Feather — her mother......
Judith Hill In The Studio; Credit: Dailey Pike

Judith Hill: Why Just About Everyone Is Falling for Her

Tom Meek
Before she was picked to sing back-up for Michael Jackson's ill-fated 2009 London shows, Judith Hill was a relatively unknown perfomer from Pasadena. When Hill appeared near the end of Jackson's memorial service to lead the stage in singing "Heal The World," most of the Staples Center audience didn't know......
The Ron Jones Orchestra at the Jazz Bakery

New Jazz Bakery in Jeopardy; Westside Jazz Scene Hurting

Tom Meek
The Jazz Bakery, L.A.'s major jazz non-profit organization, is in turmoil because of the pending shutdown of the Culver City Redevelopment Agency. Jazz Bakery president Ruth Price had been working with the agency to reopen Jazz Bakery's venue at a new building near the Kirk Douglas Theatre later this year......
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Barbara Morrison

Tom Meek
If there is such a thing as an institution on the SoCal jazz scene, one need look no further than singer Barbara Morrison. Morrison has been a fixture in area jazz for decades since moving from her native Detroit, and has likely appeared in as many settings and venues as......
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Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette at UCLA Royce Hall

Tom Meek
Who: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette Where: UCLA Royce Hall When: 10/26/11 Better than...any other piano trio on the planet. Last night the trio of pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Gary Peacock, and drummer Jack DeJohnette gave one of their few North American live appearances of 2011. The rarity......