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Grammys 2013: Jazz category plays it straight as Glasper goes to R&B
Pianist Robert Glasper was perhaps the biggest story in jazz for 2012 with his genre-blending crossover effort "Black Radio," and Grammy voters seemed to endorse his bid to reach a broader audience. Glasper received two nominations for best performance...
Tags: Music, Ravi Coltrane, Genres, Radio, Miles Davis
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2012 Grammy Nominations
KTLA News1. Record Of The Year Lonely Boy The Black Keys The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers; Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer Track from: El Camino [Nonesuch] Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Kelly Clarkson...Tags: Requiem, Mumford & Sons (music group), Steinway & Sons, Major Lazer (music group), Dave Koz
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Charlie Haden Quartet cancels Segerstrom Center performance
The Segerstrom Center for the Arts announced Monday the cancellation of one of the concerts in its jazz series. The Charlie Haden Quartet West canceled its Nov. 3 performance at the center due to health reasons, according to a news release. The center...Tags: Charlie Haden
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Von Freeman, Chicago jazz legend, dead at 88
Revered around the world but never a major star, worshipped by critics and connoisseurs but perpetually strapped for cash, the towering Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman practically went out of his way to avoid commercial success. When trumpeter Miles...
Tags: Chicago Jazz Fest, NPR, Charlie Parker, Tetanus, Miles Davis
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Influences: Jazz drummer Justin Faulkner
Culture MonsterThe drummer Justin Faulker is in Los Angeles Saturday as part of the trio led by jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel; expect to hear music from the album “Reflections,” a lush reading of standards. (The show, which also includes bassist bassist... -
Influences: Veteran jazz club owner Catalina Popescu
Culture MonsterCatalina Popescu has been running the club named for her for 25 years this month. We wanted to ask Popescu: Which artists inspired you to open a jazz club and –- through all the ups and down of the economy and jazz’s popularity –- keep... -
For the love of music
Some of you may find this to be the dumbest complaint you have ever not cared about. It’s one of those very personal things. For example, when Hines Ward won “DWTS,” by pretending to be “in the band,” he helped to make up...Tags: Billy Strayhorn, Hines Ward, Wiz Khalifa, Ray Brown, Perry Como
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