Dear readers and #LAThtr and jazz aficionadi, Here follows my latest review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains current arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journalists & critics...
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Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – in residence, Wed eves at Rockwell: Table & Stage – Los Angeles jazz music review
Sometimes it’s so much fun to live in LA. Where else can you hear actor/performer/musician Jeff Goldblum gracing the stage with his jazz outfit, the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, every Wednesday night? At the intimate...
Johnny Sandoval @ conga – Los Angeles Latin jazz CD music review
Skin and Bones—the first track on Johnny Sandoval’s self-produced solo album @ conga has a confident kick off. The haunting, echoing pound of the conga calls to the bass trombone, which responds with its dirty, braying...
Summer Jazz at LACMA – Los Angeles jazz concert report
Jazz at LACMA features the art of jazz as practiced by leading Southern California artists. Celebrating over twenty years at LACMA, the program continues to be one of the museum’s most recognizable offerings. Jazz at...
“End of the Rainbow” – a cringe-worthy caricature of the legendary Judy Garland, Los Angeles musical theater review
If you didn’t get to see legendary actress and singer Judy Garland perform live, then a new play with music about the last days of her turbulent life may offer you the next best thing – that is, if you’re okay with a...