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Sunday, November 22

John Coltrane Side Steps: New 5 Disc Box Set on Prestige / Concord

by jazzcat on Sun 22 Nov 2009 04:13 PM PST

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Saturday, May 9

Cryptonights @ the Redcat - A Ten Year Retrospective!

by jazzcat on Sat 09 May 2009 09:21 PM PDT

Cryptogramophone is a record label that really intrigues me because everything about the label, the artists and even the audience ... more »

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Friday, April 10

Kenny Barron at the Jazz Bakery 2009

by jazzcat on Fri 10 Apr 2009 10:00 PM PDT

Under his spell from the first note, Kenny Barron and his trio release their magic with Kenny’s sweeping runs that ... more »

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Wednesday, March 11

The 70th Anniversary of Blue Note Records at Royce Hall!

by jazzcat on Wed 11 Mar 2009 03:04 PM PDT

House lights are low and the stage lights brighten up to a large, confident all-star ensemble simultaneously making their way ... more »

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Monday, February 23

LeRoy Downs Hosts The 1st Annual Playboy Jazz Cruise!!!

by jazzcat on Mon 23 Feb 2009 12:17 AM PST

Oh my, this was one of the most fantastic times that a jazz lover could ever have. Seven days at ... more »

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Saturday, December 27

Wayne’s World and Winds at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

by jazzcat on Sat 27 Dec 2008 05:10 PM PST

The Walt Disney Concert Hall is a pretty special place to behold. There is beauty in sound and architecture but ... more »

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Saturday, December 6

John Beasley at the Jazz Bakery!

by jazzcat on Sat 06 Dec 2008 01:29 AM PST

John and this extraordinary quartet turn Herbie’s music into kaleidoscopes of sound ... more »

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Saturday, November 8

Aaron Parks at the Jazz Bakery

by jazzcat on Sat 08 Nov 2008 08:35 PM PST

I love when jazz, thought, adventure and feeling collide in the music. New perspectives and prisms created through the omnipresent ... more »

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Saturday, November 1

Archie Shepp at Herbst Theater in San Francisco

by jazzcat on Sat 01 Nov 2008 06:50 PM PDT

What! Archie Shepp! Man it is always an honor and certainly my duty to see and experience all of the ... more »

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Saturday, October 18

Monk 91, The Celebration of a Modern Genius of the Music!

by jazzcat on Sat 18 Oct 2008 10:35 PM AKDT

Do you know that this month your man and mine the great genius of modern music Thelonious Monk would have celebrated 91? more »

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Friday, October 10

2008 Chicago Jazz, Detroit Jazz, One Continuous Musical Experience!

by jazzcat on Fri 10 Oct 2008 11:27 AM PDT

Back in the city of brotherly love. The Chicago Jazz festival... more »

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Thursday, October 9

Nic @ Night with BeBop and Basquiat at LACMA!

by jazzcat on Thu 09 Oct 2008 02:44 PM AKDT

Basquiat was inspired by the music and many of his paintings reflect images of jazz more »

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Wednesday, August 6

Esperanza Spaulding at Catalina Bar and Grill

by jazzcat on Wed 06 Aug 2008 07:45 PM PDT

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Saturday, June 28

Charles Lloyd at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara

by jazzcat on Sat 28 Jun 2008 06:16 PM PDT

Charles has it made because he chose the cats that synchronize in a stratosphere where the music, the spirits and the minds work as one... more »

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Sunday, June 8

Christian McBride and "The Movement Revisited" @ The Walt Disney Concert Hall

by jazzcat on Sun 08 Jun 2008 10:35 PM PDT

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