Links: L.A. performances (12/20/24).
This week: Patrick Shiroishi, George Colligan, John Beasley, John Daversa, Double Naught 3, metal toy drive, Loston Harris, Fred Frith, Joe Santa Maria, more.
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Words About Music by Greg Burk and Friends
December 20, 2024
December 19, 2024
Re-plug: "The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association" (Cymbal Press)
One by Greg Burk, even.
December 10, 2024
Ponderation: The nature of psychedelic music, via a new Nirvana U.K. covers album (2024 update).
Psychedelic music embraces two main trips: good and bad.
December 5, 2024
Live review: Dan Rosenboom-Joshua White-Eric Revis-Mark Ferber at the High Low, Dec. 2, 2024.
Seal of quality.
November 27, 2024
Record review: Marilyn Manson, "One Assassination Under God -- Chapter 1" (Nuclear Blast)
Thank god for a good Grinch.
November 21, 2024
Ponderillo: Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, "Live at the Adler Planetarium" (International Anthem)
The evolution of abolition.
November 14, 2024
Live review: Will Salmon memorial at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, Nov. 10, 2024.
Incalculable belief and disbelief.
November 5, 2024
Live review: Flower Songs Music plus Tasha Smith Godinez, Pablo Leñero and Harry Scorzo celebrate Dia de los Muertos at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 2024.
Universal resonances.
October 21, 2024
Live review: Diego Gaeta, Yafeu Tyhimba at the World Stage, Fri. Oct. 18, 2024 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
Dynamics and imagination.
October 15, 2024
Book review: "Jazz Revolutionary: The Life & Music of Eric Dolphy" by Jonathon Grasse (Jawbone Press)
Remaking reality through sound.