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  • Blogs

    November 30, 2006

    R.I.P. H-Bomb Ferguson ("Midnight Ramble")

    Per LA Times: Riled blues pianist H-Bomb Ferguson passes away Sunday. Says Ponderosa Stomp, which hosted Ferguson in notable late performances: Born May 9, 1929 in Charleston, South Carolina, H-Bomb's father was a strict minister who nevertheless encouraged his sons' interest in music, even going ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Teo Macero, 1925-2008

    Just one of Teo Macero's indispensable contributions to musical awesomeness. Teo Macero, the cunning producer/composer/saxophonist who helped to shape Miles Davis' recordings of the '50s through the '70s into some of the most important and sonically advanced albums ever, passed away Feb. 19 at age ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008

    Bowers Brothers

    Timeless Melodies: 
George and Ira Gershwin

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    Locals Only

    Room for Improv Men: Jazz RX rejuvenate the legacy

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    White Jam Band Plays World Beat, Doesn't Suck

    Delta Nove mash genres with panache

  • Music

    April 6, 2006

    Emotional Resonance

    Sonny Rollins

  • Culture

    February 26, 2004

    Fall of the Legend

    George Herms comes to Costa Mesa, tries to make rent

  • Culture

    November 20, 2003

    Blues & Browns

    George Herms comes to Costa Mesa, tries to make rent

  • Music

    June 26, 2003

    The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever!: 1 - 50

    George Herms comes to Costa Mesa, tries to make rent

  • Music

    March 13, 2003

    Locked and Loaded

    Jazzbo George Shearing disses funk!

  • Film

    January 16, 2003

    The Savage Breast

    UC Irvines latest film series is music to your eyes

  • Music

    May 17, 2001

    New Music

    UC Irvines latest film series is music to your eyes

  • Music

    June 8, 2000

    Stop or You'll go Blind!

    Just ask Ray Charles!

  • Culture

    May 25, 2000

    Triumphant Triumph

    Just ask Ray Charles!

  • Music

    January 13, 2000

    Blow by Blow

    The versatile virtues of Ernie Watts

  • Music

    October 7, 1999

    Jon Halperin

    Owner of Newport Beach-based Indie Label Vegas Records

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Tomorrow: Sonny Rollins at OCPAC

    Jazz has few living legends from its halycon days. Sure, there are some modern players (the Marsalis brothers come to mind) who picked up the torch when it was passed to them, but as far as 100 percent legit dudes from back in the day, the list is very short.Luckily for Orange County, Sonny Rollins, ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2010

    Orange Sunshine

    In his new book, the Weekly's Nick Schou tells the tale of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, OC's notorious 'Hippie Mafia'

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Dahga Bloom at the House of Blues Anaheim Over the Weekend

    Lilledeshan Bose​Dahga BloomJuly 31, 2010House of BluesHere's the thing: I was so ready to write off Dahga Bloom as just another wanna-be exoticized lo-fi psychedelic band after their OC Weekly interview, where they said an African god came to them in their dreams and instructed the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2011

    The Miles Davis Experience at Samueli Theater in Santa Ana Last Night

    ​The Miles Davis ExperienceOct. 21, 2011Samueli Theater, Santa AnaWriting about jazz, to me, is just about the dumbest thing anyone could do. I mean, in a literal sense, the genre says nothing because much of the music (including the Miles Davis Experience show that took place Friday night at the ... More >>

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