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Smooth sax player Dave Koz on a career that just … happened
When jazz saxophonist Dave Koz’s “dream” car was stolen in 1997 after he stopped for five minutes to pick up a sandwich at a restaurant in the San Fernando Valley, it was perhaps the lowest point of his life.
Gene Simmons: Rock god turned business tycoon
Gene Simmons has made a career out of doing a lot with a little.
Music historian catalogues Leonard Cohen’s musical history
Like many of us, author Harvey Kubernik first heard Leonard Cohen through his interpreters.
Lazer Lloyd, Israel’s king of Blues, comes to L.A.
Lazer Lloyd has been dubbed Israel’s king of the blues, but, for the last few weeks, you could say his entire country has been singing the blues.
Technique, sensitivity the keys to pianist Bronfman’s success
When Yefim Bronfman performs Brahms\’ Second Piano Concerto with conductor Lionel Bringuier and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl on July 31, he will be tackling what is known as a real \”finger buster,\” a term used for a work that is awkwardly conceived for a pianist\’s hands or physically demanding. The Brahms concerto is both.
Matisyahu: You disappointed me
Dear Matisyahu, Tonight you performed at the Windstar World Casino in Oklahoma, seventy miles from my Dallas home. The distance may seem far, but in Texas proportion it is right around the corner.
Wise moves jazz up Chabad telethon
While taking violin lessons at The Juilliard School, Wise became interested in musical theater. He has since followed two paths in that field — as a creative producer, responsible for some projects from conception to staging, and as an international presenter of successful Broadway shows.