![]() THE HOT CLUB OF LOS ANGELES – Breakneck, virtuosic 1930s Django-style swing music in the cozy Culver City dive (almost 75 years old) with live music almost every night and never a cover charge. I have not caught Bonnie enough but I will just have to catch up on that. And check out her rock solid drummer: that’s SM’s own STEVE MUGALIAN. She not only remains a dynamic performer into her 80s, she is a living history of equality protest going back to the ‘60s. I have been blessed to see Mavis perform more than half a dozen times and you can never get too much Mavis. Thurs, The Soraya, CSUN, $39-94.īONNIE RAITT with MAVIS STAPLES – Well I can’t tell you how disappointed I am to have to miss this, because of a previous commitment. ![]() I know it’s a long drive to Northridge but you could live in Wyoming or NM and contemplate a 10-hour drive. I have no knowledge of Blade, but are those other three going to pick a mediocre drummer, I don’t think so. The last time I saw Redman live was also years ago, at a bookstore in West LA, and I was stunned. ![]() Mehldau used to play around LA a lot, small rooms, until he got big. Or maybe it was pianist Benny Green, not sure, doesn’t matter, this is a lineup of four of the best out there and I can’t wait to hear what they cook up as an ensemble. TONIGHT! – REDMAN-MEHLDAU- MCBRIDE-BLADE – I think it was McBride playing a free concert many years ago at SMC (hey! SMC, why don’t you do that now? – you owe us for your years of sins against our fair city) that shifted my perception of live (really good) jazz.
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