In today's L.A. Times, Chris Barton offers a budget-conscious survey of live jazz in Los Angeles and Orange County -- and a few familiar names (Alex Cline, Peter Erskine, Hans Fjellstad, G.E. Stinson, our fearless leader Jeff Gauthier, Ken Kawamura, David Witham, Darek Oles, Bob Sheppard, Will Salmon) get a shout out. Read the full article here.
Saxophonist Jason Robinson performs at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
(UPDATE: ...and the readers respond!
Thanks for the list of jazz venues ["Jazz at a Cool Spot," by Chris Barton, Aug. 22], but you missed a terrific one: Jazz Vespers at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Santa Monica, the second Sunday of every month. Jazz performances with a brief vespers service. This charming little church presents a wide variety of jazz artists in a welcoming, intimate setting with amazing acoustics. It's become my favorite monthly outing, and I'm not even religious.
Kay M. Gilbert
Santa Monica
Ouch! How could you have failed to mention the free Friday evening concerts at LACMA? Or the rich, varied and free music performances at the Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park or downtown at the Grand Plaza?
Ruth Kramer Ziony
Los Feliz)
Greg Burk's Live Picks (Aug. 21-27)
Brick Wahl's Live Picks (Aug. 20-26)
REST IN TEMPO
Berle Adams
John E. Carter
Chris Connor
Jim Dickinson
Adam Goldstein
Ellie Greenwich
Larry Knechtel
Joe Maneri
Sergei Mikhalkov
Virginia Ramo
