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OCTOBER 2022

JAZZ GUITAR FOR OCTOBER Lage, Rosenwinkel Play L.A. It’s the Julian Lage Trio with Bad Plus at Disney Hall; Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet at Holden by Cristofer Gross – Julian Lage can play jazz guitar with the fiery intensity of a sorcerer, the intimacy of a singer-songwriter, and anything in between. On October 14, he returns […]

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patinkin_diaries

ARRANGEMENTS OF SHADOWS Abetted by a dozen gifted songwriters, Mandy Patinkin casts a memorable, wistful look at collective memories in ‘Diaries’ by CRISTOFER GROSS ith culture now changing at techno-pace it’s hard to imagine any contemporary artist will resonate with those living hundreds of years from now. On the other hand, vast changes have occurred

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SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE 2019

PREVIEW SFJazz Honors Miles, Stone Milestones Vibraphonist Warren Wolf previews octet’s October 25 Segerstrom Center concert. In 1969, Miles Davis and Sylvester Stone had milestone years. SFJAZZ Collective, which by design has a milestone year every year, is marking the half-century anniversaries of those artists’ landmarks with fresh arrangements of music from Davis’s In a

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SWEENEY TODD

A SONDHEIM SUMMIT SCR services ‘Sweeney Todd’ well with a soaring production that gives voice to the master’s masterwork. by CRISTOFER GROSS n the second half of the 20th Century, Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for 14 full productions and lyrics for another half-dozen. The range of subjects and styles he explored gave

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TIME BEYOND THE TIME

TIME BEYOND THE TIME Art Podell’s Folk Music Revival Revival by CRISTOFER GROSS nce a month, the Tudor House in Lake Arrowhead presents a live Saturday night taping of JP Houston and Julie Van Dusen’s "American Parlor Songbook." It’s an evening of humor, song and cultural pulse-taking whose broad perspectives owe to an unapologetic embrace

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