July 8, 2009 issue

Page One

Ruth Price The Jazz Bakery maven updates us on the search for a new venue and a benefit concert next week at the Grammy Museum downtown. Listen to our conversation with Ruth.

Best Bets

Eddie Palmieri The great Latin jazz pianist-composer-bandleader, along with Brazilian Sergio Mendes and California's own Poncho Sanchez, opens the Hollywood Bowl jazz series tonight. Check this out.

Doug Webb The well-traveled saxophonist extrordinaire goes to the top of the hill to Vibrato's Saturday night.

Opinions

Sean Jones The young trumpeter has a new CD, "The Search Within," and Bill Ireland gives us his opinion.

 

Chris Botti with Renee Olstead

With a sweet mellow tone and leading man good looks, trumpeter Chris Botti has sold three million CDs worldwide. His latest CD, " Chris Botti in Boston," features him with such guest artists as Sting, Josh Groban, Steven Tyler, Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer, Katharine McPhee, Lucia Micarelli and Sy Smith, plus the Boston Pops and his usual core band of Billy Childs (piano), Billy Kilson (drums), Mark Whitfield (guitar), and Robert Hurst (bass). This video is from a different concert.


Chris Botti, Renee Olstead, Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave., in Griffith Park. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. TICKETMASTER