John Menaghan This week, we feature more pieces from the award-winning poet.
Listen.Pretzel Logic This Steely Dan tribute band is performing this Sunday at Vibrato in the hills. Check out this video.
Charlie Haden This acclaimed jazz bassist is performing bluegrass with his family and friends at Disney Concert Hall Tuesday. Check out this video.
Mads Tolling Analyn Revilla gives us her take on his new CD,"The Playmaker."
The Poetry of John Menaghan Award-winning poet John Menghan reads some of his poems accompanied by the jazz artists that inspired him. Listen to the poems.
Jazz piano legend McCoy Tyner performs at Royce Hall Thursday. Famous for his percussive left hand, Tyner was a member of John Coltrane's Quartet in the 1960s, along with Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums, and can be heard on such classic recordings as "Live at the Village Vanguard," "Ballads," and "A Love Supreme."
This video features Tyner with Gary Bartz on sax, Gerald Cannon on bass and Eric Kamau Gravatt on drums.
McCoy Tyner, Build an Ark, UCLA, Royce Hall, Westwood 310.825.2101 Thursday, 8 p.m. TICKETMASTER