Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Southern California Fires Hit the Jazz Community
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
For its second edition, the Montreal Guitar Show has started Guitarmania, a new concert series featuring guitarists Jim Hall, Martin Taylor and Pierre Bensusan performing at Place des Arts’ Cinquième Salle. Tickets go on sale March 1 at noon.
The guitar show will be held on the first weekend of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (June 26–29).
Other guitarists slated to perform include Antoine Dufour, Jim Hall, Michel Haumont, Jean Félix Lalanne, John Jorgenson, Andy McKee, Erik Mongrain, Don Ross, Jordan Officer, Gareth Pearson and Jake Shimabukuro.
All of these artists will also give a workshop as well as meet fans at the show.
Additional workshops will be given by leading guitar experts, among them luthiers such as Rick Davis, William “Grit” Laskin, Jeff Traugott, Rick Turner and Ervin Somogyi.
More info: montrealguitarshow.com
Gerald and John Clayton at the family home in Altadena during a photo shoot for the June 2022 cover of DownBeat. The house was lost during the Los Angeles fires.
Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
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As Ted Nash, left, departs the alto saxophone chair for LCJO, Alexa Tarantino steps in as the band’s first female full-time member.
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Larry Appelbaum with Wayne Shorter in 2012.
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Larry Appelbaum, a distinguished audio engineer, jazz journalist, historian and broadcaster, died Feb. 21, 2025, in…
