Fly me to the moon
Fly me to a star
But there are no stars in the New York sky
they're all on the ground

Ornithologies

After a bit of a break, The Beast has a book-related piece on the Los Angeles Magazine site about three recent Charlie Parker biographies. Check it out here.

Octoberfestivus

10/4 Zach Ramacier Group + Nicole Mitchell's Sun Dial Ensemble @ LACMA....10/4 Joshua White Quartet @ the blue whale....10/4 Bruce Babad Quartet @ LAX Radisson....10/5 John Scofield Überjam + Dave Holland Prism @ UCLA Royce Hall....10/5 15th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival....10/5 Multi-Ethnic Star Orchestra @ Downey Civic Center....10/5 Les McCann w/ Alphonse Mouzon @ LAX Radisson....10/5 Saxon/Vogel Duo + MBT @ Gatsby Books....10/6 Chris Dundas Group @ Alva's Showroom....10/6 Richard Sears Group w/ Tootie Heath + Kneebody + Yosvany Terry Quintet + Greg Osby Group w/ Anat Cohen @ John Anson Ford Amphitheater....10/6 L.A. Jazz Orchestra Unlimited w/ Kenny Burrell @ Catalina's....10/6 Onaje Murray @ Hal's Bar & Grill....10/8 Brad Dutz, Chris Wabich, Kim Richmond + John Fumo @ Jazz at the CAP....10/9 Motoko Honda, Dimitry Olevsky, Iris Malkin, Rachel Mellis, Andrew Leonard, Alex Russell, Maksim Velichkin + Krysalis Ensemble @ MiMoDa....10/10-13 European Jazz Festival @ UCLA Schoenberg Hall....10/10 Billy Mintz Quintet @ the blue whale....10/10 Idan Raichel Project @ UCLA Royce Hall....10/10 Zane Musa Quartet @ Vibrato....10/11 Phil Ranelin Jazz Ensemble Celebrates the Music of Freddie Hubbard @ Catalina's....10/11 Jim Black, Tim Lefebvre & Chris Speed + John Hollenbeck & The Claudia Quintet @ REDCAT....10/11 Clayton Cameron Sextet @ LACMA....10/11 Billy Mintz Quartet @ The Piano Kitchen (Santa Barbara)....10/11-12 Freddie Hubbard Tribute @ the blue whale....10/12 Motoko Honda + Jesse Gilbert Present Journeys @ Mariko's OTO Salon....10/12 Billy Mintz Quintet @ Alva's Showroom....10/13 Dafnis Prieto Sextet @ REDCAT....10/15 Gavin Templeton Quintet @ the blue whale....10/17 Brad Dutz, John Fumo + Kim Richmond @ Curve Line Space....10/17 Altadena Jazz Quartet (w/ Chuck Manning) @ Altadena Ale House....10/17 Josh Nelson, Larry Koonse, Pat Senatore + Mark Ferber @ Vibrato....10/17&23 Nolan Shaheed Duo @ Red, White + Bluezz....10/19 Slumgum @ the blue whale....10/19 Bill Cunliffe & The Imagination Quintet @ LAX Radisson....10/19 SF JAZZ Collective @ Zipper Hall....10/22 Anthony Shadduck's Double Quartet w/ Norton Wisdom @ the blue whale....10/22 Green Umbrella Presents Frank Zappa's 200 Motels @ Disney Hall....10/23 G.E. Stinson @ Cinefamily....10/23 The Scorpion Decides + Wayne Peet/Steuart Liebig/Brad Dutz + Double Triangle @ Grand Star Jazz....10/24 Mark Dresser Quintet @ the blue whale....10/24 Fumosonic + Mahadev @ The Crest....10/25 Geri Allen, Terri-Lyn Carrington + Esperanza Spaulding @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts....10/25 Otmaro Ruiz, John Pena, Larry Koonse + Alex Acuna @ Vitello's....10/26 Ernie Andrews w/ Rickey Woodard + Fritz Wise @ LAX Radisson....10/26 Pete Christlieb Quartet @ Vibrato....10/27 Zane Musa @ Red, White + Bluezz....10/26 Adam Rudolph's GO: Organic Orchestra @ Electric Lodge....10/29 OHM @ The Baked Potato....10/31 The Wrecking Crew screening @ The Baked Potato....10/31 Paul Kreibich Trio w/ Ingrid James @ LAX Crowne Plaza