Sunday, January 4, 2015

Our Music Picks for January


1/3 Bobby West, James Leary + Fritz Wise @ Seabird Jazz Lounge (Long Beach)....1/4 
Apophenia (w/ Nels & Alex Cline), Steuart Liebig + Scott Walton / Ross Hammond Trio @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts....1/4 Onaje Murray @ Hal's (Venice)....1/7 & 1/8 Alan Ferber @ the blue whale (Little Tokyo)....1/8 Opening Night Reception for From Pop to the Pit: LAPL Photo Collection Celebrates the L.A. Music Scene, 1978-1989 @ Central Library (Downtown)....1/9 Michael Session @ Seabird Jazz Lounge....1/10 VLATKO (w/ Michael-Pierre Vlatkovich, Tom McNalley, Dominic Genova & John Hernandez) + FREE POP (Anna Abbey, Colter Frazier & James Connolly) @ The Piano Kitchen (Santa Barbara)....1/10 Chris Potter, Peter Erskine, Alan Pasqua + Darek Oles @ The Jazz Bakery....1/10 Photo Exhibit: Jenny Lens, Punk Pioneer @ Central Library....1/10 & 1/31 Azar Lawrence @ Seabird Jazz Lounge....1/17 Nels Cline + Julian Lage @ Largo at the Coronet (West Hollywood)....1/17 David Binney, Ambrose Akinmusire, John Escreet, Eric Revis & Alex Cline @ the blue whale....1/19 Dwight Trible's Renowned Ensemble Band (w/ Justo Almario, John Beasley, Trevor Ware, Munyungo Jackson + Paul Legaspi) @ Catalina's (Hollywood)....1/20 OHM @ The Baked Potato (Studio City)....1/21 Wednesdays@7 presents Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Davis + John Lindberg @ Prebys Music Center Concert Hall (UC-San Diego)....1/22 Ben Wendel Quartet @ the blue whale....1/22 & 1/23 Jeff Hamilton Group @ Alva's Showroom (San Pedro)....1/23 Kamasi Washington + The Next Step @ Union Station (Downtown)....1/23 Double Naught Spy Car @ Taix....1/23 Tara Jane O'Neil w/ Carla Bozulich + Devin Hoff @ Pehrspace (Glendale)....1/23 Excursions: A Sight + Sound Festival presents MajicBulletTheory, Dave Williams Unit + Andrew Kushin/Albert Mathias/DJ Quest/Charles Sharp @ CALB Shoreline Gallery (Long Beach)....1/24 Modern Brass Quintet (w/ Daniel Rosenboom) @ Pasadena Presbyterian Church....1/24 Michael White, Leisei Chen + Mirza Todorovich @ Harrison House (Joshua Tree)....1/25 Josh Nelson East-West Quartet @ Alva's Showroom....1/25 Scott Heustis GroupCALB Shoreline Gallery....@ 1/26 Zawinul Legacy Band @ the blue whale....1/27 Tiptons Sax Quartet @ Annenburg Community Beach House (Santa Monica)....1/29-1/31 Steve Gadd Band @ Catalina's....1/29 Oguri, Roxanne Steinberg & Alex Cline (STUDENTS-ONLY SHOW) @ LACMA (Mid-City)....1/29-1/31 The Aristrocrats @ Alva's Showroom....1/30 & 1/31 Orenda Records First Anniversary Festival @ the blue whale....1/31-2/1 L.A. Free Music Society @ Paramount Ranch (Agoura Hills)