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Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps @ Lexus of Valencia’s Jazz & Blues

by Rachel Cantrell on August 22, 2009

It’s the best feeling ever when I stumble upon jazz completely by accident. Josef and I were driving to CPK to catch some yummy spinach-artichoke dip when we saw a giant neon-yellow sign (you really couldn’t miss it) that said LEXUS OF VALENCIA’S JAZZ & BLUES with some guy tuning up his saxophone right next [...]

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Goose, geese. Moose…meese?

by Rachel Cantrell on July 8, 2009

Who is Charlie Parker? Charlie Parker is bebop. Charlie Parker is saxophone. Charlie Parker is notes everywhere; scales up and down, arpeggios right and left. And Charlie Parker is never, ever ending. Ever. The notes just don’t stop. But you don’t want them to, either. Charlie’s standards: 1…Billie’s Bounce. 2…Anthropology. 3…Ornithology. 4…Confirmation. Ever heard the [...]

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