Events for March, 2012

Calendar of Events

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			1 Grammy Winner: GORDON GOODWIN’S BIG PHAT BAND Grammy Winner: GORDON GOODWIN’S BIG PHAT BAND Grammy Winner: GORDON GOODWIN’S BIG PHAT BAND Bob Sheppard Late Night – NO COVER! Bob Sheppard Late Night – NO COVER! Bob Sheppard Late Night with: Larry Koonse-guitar Jason Harnell-drums NO COVER! 9:30p – 11:30p Thursday March 1st Ravel Study Group Breakfast with Igor Ravel Study Group Breakfast with Igor Ravel Study Group Breakfast with Igor Leaving Home: Orchestral music in the 20th Century “Colour” a conducted tour by Sir Simon Rattle. 10:00-11:00 AM We continue the score study of Rite of… Aaron Serfaty/Otmaro Ruiz Quartet featuring Catina De Luna Aaron Serfaty/Otmaro Ruiz Quartet featuring Catina De Luna Aaron Serfaty/Otmaro Ruiz Quartet featuring Catina De Luna Thursday March 1 8pm / $10 Otmaro Ruiz, Piano Johnathan Richards, bass Catina De Luna, voice/percussion Aaron Serfaty, drums Aaron Serfaty and Otmaro Ruiz have been making music together for…	2 Aaron Serfaty/Otmaro Ruiz Quartet featuring Catina De Luna Mike Miller Band Mike Miller Band Mike Miller Band: Mike Miller – guitar, loops Walt Fowler – trumpet, fluegelhorn Albert Wing – sax, flute Jerry Watts – bass Chad Wackerman – drums $20 – 8p & 10p	3 Mike Miller Band USC HONORS COMBO USC HONORS COMBO USC HONORS COMBO Andris Mattson – Trumpet Greg Johnson – Tenor Sax Erik Hughes – Trombone Sam Hirsh – Piano Nate Light – Bass Andrew Boyle – Drums The USC Thornton Honors combo is proud to feature…	4
5	6 USC HONORS COMBO The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet Tuesday March 6 The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet Gonzalo Bergara – Lead Guitar Brian Netzley – Upright Bass Leah Zeger – Violin Jeffrey Radaich – Rhythm Guitar The all acoustic Gonzalo Bergara Quartet plays a…	7 The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet Dave Tull/Kristin Korb/John Proulx Dave Tull/Kristin Korb/John Proulx 3/7 Dave Tull – drums/vocals Kristin Korb – bass/vocals John Proulx – piano/vocals $20 8p	8 Dave Tull/Kristin Korb/John Proulx dB – Dennis Dreith’s 13 piece Ensemble dB – Dennis Dreith’s 13 piece Ensemble $25 – 8pm dB – Dennis Dreith’s 13 piece Ensemble featuring Keyboards – Jim Cox Bass – Dominick Genova Drums – Ralph Humphrey Guitar – John Goux Percussion – Luis Conte Woodwinds – Andy McIntosh, Gary Herbig, Bob Crosby, Greg Huckins Trumpets…	9 dB – Dennis Dreith’s 13 piece Ensemble BERN BERN 3/9 BERN 8p & 10p $25 – $40 for both shows! ALL AGES WELCOME!! Please “like” the BERN page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/BERN/10150089013655487 The 12-piece supercharged horn funk of BERN is: Bernie Dresel-drums Mark LeVang-keyboards,vocals Jenny Cardenas-vocals Rudy Cardenas-vocals Brandon…	10 BERN Rique Pantoja & Friends Rique Pantoja & Friends Rique Pantoja & Friends Coming up on Sat March 10th, RIQUE PANTOJA at Vitello’s with my friends for another evening of exciting music. They’ll be playing some of Rique’s latest songs…	11
12 Rique Pantoja & Friends BUCKLEY SCHOOL BUCKLEY SCHOOL 8:00 pm / $10	13 BUCKLEY SCHOOL dB – Dennis Dreith’s 13 piece Ensemble dB – Dennis Dreith’s 13 piece Ensemble $25 / 8pm - Special 2 for one tix for this night! dB – Dennis Dreith’s 13 piece Ensemble featuring Keyboards – Jim Cox Bass – Dominick Genova Drums – Ralph Humphrey Guitar – John Goux Percussion – Luis…	14 dB – Dennis Dreith’s 13 piece Ensemble Emil Richards VIBES Quartet Emil Richards VIBES Quartet Emil Richards VIBES Quartet	15 Emil Richards VIBES Quartet Cindy Alexander Cindy Alexander Cindy Alexander 8pm/$15 Cindy Alexander’s CD Release show will feature longtime musical cohorts Christian Nesmith on guitar (Vox Lumiere, Air Supply, Circe Link), Paul Trudeau on guitar and keyboards (Melissa Etheridge, Meredith…	16 Cindy Alexander GRAMMY NOMINATED “MONGORAMA” WITH JOSE RIZO from KKJZ 88.1 JAZZ ON THE LATIN SIDE GRAMMY NOMINATED “MONGORAMA” WITH JOSE RIZO from KKJZ 88.1 JAZZ ON THE LATIN SIDE Vitellos and KJAZZ 88.1 LATIN JAZZ NIGHT Friday March 16, 2012 featuring Jose Rizo’s (KKJZ 88.1 FM) Jazz on the Latin Side, Radio Host www.jazzandblues.org (listen on-line) Grammy-Nominated Mongorama Two Shows 7:30p & 10p $25 tickets	17 GRAMMY NOMINATED “MONGORAMA” WITH JOSE RIZO from KKJZ 88.1 JAZZ ON THE LATIN SIDE JOHNNY MANDEL BIG BAND JOHNNY MANDEL BIG BAND Vitello’s presents: Johnny Mandel Big Band & St. Patty’s Day Saturday March 17th / 8PM / $35 He performed an interpretation of Erik Satie’s “Gnossiennes #4 and #5″ on the piano for…	18
19	20	21 JOHNNY MANDEL BIG BAND ZANA MESSIA AND THE BALKAN SOUL ORCHESTRA CD RELEASE PARTY ZANA MESSIA AND THE BALKAN SOUL ORCHESTRA CD RELEASE PARTY ZANA MESSIA AND THE BALKAN SOUL ORCHESTRA CD RELEASE PARTY “Think really great female lounge/jazz vocalist with a touch of Tom Waits…on a world tour adapting the music to each culture…	22 ZANA MESSIA AND THE BALKAN SOUL ORCHESTRA CD RELEASE PARTY ZANA MESSIA AND THE BALKAN SOUL ORCHESTRA CD RELEASE PARTY Joe LaBarbera Quintet Joe LaBarbera Quintet Joe LaBarbera Quintet 8p $15 Late Night: Josh Nelson Late Night: Josh Nelson Late Night: Josh Nelson 10pm No Cover Josh Nelson Keyboards Dave Robaire- bass Dan Schnelle- drums	23 Late Night: Josh Nelson Late Night: Josh Nelson m-pact m-pact m-pact 8p $20 Join m-pact and their special guests, Audio Radiance, for an evening of Jazz, R&B, and Pop music… all performed a cappella! LATE NIGHT WITH… DAVE SIEBLES ORGAN TRIO LATE NIGHT WITH… DAVE SIEBLES ORGAN TRIO LATE NIGHT WITH… DAVE SIEBLES ORGAN TRIO 10P NO COVER DOWNSTAIRS	24 LATE NIGHT WITH… DAVE SIEBLES ORGAN TRIO ALAN PASQUA –DAREK OLES-PETER ERSKINE-BOB MINTZER ALAN PASQUA –DAREK OLES-PETER ERSKINE-BOB MINTZER ALAN PASQUA –DAREK OLES-PETER ERSKINE-BOB MINTZER 8P & 9:30P / $25 Alan Pasqua, Chair of Jazz Studies at USC, was born in New Jersey and began studying piano at the age of…	25
26	27 ALAN PASQUA –DAREK OLES-PETER ERSKINE-BOB MINTZER Greg Johnson’s School Daze Greg Johnson’s School Daze Greg Johnson’s School Daze 8pm $15 / Students $7.50 Greg Johnson- Saxophone/EWI Sam Hirsh- Keyboards Harry McKenzie- Drums www.gregjohnsonjazz.com Saxophonist and composer Greg Johnson is becoming widely known as a creative force in young international jazz community. …	28 Greg Johnson’s School Daze Kevin O’Neal Group featuring Patrice Quinn Kevin O’Neal Group featuring Patrice Quinn Kevin O’Neal Group featuring Patrice Quinn Special Guest: Candi Sousa Kevin O’Neal – voice, bass Patrice Quinn – voice Otmaro Ruiz – piano Henry Mejias – percussion Aaron Serfaty – drums $12 8p & 9:45p Two Shows KEVIN O’NEAL…	29 Kevin O’Neal Group featuring Patrice Quinn Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of “Changes” Two Shows! Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of “Changes” Two Shows! Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of “Changes” with…. Anthony Wonsey – Piano Darryl Hall – Bass Jamison Ross – Drums and special guest Nolan Shaheed on trumpet 7:30p & 9:30p $35 “In a world of pretenders,…	30 Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of “Changes” Two Shows! Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of “Changes” Two Shows! Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of “Changes” Two Shows! 2 SHOWS – 8P & 10P $35 Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of “Changes” with…. Anthony Wonsey – Piano Darryl Hall – Bass Jamison Ross – Drums and special guest Nolan Shaheed on trumpet “In a…	31 Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of “Changes” Two Shows! BILLY CHILDS JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WITH THE CALDER QUARTET BILLY CHILDS JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WITH THE CALDER QUARTET BILLY CHILDS JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WITH THE CALDER QUARTET TWO SHOWS: 8P & 10P / $25 Billy Childs was born in Los Angeles on March 8th, 1957. Having demonstrated an aptitude for piano…