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Susan Gordon
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Concert Review: BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL (Hollywood Bowl)
BLUE NOTE’S INAUGURAL JAZZ FESTIVAL SLAMS INTO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL Dubbed “summer’s biggest party,” the Hollywood Bowl has witnessed countless musical transformations since 1922, but Saturday’s inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival felt particularly significant—a symbolic passing of the torch that honored the venue’s jazz heritage while boldly stepping into the future. This rebranding of the…
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Review: HOLLYWOOD BOWL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2024
JAZZ ‘N’ STUFF Summer and the heat has arrived at the Hollywood Bowl along with the annual Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival which took place on Saturday June 15, the date for this review, and Sunday June 16, 2024. Co-curated by Kamasi Washington and Herbie Hancock, this is the third year under the new moniker after…
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Concert Review: HERBIE HANCOCK & ESPERANZA SPALDING (The Hollywood Bowl)
The Hollywood Bowl’s Shortened Jazz Season Ends on a High Note! What a wonderful jazz fusion double-bill at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, September 26 featuring four-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist Esperanza Spalding accompanied by her long-time cohort, Argentinian Leo Genovese on keyboard, sax and accordion, opening up for the great pianist/composer, and one of the…
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Concert Review: KOOL & THE GANG (Hollywood Bowl)
IT’S A CELEBRATION, INDEED All is right with the world again – the Hollywood Bowl is back! There was no way that one of the largest July 4th Weekend Celebrations could disappoint, especially when one of the headliner’s biggest hits happens to be “Celebration” – the classic 1980 hit from the well-established soul-jazz to disco…
Theater Review: KING HEDLEY II (City Lit Theater / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | November 2, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: THE MINUTES (CV Rep / Cathedral City)
by Jason Mannino | November 2, 2026
in Palm Springs
(Coachella Valley), TheaterTheater Review: BETRAYAL (Marin Theatre / Mill Valley)
by Chuck Louden | November 2, 2026
in Theater, Theater-San Francisco / Bay AreaOff-Broadway Review: WAITING FOR LEFTY (Classic Stage Company)
by Alex Simmons | November 2, 2026
in New York, TheaterTheater Review: CARMELA FULL OF WISHES (Chicago Children’s Theatre)
by Croydon Fernandes | November 2, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterDance Preview: DANCE ME — THE MUSIC OF LEONARD COHEN (Ballets Jazz Montréal / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | November 1, 2026
in Chicago, Dance, ToursDance Review: PAS DE DEUX (American Contemporary Ballet / Los Angeles)
by Nick McCall | October 31, 2026
in Dance, Los Angeles



