Return to Forever, the jazz-fusion group founded in the early 1970s by master pianist Chick Corea, is in the midst of a reunion tour that few thought would ever happen.
Hollywood, CA - The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre and Instrumental Women, La Quetta M. Shamblee, Founder and Executive Director; Phyllis Battle, Artistic Director and Co-Music Director; and Carol Chaikin, Co-Musical Director, present The Ninth Annual Lady Jazz Concert, “LADY JAZZ IN THE KEY OF GRAND," on Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at the Ford Amphitheatre; 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East;
A little less than three years after a surprising resurgence made it hip again, bossa nova albums are now slowly gathering dust if not being actually pulled out from shelves of music stores nationwide.
MIAMI †Sitting in the back of a darkened arena, a Celtics hat pulled low on his head, a black warm-up suit covering his lanky frame, Dominican bachata and merengue star Juan Luis Guerra cuts an unassuming figure. Get the man on stage, and it's another story. His ability to fuse infectious beats, romantic ballads and lyrical social commentary with strains of rock, jazz and even hip-hop has made
Sitting in the back of a darkened arena, a Celtics hat pulled low on his head, a black warm-up suit covering his lanky frame, Dominican bachata and merengue star Juan Luis Guerra cuts an unassuming figure.
Dominican star Juan Luis Guerra's ability to fuse infectious beats, romantic ballads and lyrical social commentary with strains of rock, jazz and even hip-hop has made him an icon of Caribbean and Latin American music. Yet even he's surprised by the success of his latest album "Llave de Mi Corazon."
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