To mark the Oct 11-13 nightstands of Karrin Allyson at Catalina Jazz Club - Hollywood I brush off and revivify my interview with this distinguished jazz vocalist … theatertimes.org/IntermissionKa…

JAZZ … Tonight at CAP UCLA @tlcarrington is joined by (left to right behind TLC) Lizz Wright, Ledisi and Jazzmeia Horn – and others – to celebrate the music of Joni Mitchell, Tina Turner and Nancy Wilson news.allaboutjazz.com/terri-lyne-car…

The great Phil Proctor is helping bring #MartinMcDonagh's Ireland to Glendale for Antaeus Theatre Company … With himself as Dr. McSharry, and a title like "The Cripple of Inishmaan," we'll refrain from refrains of "Break a Leg."

“A BRILLIANT REVIVAL OF AN EXQUISITE PLAY… The comedy is sharp and physical and keeps the audience giggling and guffawing … [a] superb cast… do not miss” — Paul Myrvold, Theatre Notes bit.ly/2FVGu5g #TheCrippleofInishmaan #AntaeusonBroadway

Thanks to Kent Nicholson David O Jamey Hood and the rest of the cast, orchestra and crew for an exceptional launch to Sweeney Todd's 40th Anniversary year. South Coast Repertory #SweeneySCR #Sweeney40 theatertimes.org/sweeneytoddscr

MASTERS OF JAZZ-FUNK – Coming to the Theatre at the Ace Hotel on March 20 and SFJAZZ on the four following nights are Lettuce and John Scofield. CAP UCLA presents the Ace show Theatre at Ace Hotel theatertimes.org/lettuce-john-s…

Celebrate Nat King Cole's centennial today with Gregory Porter's loving tribute album "Nat King Cole & Me" gregoryporterus.lnk.to/NKCAndMe “That Porter and Cole are kindred spirits is undeniable: both warm, enthralling baritones; both blessed with tremendous, infectious charm.”—JazzTimes

The move to a three-consecutive-day schedule means folks can spend two nights in the mountains in late August! Check out a sampling of accommodations at bluejayjazz.org/accommodations

A weekend wrap-up reveals a common theme in South Coast Repertory #americanmariachi (pictured), center theatre group #APlayIsaPoem and DIAVOLO #architectureinmotion

MILES, STONE MILESTONES … Warren Wolf is one great vibraphonist and one eighth of the SFJAZZ Collective coming to Segerstrom Center for the Arts on October 25 … I got to speak with him about the show – and him – and here's what came together … theatertimes.org/2019-sfjazz

On SFJAZZ Collective Radio this week on Real Jazz SiriusXM, we highlight the vibraphonists of the SFJAZZ Collective – as composers, arrangers, and soloists.⁣ Learn more about this episode: bit.ly/32XSj2R ⁣

Thankful for great artists and Mandy Patinkin's "Diaries" channels so many of them into a 90-minute concert. Last weekend Musco Center for the Arts was no ordinary Sunday and I have attempted to explain why in this post (Joan Marcus photo) theatertimes.org/patinkin_diari…

Here's to sharing the music in 2020. A new Blue Jay Jazz feature offers weekly previews of upcoming performances in Southern California, beginning this week with our friend Tierney Sutton and her band at Catalina's January 3 and 4. Here's a preview bluejayjazz.org/jazz-in-perfor…

JAZZ DIVE. Lucas Hausler of Lake Arrowhead Acupuncture & Holistic Health is taking the plunge for music education and jazz appreciation on Feb 1 in his PolaRotary Bear Plunge at the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa. Read how to help him float to victory: bluejayjazz.org/polar_plunge_2…

LISTEN UP. Jazz-soul vocalist and pianist . (with aneesa strings and FB/IG:@MsTaylorMoore) will perform songs from her March Blue Note Records release "The Women Who Raised Me" blue whale on 2/21 and Segerstrom Center for the Arts on 2/22. Read our interview theatertimes.org/kandace-springs

Announcing the 2020 Pacific Playwrights Festival with new plays by Christie Baugher, @afeliciaking, Erika Sheffer, Tony Meneses, Shayan Lotfi, Kate Hamill and @carolinevmcg. latimes.com/entertainment-…

#somegoodnews … John Krasinski has set a great example of what we can do with these days of isolation, and better yet, what we can pursue when the gates fling open again. Find your way to make things better! youtube.com/watch?v=F5pgG1…

This lancing from 2017 is – sadly – still must-see insight. Media desperately need to pull back and end the mutualism that is feeding this skidmark on this country's historical timeline. Thank you Vox and Carlos Maza (Carlos Maza) youtube.com/watch?v=-fUDIu…

The story is the same on the West Coast … support your online club concerts when you can!

Tonight, The Jazz Bakery hosts The Cookers, and then on October 8 it's Kurt Rosenwinkel (with Taylor Eigsti, Eric Revis, gregory hutchinson) both at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in L.A. Read a preview about the bands at theatertimes.org/october-2022#r… .