BackRhoades Productions Presents: The Altadena Aftermath Benefit Concert��A Night of Music for a Cause on Thursday, February 27, 2025

February 20, 2025

This live and in-person event will be hosted at the Gardena Cinema Theater, 14948 Crenshaw Blvd., Gardena, CA 90249. Showtime is from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM Admission $30. The livestream is $10. BackRhoades Productions | EventBrite The Eaton Canyon fire disaster has left many Altadena families in dire need of assistance. In response, BackRhoades ...

Isn't It Romantic

By Judy Whitmore

Label: Arden House Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: It Could Happen To You; I Remember You; Sunday In New York; You Go To My Head; The Nearness Of You; The Birth Of The Blues; Speak Low; Isn't It Romantic; In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning; But Beautiful; Just Little Loving'; Hallelujah I Love Him So.

Judy Whitmore: Isn't It Romantic

by Pierre Giroux
September 30, 2022

It seems that for most singers at some point in their career, delving into the Great American Songbook is “de rigueur." And why is that? Perhaps it's because the melodies are captivating, the lyrics are meaningful, and the quality of the compositions has proven to be timeless. In any event singer Judy Whitmore has added her ...

Rickey Woodard

Born: August 5, 1950

Rickey Woodard was born in Nashville where he played in a family band with his brothers and sisters, playing Blues and R’n'B around the Nashville area. At an early age, Rickey came up listening to such greats as Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt. Rickey’s favorite saxophone players are Hank Mobley and George Coleman, two of the all-time great players.

After leaving Nashville, Rickey went to California and joined the Ray Charles Band where he was a member for eight years. After that, Rickey decided to pursue a solo career and recorded both as a leader and as a sideman for Concord Records.

Saturday at the Monterey Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
October 19, 2017

Friday | Saturday | SundaySaturday at the Monterey Jazz Festival featured excellent performances by some of the lesser known artists, fine concerts by headliners and a great after-hour jam sessions. It was another splendid day with much great music. My day at the fest started out mid-afternoon with a fine performance by accomplished trumpeter ...

Steven Davis: The Way You Look Tonight

by Edward Blanco
June 10, 2016

Los Angeles songwriter and vocalist Steven Davis, finally reveals a non-holiday big band vocals album of his own with the swinging The Way You Look Tonight following in the tradition of great singers like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr. and others. This is traditional big band swing with a new voice interpreting the standards ...

The 11th Annual Jazz Cruise: January 29-February 5, 2012

by Larry Taylor
February 25, 2012

Tributes to saxophonist Benny Golson and pianist Oscar Peterson highlighted the 11th annual Jazz Cruise, January 29 to February 5, 2012. As well, stellar performances were turned in by an assemblage of over 80 musicians, onboard for the Holland America cruise of the Caribbean. The spacious Westerdam ship was christened in 2004 and is one of ...