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LA Jazz Connection at The York

jmellicker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:12:15 +0000

Come catch a rare performance by the LA Jazz Connection!

Join us for some cool west coast jazz and latin jams with some amazing players.

WHEN:
Sunday, July 26, 2009
7:00pm – 10:30pm

WHERE:
The York
5018 York Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

Nate Laguzza – drums

Ryan McGillicuddy – bass
Michelle – vocals
Josh – guitar

Read the reviews on The York

“Probably one of my top five bars in Los Angeles. Why? They just get it right: tons of beer on tap, great food, unobtrusive setting, no pulse-pounding technocrap, and lots of eye-candy.”

Come see LA Jazz Connection at Satsuma gallery!

jmellicker — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:22:44 +0000

Attendees of Satsuma Gallery’s opening reception this Saturday evening featuring ceramic art by Richard Doran and others will be serenaded by the cool west coast grooves of the LA Jazz Connection.

Michelle – vocals
Nate Laguzza – drums
Nate Light – bass
Josh – guitar

Date:	Saturday, June 20, 2009
Time:	7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:	Satsuma Gallery
Street:	5447 Satsuma Avenue
City/Town:	North Hollywood, CA

map: http://bit.ly/7d0pe

McCormick & Schmick’s, Beverly Hills, Oct 4, 2006

jmellicker — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:51:09 +0000

Another great night at McCormick & Schmick’s in Beverly Hills, this time on a Wednesday (a night on which we were told often the patio is empty).

We worked hard to promote the show and it was packed! There was not an open table until the last set. Standing room only!

We featured the virtuoso Adam Cohen on upright bass, and the extra-tasty Joey Cataldo on drums.

Adam is one of the world’s finest bassists, and has played with artists from Ernie Watts, John Klemmer, Connie Stevens, and Engelbert Humperdinck to the great Ray Charles. And Joey was the perfect compliment, adding west coast cool brushes and outstanding drumwork to our new arrangements.

Video coming soon!

McCormick & Schmick’s, Beverly Hills, Sept 22, 2006

jmellicker — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 06:39:15 +0000

We played McCormick & Schmick’s courtyard in Beverly Hills last night. A cool place to play!

Folks stuck around for the whole night (they said the patio usually empties out after happy hour ends at 6 pm).

We pulled several tables from the “208″ club across the street, who came over to hear the music, (much to the dismay of the 208 manager ).

We had Ray “Flawless” van Broekhuizen on fretless acoustic bass, and groovin’ Gooch on drums.

It went great, they want us back ASAP, and the show was videotaped, here are a few tunes:

Just Friends

Night and Day

I’ll String Along with You

Avishai Cohen

jmellicker — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:19:38 +0000

We saw Avishai Cohen at the Jazz Bakery recently. The world’s most amazing bassist. From Israel!

He had a trio, bass, piano and drums, and the other musicians were beyond superlative as well. The music mixed modern jazz, ethnic styles like Middle Eastern, Brazilian, and African influences, with folk, creating hypnotic cycles of chords in odd time signatures that were phenomenal. Blew my mind.

He is very entertaining to watch, very expressive, as are the drummer and pianist. At one point the drummer was playing a solo, and starting playing his legs. After that his sticks were just hitting air and making no sound.

Avishai is truly blazing trails in jazz, trails that haven’t been blazed since Miles.

I am in guitar heaven!

jmellicker — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:28:52 +0000

Saturday I got a call from West LA Music who had finally transferred a guitar over from the warehouse I wanted to look at… we went and I played it for hours while Michelle stood next to me and chanted “Buy it! Buy it! Buy it!”

It is so schweeeet! Handmade by Godin, it has flawless action and intonation. Every chord rings in perfect tune all the way up and down the neck. It can get that fat hollow-body jazz sound, but also has a piezo pickup that sounds like a crisp, clean acoustic.

It also has a Roland 13-pin output so it tracks MIDI stuff very well, so I can add lush string sounds for ballads and other fun textures. I am in guitar heaven!