SPECIAL REPORT:
HOLLYWOOD ARTS
Since its creation, Hollywood has been a magnet for artisans from around the world,
providing a stable income and a place to call home. After the clock gets punched at the end of the work day, the artists kept creating. These are the efforts we salute!


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SoCAL JAZZ SERIES

 

DRUMMER STAN LEVEY



Stan Levey 1956 "Tune Up" with Conte Candoli, Dexter Gordon

 


Documentary: Stan Levey: Drummers, Photography and Heavyweights

 


The Stan Levey Website

 


Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars • Music For Lighthousekeeping

 


Los Angeles Times: Stan Levey, 79; Drummer Influenced ‘Cool School’
of Modern Jazz



Lighthouse All-Stars, Stan Levey, Frank Rosolino,
Victor Feldman, June Christy

 

TRUMPETER JACK SHELDON


Jack Sheldon and Chet Baker in the Bruce Weber Documentary
"Let's Get Lost" (1988)



Must See! Full Documentary Here!
'Trying To Get Good, The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon' (2008)
With Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Clint Eastwood, Billy Crystal,
Merv Griffin, Chris Botti, Tierney Sutton, Johnny Mandel and many more


Sheldon was an uncredited trumpet player for the Robert Altman film, in which music has a prominent narrative role. Music Composed by John Williams. Vocals by Jack Sheldon. Recorded in 1973

The Long Goodbye (1973)


Laughs and a Full Orchestra with Jack Sheldon


Jack Sheldon ‘Listen Up’ (2006) 63 Minutes of Music!

 

Video: Jack Sheldon Interview by Monk Rowe, Fillius Jazz Archive, Hamilton College, February 15, 1999


Jazz Profiles: Jack Sheldon, The Early Years


NPR Interview: Jazz Trumpeter Jack Sheldon Dies At 88


Jack Sheldon: Wikipedia


BIBLIOGRAPHY

'West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960' by Ted Gioia (Author) and William Claxton (Photographer)

'Jazz West Coast: The Lost Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950s' by Robert Gordon

'Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles' A Series of Oral Histories

 


Photo Credit: Wikipedia, Photo by Brian McMillen

 


COMING NEXT
COMPOSER AND TRUMPTER JACK MARSHALL



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COMING SOON: HOLLYWOOD ARTS: THE VISUALISTS
Art Report Today salutes the personal work of the Hollywood scenic artists, designers and animators.
Did you know there is a cadre of art collectors who favor this work? Let's meet them and applaud their collections.


 

 

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