BOWL PICKS UP THE BEAT.Byline: Reed Johnson Reed Cameron Johnson (born December 8, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League East division of Major League Baseball. He weighs 180 lb (82 kg) and is 5'10" tall. Daily News Staff Writer Making good on its new manager's pledge to bring more jazz and world-beat music to L.A.'s best-known performance venue, the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the on Tuesday unveiled an upcoming season that includes an expanded jazz series and a new Sunday series featuring everything from Argentine tango
or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. dance theater The German Tanztheater ("dance theatre") grew out of German expressionist dance. Its most influential performers are Pina Bausch and Susanne Linke. . Details of the Bowl's 1999 season, its 78th, were announced Tuesday at a press conference presided over by Hollywood Bowl principal conductor John Mauceri; John Clayton, artistic director of jazz at the Bowl; Esa-Pekka Salonen, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. , which spends the bulk of its summer season at the Bowl; and Willem Wijnbergen, executive vice president and managing director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. Next summer's lineup reflects the thinking of the Dutch-born Wijnbergen, former managing director of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) is the best-known and most respected symphony orchestra of the Netherlands, and is generally considered to be among the world's finest orchestras. , that the Bowl should diversify its programming while continuing to offer its traditional fare of popular classical works and solo artists, fireworks-studded pop concerts, and programs that include big-screen movie showings. Among this season's changes is the expansion of the 20-year-old Lexus Jazz at the Bowl series to eight concerts. Under Clayton's direction, each concert will feature a collaboration between a guest solo artist and a newly appointed jazz ensemble-in-residence, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Among the Wednesday ``Jazznights'' series' solo performers will be Canadian singer-pianist Diana Krall (July 7), a previous Bowl peformer; vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). with bass and piano player Ray Brown (Aug. 4); and swing guitarist John Pizzarelli (Aug. 25). The new Sunday nights ``Sunsets'' world-beat concert series will include a July 11 ``Tango Night'' with Juan Jose Mosalini; a July 25 ``Out of Africa'' concert featuring Oumou Sangare, Hassan Hakmoun and Aster Aweke; a program titled ``Delight, Ritual, Ecstasy: Our American Roots,'' with Flaco Jimenez, Natalie MacMaster, Lonnie Brooks and the Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre; an Aug. 15 ``Say Amen, Somebody!'' concert uniting the Armenian Festival Chorus and the gospel group the Mighty Clouds of Joy The Mighty Clouds of Joy are the world's best selling gospel quartet. They are based in Los Angeles, California. Group members include Joe Ligon, Johnny Martin (d. 1987), Elmo Franklin, Richard Wallace, Leon Polk and David Walker (who also recorded several tracks with Link Wray ; and a Sept. 12 ``Portuguese Night'' with Brazilian singer-songwriting legend Gilberto Gil, Angolan singer Waldemar Bastos and traditional Portuguese folk singer Dulce Pontes pon·tes n. Plural of pons. . The ``Starlights'' Classical Series will continue Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Solo artists appearing this summer will include pianists Garrick Ohlsson and Yefim Bronfman; violinists Sarah Chang and Martin Chalifour; and vocalists soprano Alessandra Marc and soprano Dawn Upshaw. Under the batons of Mauceri and John Williams, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra-backed ``Spotlights'' series will offer a lineup of Broadway-themed music (July 9, 10), ``A Night in Old Havana'' (July 30, 31), and a program titled ``Beam Me to the Bowl, Scotty!'' (Aug. 6, 7) conducted by Hollywood composer Jerry Goldsmith. Peruvian-born Philharmonic assistant conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya will make his Bowl debut Aug. 20 and 21 with a program that showcases the work of Latin and South American conductors. For more information or to obtain a complete listing of programs and artists, call the Hollywood Bowl Information Line at (323) 850-2000. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Hollywood Bowl will add Sunday-night world-beat concerts and expand its Lexus Jazz at the Bowl series for the 1999 season. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion