Dragon Smoke (New Orleans, LA) December 12, 2012 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: Dragon Smoke, The Mint, Los Angeles, 12.12.12 Certain celestial alignments skip decades, if not lifetimes, or at a minimum, involve covering great distances at greater expense. Think solar eclipses, Comet Hale-Bopp or if you get(…)
Voodoo Experience October 26-28th, 2012 City Park in New Orleans, LA ©2012 Jim Brock Photography/www.eyeonthemusic.com Full Gallery: Voodoo Experience 2012 As an unabashed Jazzfest vet, I approached my first Voodoo with excitement and a hint of fear. The mix of rap, EDM, and the often indefinable, sprinkled with the best of New Orleans contemporary and traditional,(…)
The Revivalists (New Orleans, LA) September 11th, 2012 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Jazzfest’s surprise moments can happen any time. One of mine came this year when The Revivalists kicked off the Fest from the Gentilly stage before noon on the opening Friday. While the band has played the Fest(…)
Terence Blanchard (New Orleans, LA) August 17th, 2012 Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music There are few musicians I can point to more visually evocative than Terence Blanchard (and I’m not just talking about his 20+ year filmography). Blanchard paints fully expressed textures with sound, creating jazz that is(…)
Honey Island Swamp Band (New Orleans, LA) August 14th, 2012 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music It’s apropos that the Honey Island Swamp Band would return for a summer gig at The Mint following an appearance at Outside Lands the prior weekend. After all, the Bay Area figures so prominently(…)
Robert Walter (New Orleans, LA), Simon Lott (Baton Rouge, LA), Chuck Parada (San Diego, CA), and Chris Stillwell (San Diego, CA) June 13th, 2012 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music There is no sound quite as satisfying as a Hammond B-3 organ through a Leslie speaker. In the(…)