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Sean J. O'Connell

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Sean J. O'Connell has caught some of the greatest jazz artists in the strangest corners of Los Angeles. His work has appeared regularly in DownBeat, the LA Times and the LA Record. His book "Los Angeles's Central Avenue Jazz" is now available in local bookstores and giant internet superstores.

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Kenny Burrell is an older man holding a guitar smiling wholeheartedly
A jazz great Kenny Burrell belongs to a galaxy of great musicians including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, but it all began in Detroit, continued on to countless single-day recording sessions and eventually grew to a venerable university-level jazz program.
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Legendary, 82-year-old jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter chats with Artbound about L.A. living, Bill Clinton, and his involvement with the Thelonious Monk Institute.
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Artbound chats with renowned pianist Herbie Hancock about sharing the stage with Miles Davis, working with Flying Lotus, playing the keytar and more.
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More than three dozen of the most influential jazz, R&B and soul musicians took over the stage of the sold out Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The show was a pivotal moment in SoCal jazz.
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Professional drummer Peter Erskine, whose work has been featured on more than 600 recordings, discusses the new film "Whiplash."
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The work of Nathan East has been featured on songs by artists like Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, and Daft Punk. The bassists discusses some of his memorable live gigs.
Billy Berg's souvenir photo from 1946. (Courtesy of the Quincy Inara Collection)
In the heart of Hollywood, Billy Berg's was a prime jazz club through the 1940s and 1950s.
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Percussionist Emil Richards has been present on the L.A. music scene since the 1960s, contributing to recordings of famous TV theme songs and the soundtracks of Danny Elfman.
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Iconic bandleader/composer/arranger/educator Gerald Wilson, who passed away last month at the age of 96, was a fixture on the Central Avenue scene in Los Angeles.
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Jazz singer Ernie Andrews will receive LACMA's L.A. Jazz Treasure award, recognizing Andrews' role in L.A.'s early jazz scene.
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The death of jazz legend Charlie Haden at the age of 76 resounds strongly in L.A., where Haden built his career and called home for decades.
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