Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Well, That's One Way to Break Your Band

Today brought us another Only-in-L.A. occurrence, as a hip-hop group parked a truck across three lanes of a freeway this morning, the members climbed on top of the truck and performed an impromptu concert for delighted motorists:












Click here for further details and video of the spectacle:

www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-101-freeway-music-group-blockade,0,3442772.story

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In better-conceived events, Jim Jimirro will kick off his 2010-11 lecture series on the Great American Songbook tomorrow night at the Beverly Hills Public Library:


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And producer/director Judy Chaikin, wife of studio trumpeter Jules Chaikin, is putting the finishing touches on "The Girls in the Band," her feature-length documentary about female jazz and big band instrumentalists. She invites friends of the BBAA to see the trailer on YouTube ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfP2ylrq3A 

... and visit the film's Facebook page ...
 
www.facebook.com/thegirlsintheband

Keep us updated, Judy!