“We knew who all the musicians were,” Bradford said of his beloved Altadena before the Eaton Fire. “It did feel like one big community.” Bradford performs a suite of music inspired by Dodgers legend ...

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1999, but mixed and released ten years later by tubaist Tom Heasley and Kronos Quartet engineer Scott Fraser, Varistar is a moody and atmospheric work from three experienced ...

In 1991 the prolific saxophonist David Murray recorded Death Of A Sideman (DIW), an album that put a spotlight on the compositions of Mississippi born cornetist Bobby Bradford. A long time coming, ...

Jonathan Horwich, the fellow behind the superb Chicago jazz reissue label International Phonograph, cut his teeth in the jazz record biz while he lived in Los Angeles beginning in the late 60s, where ...

A train station, with its undercurrent of anticipation, its fabulous flow, its stops, starts, and go-around-agains, and all of its forward-moving momentum, can feel like music. And if a stunning ...

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, Metro Art Presents and KJAZZ reunite for "Jazz Tracks at Union Station," a one-day series of performances at the historic downtown destination, Sunday, April ...

LOS ANGELES -- Fifty years ago, L.A. free-jazz titan Bobby Bradford moved into a rambling, verdant house in Altadena. The cornet and trumpet virtuoso, who performed in Ornette Coleman's band and ...