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Russ Mullen and the Jazz Associates

Russ Mullen and the Jazz Associates perform during City of Santa Monica's 3rd Annual Jazz on the Lawn on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, at City Hall. Mullen has not only excelled as a musician, but also as a teacher and inspiration to youth in Santa Monica. He teaches full-time at John Adams Middle School and directs the John Adams Middle School Jazz Band and Jazz Workshop in Santa Monica – work for which he has been honored by the California State Legislature and the City of Santa Monica. A natural talent, Mullen started playing the piano when he was four years old, the trumpet in junior high and he taught himself the other brass instruments shortly thereafter. By the time he was in high school he was playing professionally.


Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 12:42AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | Comments Off | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Peter & Gordon





TOP) Peter & Gordon perform at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. First came The Beatles, then came...Peter & Gordon! In June 1964, Peter & Gordon became the very first British Invasion act after The Beatles to take the number one spot on the American charts with "A World Without Love." Dubbed the "Everly Brothers of the British Invasion," Peter & Gordon scored Top 40 hits with "I Don't Want to see you Again," "Nobody I Know" and "Woman" - all written by Paul McCartney - plus "Knight in Rusty Armor," "Sunday For Tea" "I Go to Pieces" "Lady Godiva" "To Know You is to Love You" and "True Love Ways." (ABOVE) Legendary 60's folk singer and songwriter, Joan Baez gives an impromptu performance with Peter and Gordon on The Santa Monica Pier Thursday. Baez has performed publicly for nearly 50 years, releasing over 30 albums and recorded songs in at least eight languages.

Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 12:15AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | Comments1 Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Chip Hawkes


Chip Hawkes performs at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Chip Hawkes was the second lead singer of The Tremeloes.
Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 12:05AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Gerry & the Pacemakers


Gerry & the Pacemakers perform at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Gerry & the Pacemakers came from the same Liverpool scene at the Cavern that spawned the "Mersey Beat." One of the top Liverpool beat groups of the early 1960s, Gerry and the Pacemakers followed the Beatles and many other British music groups on the "British Invasion" of 1964. Remembered for such hits as "I'm The One," their biggest U.S. hit "Don't Let the Sun Catch you Crying" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey," which became the title of a touching and beautiful film homage to their home town. Gerry & the Pacemakers were TV regulars on The Ed Sullivan Show, Hullabaloo, Shindig, Ready Steady Go! and featured in the legendary TNT/T.A.M.I. Show concert.
Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 12:01AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | Comments1 Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Carmen Consoli


Italy’s top female singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli performs at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Her CD, Eva Contro Eva, which debuted at No. 1 on Italian charts, has now been released in the U.S.
Posted on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 02:06AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | Comments1 Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Juana Molina

Argentian folk-electronic musician Juana Molina performs at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Molina started her career in 1988 as a comedic television actress in Argentina on the show La Noticia Rebelde. She later starred in Juana y sus hermanas, a hit sketch show across the Spanish-speaking world, for which she remains better known in Latin America.

Posted on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 12:12AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Samantha Crain


Samantha Crain performs at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Crain is a rural folk musician from Shawnee, Okla.
Posted on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 12:06AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Smooth Jazz

Louis Van Taylor plays the saxophone in front of City Hall during City of Santa Monica's 3rd Annual Jazz on the Lawn on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008.

Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 12:01AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint
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