January 16, 2018

Two Holiday Concerts: Norman Brown’s Joyous Christmas & Keiko Matsui’s Tiding of Jazz and Joy

‘Tis the season for Holiday Concerts and I had the pleasure of covering two excellent ones this past Holiday Season:  Keiko Matsui’s Tiding of Jazz and Joy at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center and Norman Brown’s Joyous Christmas at Yoshi’s in Oakland. Here are my reviews of these lovely gifts of music performed by some of the top artists in the Contemporary Jazz Scene. On […]

December 22, 2017

Pre-Oscar ICON MANN Red Carpet

The Icon Mann Red Carpet: A Night of Community and Power By Sheryl Aronson| February 2015 Walking down the red carpet at Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday night were the representatives of the third annual Icon Mann, Power 50 Experience. These are successful black men who exemplify the Influential Brokers in front of and behind the scenes of the entertainment industry. All the […]