Tina Turner, the magnetic, extraordinary, powerful soul singer known affectionately and appropriately as the Queen of Rock’ n’ Roll, died Wednesday, May 24, at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, near Zurich. She was 83.
Anthony Davis led the efforts of the Los Angeles Lakers in game one of the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday at Ball Arena.
Arsenio Hall, the delightful, funny man, is back as host of the 2023 Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival in June.
Laker great Magic Johnson said it best via Twitter, “If the Lakers continue to play like this, they can beat Memphis, and anybody else in the West!”
Pat Prescott, the esteemed broadcaster, will serve as mistress of ceremonies for Bakewell Media’s salute to Black women leaders and the 90th anniversary of the Sentinel on Saturday, April 15, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
It doesn’t get any better than this – a matchup of two basketball giants in the first round of the playoff’s in the Western Conference: The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard and the Sun’s Kevin Durant.
The LA Lakers beat the Utah Jazz on Sunday and finished the regular season with a 43-39 record.
The Lakers (41-39) lost a crucial game to the Clippers on Wednesday at the Crypto.com Arena.
The LA Clippers (41-37) lost to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday at the FedEx Forum in Memphis (49-28), 108-94. The teams were playing for the second time over three days in Memphis.
It was a beauty of a game. The San Diego State Aztecs (32-6) shocked the Florida Atlantic Owls (35-4) with a buzzer-beater to advance to the NCAA Championship game on Monday.
Andrew Gouché is widely recognized and known as the “Godfather of Gospel Bass.” It’s a label he doesn’t shy away from and wears exceptionally well. Gouché and his gospel group, the Prayze Connection, are set to bring the church to the Hollywood Bowl stage during the 2023 Jazz Festival, a homecoming weekend like no other.
Randall Mitsuo Goosby is an extraordinary talent. He’s a virtuoso violinist that defies all the adjectives, but I’ll try and describe his artistry. Goosby’s playing of the violin is masterful and beautifully played. He is truly gifted, and as many others have said, “he plays like an angel with nothing to prove.”
The UCLA Bruins (31-6,18-2 Pac-12), the West Region’s No. 2 seed, played heroic basketball against the No.3 Gonzaga Bulldogs (31-5, 14-2 WCC) until the very end.
On Wednesday, the Lakers notched a much-needed win against the Phoenix Suns, 122-111, at the Crypto.com Arena.
Terence Blanchard, a six-time Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter, composer, and music educator, took the stage at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (WDCH) on Saturday, March 18.