3 articles from 2009
Spotlight: Gordon Goodwin
20 April 2009 12:45 AM, PDT
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Gordon Goodwin is one of those people whose music you've heard already, but perhaps couldn't match it to a name. His versatile film career started with work on the 1978 cult classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!, then for more than a decade, he focused on his jazz career. From the early 90's onwards, Gordon became the regular orchestrator and conductor of Trevor Rabin with whom he worked on all the composer's best known scores (Con Air, both National Treasure pictures, etc.). Although his even better known as the leader of his Big Phat Band, our inteview will mainly focus on his contributions to film music.
What's your relation to film music?
Like many people, John Williams was probably the first guy that got my attention. Although I do remember being very impressed by the music for Disney’s Jungle Book when I was a kid. It had some cool jazzy elements to it,
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Stormy Weather At Pasadena Playhouse Gets Extended Thru 3/8
11 February 2009 6:17 PM, PST
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Stormy Weather has been extended at The Pasadena Playhouse through 3/8
Conceived and written by Sharleen Cooper Cohen
Suggested by the biography Lena Horne, Entertainer published by Chelsea House
By special arrangements with Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley and Armica Productions
Music by Cole Porter, Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer, Rodgers & Hart, Jerome Kern, Billy Strayhorn and more
Choreography by Randy Skinner
Directed by Michael Bush
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'Stormy Weather' Star Uggams Talks Horne, Career & Race with La Times
26 January 2009 6:29 PM, PST
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Stormy Weather, starring Tony and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Uggams, celebrates The Life of the legendary Lena Horne. The Pasadena Playhouse West Coast premiere is conceived and written by Sharleen Cooper Cohen, directed by Michael Bush and choreographed by Randy Skinner. The production features music by Cole Porter, Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer, Rodgers & Hart, Billy Strayhorn, and more. Stormy Weather, is suggested by the biography Lena Horne, Entertainer published by Chelsea House. Uggams sat down with the Los Angeles Times to discuss a variety of subjects in relation to the production.
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