Tonight in Rock: Uri Caine

Jazz pianist and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra composer-in-residence Uri Caine will be making an in-store appearance at Amoeba Music tonight at 7:00 p.m. A legendary improviser, Caine’s source music and influences runs far and wide from Mozart to Monk to the Beatles and beyond. Definitely worth checking out, especially since it's free (video profile of Caine embedded below)

Tonight
The Heavy @ Bordello
The Oohlas @ Spaceland
Uri Caine @ Amoeba Records
Blank Blue (CD Release) @ The Airliner
The Quarter After, High Ho’s @ Three of Clubs
Atmosphere, Abstract Rude, DJ Rare Groove @ Henry Fonda/Music Box
Cex, Barr, Ecstatic Peace, Abe Vigoda @ The Echo
Vetiver, Kelley Stoltz, Jonathan Wilson @ Troubadour
The Mary Onettes, Pop Noir @ Vertigos

Composer Profile of Uri Caine | See Caine in action here

Thursday, May 8, 2008
Rush @ NOKIA Theatre
Tapes 'n Tapes, White Denim @ Troubadour
Quetzal & The Warriors @ Redwood Bar
The Morning Benders (CD Release) @ The Echo
She Wants Revenge @ House of Blues (Anaheim)
The Rescues, Sally Jaye, The Northstar Session, Dave Lichens and The Heavy Steadies, Reed KD @ Hotel Cafe

Friday, May 9, 2008
The Gray Kid @ The Redwood Bar
Death to Anders, Fol Chen, Solar Powered People, Layer @ The Scene (read an interview about this concert)
Elbow, Air Traffic @ The Avalon
The Parson Red Heads, The Movies, The Monahans, My Pet Saddle @ Spaceland
Tapes 'n Tapes, White Denim @ Troubadour
The Donnas @ Viper Room
Everest @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Rosey, HoneyHoney, Porcelain, The Fresh @ Hotel Cafe