A Forefather of Modern Art in Southern California; Modern Love; Cool Curator; Cool Living; Are Black People Cooler than Whites?; Stone Cold; Where's the Future?; More Jazz at the Getty; Ahmad Jamal; Not Ruby Tuesday, Ruby Restaurant; A Trumpet in Every Pot
A Forefather of Modern Art in Southern California
Part of the "Hard Edge" school of painters, Benjamin is finally getting his due in the pantheon of Modern Art. "Hard edge" sounds harsher than it is. It just means there's a clean line between the different colored shapes on his canvases.
Modern Love
In the gallery featuring "Hard Edge" painters, you can also see the works of Helen Lundeberg and Lorser Feitelson. Their paintings are right next to each other, which is fitting because they were married. Queena Kim brings us this report.
Cool Curator
Orange County Museum of Art's curator Elizabeth Armstrong says that 1950s California cool is reaching into the 21st Century.
Cool Living
One of Claxton's coolest shots is of trumpeter Jack Sheldon. Part of what makes it cool is that Sheldon didn't die from drugs or hard living, but was the featured entertainer at the OCMA's opening.
Are Black People Cooler than Whites?
Author Donnell Alexander admits the question might be offensive. But you know what he's talking about - you see it in music and fashion. Alexander says it's what keeps blacks in the American cultural mix.
Stone Cold
Commentator and marine biologist Martin Love says William Burroughs and Miles Davis have nothing on the Rock Fish.
Where's the Future?
The birth of the cool is all about the flowering of modernism that happened in Southern California fifty years ago. The cool modern houses and art and attitudes. But commentator Dale Hoppert asks what happened?
More Jazz at the Getty
The Getty is hosting Cote a Cote, a three-day conference on the intersection of jazz music with post war art and culture.
Ahmad Jamal
Miles Davis said one of his influences was jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. He's playing at Catalina Bar & Grill through Saturday, November 10.
Not Ruby Tuesday, Ruby Restaurant
The owner of OC's Ruby's restaurants talks about Karl Benjamin.
A Trumpet in Every Pot
To kick-off the International Youth Orchestra Festival, the LA Phil unveiled an ambitious plan to start youth orchestras in several low-income neighborhoods in LA County. Queena Kim reports.