Gary Fukushima

By Gary Fukushima   I  Sep. 29, 2026 John Clayton (left), Darlene Chan and Tim Jackson at a September gala in support of the L.A. jazz club Sam First. (Photo: Craig Allyn) In 1968, Geordie Hormel purchased the 22,000-square-foot Masonic Temple in West Los Angeles for $125,000. He was the heir to the giant Hormel meatpacking company, yet he had no interest in pursuing the family business. One could hardly blame him; making sausage and Spam was hardly an inspiring endeavor.

News, From the Magazine, SML By Gary Fukushima   I  Sep. 8, 2026 SML, from left, Booker Stardrum, Josh Johnson, Jeremiah Chiu, Anna Butterss and Greg Uhlmann. (Photo: Ariel Fisher) In 2016, guitarist Jeff Parker began a weekly gig on Monday nights at ETA, a newly opened cocktail bar in Los Angeles’ Highland Park neighborhood.

News, From the Magazine, Keith Jarrett By Gary Fukushima   I  Jul. 16, 2026 The critics choice for Historical Album of the Year is At The Deer Head Inn: The Complete Recordings. (Photo: Courtesy ECM) The first half of the last decade of the last century could be considered “peak Jarrett” to those who became hopelessly enamored with that particular pianist up to that point.