Sean J. O'Connell

Jazz musician Kenny Burrell performs at the Grammy Salute To Jazz at The Grammy Museum on January 26, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. | Charley Gallay/WireImage The premise, as far as recording sessions go, was simple: guitarist Kenny Burrell would lead a quintet at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Over the last three decades, the Los Angeles Poetry community has grown into one of the most diverse and active scenes in this city. Before the pandemic, dozens of readings were held weekly and usually at least four or five simultaneously on the same day in different corners of L.A. County. Nonetheless, in a gentrifying city, with the exception of a few long-term spaces like Beyond Baroque, Skylight Books, Stories or the World Stage, the poetry scene is transitory.

See how dancers are responding to the times on "Southland Sessions." Watch E4: Dance Break. E4: Dance Break (Media Manager) There is a “myth” out there, says MacArthur “Genius” Grant winner Bill T. Jones, that his seminal dance work, “D-Man in the Waters,” is solely about AIDS. But if the landmark piece of postmodern dance were restaged today — during our current COVID crisis — it might take on a whole new meaning. That is the driving theme of the new dance documentary, “Can You Bring It: Bill T.