California Official Visitor's Guide 2009 - (Page 50) play » music » los angeles The Roxy Theatre Maceo Parker, Roxy Theatre The Mint winning scores Take big league pitcher Barry Zito’s guided tour of Los Angeles music hot spots L Barry’s lineup of music winners A real organic place, The Mint is an awesome venue. It’s dark, with a plain, simple vibe—not a lot of bells and whistles. It’s 50 visitcalifornia.com ERIK VOAKE (3); BARRY ZITO: PEGGY SIROTA os Angeles is made for music lovers. From intimate jazz clubs and cozy acoustic cafes to the pulse-pounding Sunset Strip, there’s something happening every night of the week in the sprawling Southland. For the inside scoop on the coolest spots in Barry Zito town, we turned to 2002 Cy Young Award winner and San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito. An accomplished guitarist in his own right, Barry got his first taste of the local music scene when he played college ball at USC. He also has deep musical roots: His father, Joseph, wrote and arranged songs for Nat King Cole; his mother, Roberta, sang backup. Barry still occasionally drops in to jam at Los Angeles clubs with his sister Sally, who heads the Sally Zito Project band. all about the music. Mainly locals hang out there, but it has a national reputation among musicians. There’s no place in the world like the Sunset Strip; it’s the epitome of “happening.” When I want to catch some cool acts, I go to Troubadour and HOT MUSIC VENUES Whisky A Go Go. They’re both The Mint classic L.A. clubs—famous, full 6010 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 of the beautiful people, with 323/954-9400 tons of history. The Roxy www.themintla.com Theatre has got a cool bar with Troubadour 9081 Santa Monica Blvd. VIP seating, a great stage, and a West Hollywood, CA 90069 small dance floor in front. It’s a 310/276-6168 great setup, and it also has lots www.troubadour.com Whisky A Go Go and lots of history. Genghis 8901 Sunset Blvd. Cohen is another cool place. It’s West Hollywood, CA 90069 a small, intimate, cabaret-like 310/652-4202 www.whiskyagogo.com room attached to an amazing The Roxy Theatre restaurant—best pan-Asian I’ve 9009 Sunset Blvd. ever had. Los Angeles, CA 90069 310/276-2222 I’ve gotten into jazz in recent www.theroxyonsunset.com years. Catalina Bar & Grill is Genghis Cohen the best place in L.A. to hear 740 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 jazz. It has a real good vibe. I 310/578-5591 also love to go to the Hollywww.genghiscohen.com wood Bowl. I unfortunately Catalina Bar & Grill 6725 W. Sunset Blvd. missed Radiohead there, but I Los Angeles, CA 90028 saw the Dave Matthews Band 323/466-2210 www.catalinajazzclub.com there not too long ago. I want Hollywood Bowl to see Coldplay and Stevie 2301 N. Highland Ave. Wonder next time they come Los Angeles, CA 90068 323/850-2000 through. For big-name acts, www.hollywoodbowl.com you can’t beat it. http://www.themintla.com http://www.troubadour.com http://www.whiskyagogo.com http://www.theroxyonsunset.com http://www.genghiscohen.com http://www.catalinajazzclub.com http://www.hollywoodbowl.com http://www.visitcalifornia.com
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