{"id":8081,"date":"2017-11-30T09:57:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T09:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/?p=8081"},"modified":"2017-11-30T09:57:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T09:57:56","slug":"tis-the-season-for-winter-sounds-in-west-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/tis-the-season-for-winter-sounds-in-west-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Tis the Season – for Winter Sounds in West Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8085\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"image007\" width=\"335\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image007.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image007-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image007-174x192.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The season has arrived – for holidays, the winter solstice, gift-buying frenzies, but best of all, for <strong><em>Winter Sounds<\/em><\/strong>, the city of West Hollywood’s free indoor concert series.<\/p>\n<p>This year, three Saturday evening concerts are on tap, beginning this weekend, on December 2nd, with the smooth sounds of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WehoArtsJenniferLeitham\">Jennifer Leitham<\/a> and her holiday jazz show.\u00a0 A world-renowned jazz bassist, composer, and vocalist, Leitham has played on upwards of 140 albums, including ten of her own. She’s performed with Mel Torme, Doc Severinsen, Peggy Lee, and k.d. lang, among others, and is the subject of\u00a0 the award-winning film <em>I Stand Corrected<\/em>, a documentary about her public gender transition from John to Jennifer. At <em>Winter Sounds<\/em>, she\u2019ll perform both warm holiday classics and standards.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Come January, when the holiday rush has settled down, listeners will have something to “hear” forward to – <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WehoArtsParisChansons\">Paris Chansons <\/a>French and Russian classics, on January 20th. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Los Angeles\u2019 premiere French and international band, Paris Chansons offers original renditions of favorites from Aznavour, Brel, Dassin, Piaf and Montand, as well as songs by contemporary artists including Zax.\u00a0 Their exhilarating performances feature four multilingual singers and keyboard, violin, bass, guitar, and drums . Along with international classics, traditional jazz standards will be on tap as Paris Chansons leads listeners on a global journey that may make you want to get up and dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">And February 17th, enjoy the American jazz standards of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PeterKavanaughQuartet\">Peter Kavanaugh Quartet<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 A guitarist, bandleader and composer, Kavanaugh interprets jazz standards and popular American songs with a smoothly sophisticated take that’s infused with West Coast jazz. His upbeat sound features electric guitar and vibraphone as he\u00a0transports listeners to the leisurely swing of post-war, mid-century-modern Southern California, and adds in unexpected thrills like Bossa Nova, blues, bop, and gypsy jazz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Winter-Sounds-2018-graphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8082\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Winter-Sounds-2018-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Sounds 2018 graphic\" width=\"318\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Winter-Sounds-2018-graphic.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Winter-Sounds-2018-graphic-114x300.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Winter-Sounds-2018-graphic-73x192.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The concerts each begin at 5 p.m., offering an hour and fifteen minutes of scintillating sounds. All concerts are held at the\u00a0West Hollywood Park Public Meeting Room\/City Council Chambers at the West Hollywood Library; seating is first come, first served.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Library is located at 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. Free validated parking is available for the multi-story parking structure adjacent to the library.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winter Sounds<\/strong>\u00a0is sponsored by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weho.org\/arts\">City of West Hollywood\u2019s WeHo Arts<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>program<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Click here for an\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weho.org\/wintersounds.\">online listing<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>2017-2018 Winter Sounds\u00a0concerts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8083\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed (5)\" width=\"95\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The season has arrived – for holidays, the winter solstice, gift-buying frenzies, but best of all, for Winter Sounds, the city of West Hollywood’s free indoor concert series. This year, three Saturday evening concerts are on tap, beginning this weekend, on December 2nd, with the smooth sounds of Jennifer Leitham and her holiday jazz show.\u00a0 … <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/tis-the-season-for-winter-sounds-in-west-hollywood\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">‘Tis the Season – for Winter Sounds in West Hollywood<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,709],"tags":[648,958],"class_list":["post-8081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun","category-nightlife","tag-city-of-west-hollywood","tag-winter-sounds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image007.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8086,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081\/revisions\/8086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}