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Will I See You?

Written on May 15, 2013 at 11:57 pm, by

Hi there! I’m hoping you might be able to make it out tomorrow night, or perhaps this weekend? I’ll be playing with my trio tomorrow/Thursday, May 16th at Catalina Jazz Club http://www.catalinajazzclub.com/. They are at 6725 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood near Highland. Catalina Jazz Club is the oldest and most famous of all jazz clubs …

JAM, fires in California…..

Written on May 11, 2013 at 1:42 am, by

Hi There! The photo above was taken at Junior Blind of America last week after my annual performance that I do there. The art on the wall was created by the visually impaired students painting to jazz music after their studies during Jazz Appreciation Month/JAM. The students I am pictured with are from JBA, or …

Junior Blind of America

Written on May 10, 2013 at 1:43 am, by

Jazz Pianist Lisa Hilton Peforms for the Students of Junior blind of america   LOS ANGELES (April 23, 2013) – Junior Blind of America, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children and adults who are blind, visually impaired or multi-disabled achieve independence, hosted critically-acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Lisa Hilton for a special performance for …

Tonight (April 5)…

Written on April 5, 2013 at 10:44 pm, by

Tonight there is a Lisa Hilton “Retrospective” in conjunction with the release of “Getaway”, and if you’re home tonight you might like tuning in.  Here’s the info:   7:00 pm MDT www.kvnf.org Cookin’ With Jazz Hugh “Hurricane” Carson Stream Live: Click on www.kvnf.org or paste into browser (you must have high-speed connection; you can also listen on …

Hello on April Fools’ Day!

Written on April 2, 2013 at 3:59 am, by

It happens to be my little Italian greyhound Ricky’s 13th birthday today.  He is very fast and a big music lover too.  It also happens to be the first day at radio for our new release, “Getaway”.  A few stations have already started playing it immediately after they received it, like WRTI/Philadelphia, WGMC/Rochester, WSHA/Raleigh, RadioIO/NC, …

Yipee!

Written on March 8, 2013 at 1:16 am, by

We JUST got the new video up by the young director James Grant up, and I’d love you to take a look and see if you like it. I’m hoping it will surprise you a bit. This is the Official “Getaway” video: The photo above is with my Italian greyhound, Ricky of course, in my …

Winter Weather??

Written on February 8, 2013 at 7:42 pm, by

At Perkins School for the Blind/Boston.  Photo by David Gordon Hi there!   I have heard the news reports of the super chill happening in the midwest and east, but I’m not feeling that on the west coast – it has been hot, hot, HOT here!  It’s really lovely, but running the air conditioning in …

Happy New Year!

Written on January 4, 2013 at 11:48 pm, by

Lisa Hilton at Buddy Guy’s Chicago – Photo by Glenn Kaupert   2013 is Officially here and we all got through the end of the Mayan calendar too – I WAS prepared to go out with friends at an E.O.W. party that night, but I’m happy that we made it through.  I like to think …

The passing of Dave Brubeck and Austin Peralta…

Written on December 5, 2012 at 10:57 pm, by

Lisa Hilton and Dave Brubeck in Malibu, CA Hi there, Just heard about the passing today of the jazz legend/pianist/composer/bandleader, Dave Brubeck just shy of his 92nd birthday which was to be tomorrow, December 6th. God bless him – may he rest with all the other icons who have filled our lives with such great …

Backstage at Detroit Jazz Festival

Written on October 19, 2012 at 5:42 am, by

Lisa Hilton with pianists Alfredo Rodriquez and Aaron Diehl – photo by John Broughton Hello there! What a busy season this fall seems to be! I had a great time at the Detroit Jazz Festival at the very end of summer, then a terrific show at Sculler’s Jazz Club in Boston in mid September. I …