Jazz Times

Kaleidoscope  CD Media Reviews: Lisa Hilton/piano, J.D. Allen/tenor sax, Larry Grenadier/bass, Marcus Gilmore/drums “An outstanding collection of tunes… Kaleidoscope is full of great music.” JazzTimes.com “The sheer beauty of her playing –the rhythmic acuity, those silky lines –“ Down Beat  “Kaleidoscope pulsates with warm sensuous harmonies, originality & swinging brilliance.” San Diego County News  “One of the finest composers working in jazz today.” Ken Frankling/Jazz Notes April 2014  “Under the deft touch and considerable artistic vision of Lisa Hilton, modern […]

Hello and Happy upcoming Holiday weekend… Memorial Day weekend, besides a time of remembrance, also signifies for many a start to outdoor grilling and better weather generally.  I hope that will be true for you as well, although who knows what the weather has in store for any of us!  SoCal is back to normal, but we had a week of scary hot temperatures.  Along with our ongoing drought, I’m afraid we  might be starting a tough fire season, but […]

Hi There, April 1st is my cute dogs' birthday, so yeah, I had to include a photo of Ricky Hilton here at 14 years old now, and still (one of) the fastest dogs on the beach! Way faster than I am! As you probably know our latest CD, Kaleidoscope has been out to radio for a few weeks now and I wanted to thank EVERYONE who is playing it or will be adding it: WAER,WAWL,WBLU,WCNI,WDBX,WDNA,WDVR,WER 1, WERU,WESS,West Limmerick, WFAS, WFCF, [...]