It’s not every composer who will travel to Costa Rica to record wild howler monkeys for a musical score, but that’s just what Andrew Lockington did to create the score for the Dwayne Johnson action-adventure film “Rampage.” Continue reading
Eligible participants who have enrolled in one of the Blue Shield plans offered by the Professional Musicians Local 47 and Employers’ Health & Welfare Fund now have access to the Teladoc® program.
Eligible Participants
Why wait for the care you need now? Teladoc® gives you 24/7/365 access to a doctor through the convenience of phone or video consults. You can feel better today and avoid the hassles of the hospital waiting room. Continue reading
Life Member. Violin
(1925 – 2018)
Bobby Bruce (Robert Morris Berg) was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father owned a fruit market and his mother Rosie was a comedian and entertainer, performing at several theaters in the Chicago area. Bobby began violin lessons at age 6, and by the age of 9 he would do acrobatics, tap dance, sing and play violin on stage in a Vaudeville act called the Personality Kids on the Keith Orpheum circuit with his mother and older sister Eileen. Continue reading
“Artistry” marks the latest release from acclaimed Local 47 composer Kevin Kaska. Boasting an amazing jazz orchestra of Los Angeles’s finest musicians and featuring the stellar trumpet playing of Arturo Sandoval, this entire album sings from beginning to end. Continue reading
Limited Pressing Agreement
The new Limited Pressing Agreement can be found on the Sound Recording page of our website here.
Music Prep Chart
The Local 47 2018-2019 Music Prep Chart has been updated with new rates for the commercials agreement and is now available in the members section at afm47.org. Members may sign up here to receive email alerts whenever this chart is updated.
Chick Webb and the Music that Changed America – April 15, 2018 at The Montalban
EXCLUSIVE LOCAL 47 MEMBER DISCOUNT: Enter the code: FRIEND
at themontalban.com for 2 for 1 $25 tickets, all to support the LA Jazz Society.
The Los Angeles Jazz Society has joined with the Ricardo Montalban Foundation in presenting the feature documentary “THE SAVOY KING – Chick Webb and the Music that changed America” on Sunday, April 15, 2018, 2 p.m. at The Montalban Theatre in Hollywood. Produced by Jeff Kaufman and Marcia Ross of Floating World Pictures, the documentary details the life of the amazing young drummer and bandleader who impacted the world of big bands in the ’30s. Continue reading
James O. Stewart
Life Member. Guitar
9/8/1935 – 1/8/2018
Survived by spouse
Shirley A. Fordis
Life Member. Oboe
4/22/1938 – 12/27/2017
Survived by children
Nunzio ‘Norman’ Panto
Life Member. Accordion
3/25/1929 – 2/24/2018
Survived by son
Joseph John Ragonese (aka Joey Rodney)
Life Member. Guitar
3/1/1922 – 3/10/2018
Survived by spouse & children
Elmer H. Ramsey
Life Member. Trumpet
6/3/1930 – 2/9/2018
Survived by spouse & children
Donald B. Thompson
Life Member. Saxophone
10/15/1925 – 3/7/2018
Survived by spouse & children
Andrew M. Weiner
Member. Arranger
8/16/1960 – 3/2/2018
Survived by sister