Pianist David Benoit goes south
by Merlin David Pianist and composer David Benoit grew up in Hermosa beach and has lived on the Palos Verdes Peninsula for the past four decades. “The Peninsula will always be my home,” he said recently, after disclosing he is leaving the South Bay to live in Laguna Beach. During his decades on the Peninsula, […]
The Life and Death of Austin Peralta
On the last night of his life, pianist Austin Peralta sat in on a show at Little Tokyo jazz joint the Blue Whale and played, as he always did, as if his life depended upon it. The 22-year-old son of skateboard legend Stacy Peralta had been gigging since he was 12 — including a […]