Santa Monica Soul

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
The next wave of American soul music is being created in an unexpected place, Santa Monica, California. Find out why the upscale L.A. enclave has become a breeding ground of soul. Plus, avant-garde-jazz vocalist and composer Theo Bleckmann has performed every kind of music from jazz to modern classical. He talks about his new album of show tunes, Las Vegas Rhapsody: The Night They Invented Champagne. Finally, choreographer Pascal Rioult explains why he set his latest improvisational dance piece to the music of Mozart.

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