Robert Linden

January 16, 2009
Wow! After a great show at Rusty's, Zen Boogie has been tabbed to do an industry showcase at The Viper Room on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood on Monday night January 25th at 8pm. It's a 30 minute set, which we're going to definitely get the most out of. We've also uploaded some terrific pictures taken by jill socolik on my FACEBOOK page (Robert Linden), so check them out. In addition to FACEBOOK and MYSPACE, Zen Boogie is now found on TWITTER, JAMBASE and LIVE BLUES WORLD amongst others.

December 22, 2009
A lot has been going on in the last couple months! We've been sailing high since our last couple shows, but for various reasons had to take a break for the month of December. Bob Ryman's personal and professional schedule has forced him to leave Zen Boogie and will be replaced by a terrific bass man, Doug Snyder. Jeff Oliver has had to take what we hope is a temporary leave from the band as well and will be replaced in his absence by another terrific local drummer, Bob Girius. Finally, many of you know that since David Box left to move back to Austin Texas almost two years ago, I have been hard-pressed to find another man with the vibe,chops and character he possesses. I have finally found a saxman who can again blow my socks off with the incredible Larry Williams stepping on stage. Zen Boogie's sound is definitely evolving! I hope everyone will come out Saturday night January 2nd at Rusty's Surf Ranch on the Santa Monica Pier to witness that evolution! As always, the Performances page has all the info.

September 16, 2009
Wow, September is destined to be a month to remember! Robert's song "Too Hip For The Room" has been announced the winner of the 2009 MALIBU MUSIC AWARD for BEST JAZZ / BIG BAND SONG! ZB will perform the song at the ceremony in Malibu on September 26th. Then three days later, ZB will play their first performance at the new DAKOTA LOUNGE in Santa Monica, Tuesday night September 29th with a rare 10pm start. If you've never been to the Dakota you're in for a treat. It's really worth venturing out for the band's later-than-usual start. It's formerly the Temple Bar, and way long ago it was At My Place - which is where one of Bob's favorite blues bands, Billy Vera and The Beaters used to often play (and Robert himself played with his old band, "BACKSTREET".)

In October, the band has announced that they will have their own booth at the Showbiz Expo being held at the L.A. Convention Center where they will perform regularly throughout the day. What a hoot. (More on that soon!)

August 1, 2009
It's been a rather poorly-kept secret that Robert's been spending much of the last couple months recovering from left shoulder and elbow surgery. Keeping up with band rehearsals, trying to write, but very little performing - except for some private events. That changes when the band travels to Westchester to take part in the 4-day Sweet & Hot Labor Day weekend Jazz Festival.

May 23, 2009
I was grateful that a song I wrote to promote the return of missing children was performed by Zen Boogie on the occasion of THE NATIONAL VIGIL FOR HOPE. Here is a specially-created video of the song (from YouTube):

HELP BRING THEM HOME

March 28, 2009
This is going to be a busy month for me and ZB. The April 1st show at The Rack in Woodland Hills as part of the exclusive closing night festivities for MethodFest, The Club Mogul in West Hollywood's Fairfax district on April 16th and our return to Alex Lehr's Classic Car Cabaret's lunchtime concert on April 19th. The Performances page has all the info. Also, there's going to be some new content up on the Zen Boogie website, so keep an eye out for that too!

February 18, 2009
New Show added... Zen Boogie has just been asked to open for the band BLUES MOBILE BAND on Thursday at the new Club Mogul at Versai Restaurant on Fairfax. See the Performances page for the 411.

A new ZB E-Newsletter with lots of updates is being prepared to send out. Make sure we have your email address!

February 1, 2009
ZB will be featured at ALEX LEHR'S CLASSIC CAR CABARET to be held in both March and April 2009 at Barnsdall Park.

Our new album BEGININGS: THE EARLY LIVE RECORDINGS is getting internet radio play and terrific reviews from Jazz Magazines.

We've had to discontinue the Guestbook feature until further notice due to bandwidth theft and theft of our email address for spam. If you want to be on ZB's email list, send an email to Robert (Connect To Robert).

October 19, 2008
Giangreco Presents ZEN BOOGIE at THE CABANA ROOM in Hollywood on Saturday Novermber 15th 9pm as they celebrate the release of their new album: BEGININGS: THE EARLY LIVE RECORDINGS. Scheduled guests include original ZB saxman David Box, original ZB guitarist Alan Schlaifer and singer Suzi Oliver.

October 13, 2008
THE CD IS RELEASED. It's available through many online outlets including CD Baby and Itunes. Plus exciting news will be announced in the next couple days concerning a big performance celebrating the CD Release!

August 17, 2008
ZEN BOOGIE to play 2 shows at the Labor Day weekend Sweet & Hot Festival (see the Performances page); LIVE ALBUM from ZB to be released 9/5 and Robert talks about James Taylor, Steely Dan, and his recent spine surgery in The Boogie Blog!

May 25, 2008
ZEN BOOGIE returns to the PALMER ROOM in Palms/Culver City on Friday, June 13th. Come out and party with the band! Go to the Performances page for the 411.

May 24, 2008
Robert returns to NASHVILLE for the week of June 4th through 9th to participate in the CMA FAN FEST activities.

May 1, 2008
ZEN BOOGIE'S SCHEDULED SHOW FOR BB KING'S (CITYWALK) MAY 10TH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. We were notified late last night that BB KING'S has abruptly closed permanently as of May 1st. However, in place of that date, 2 shows have been scheduled for Saturday May 17th and Friday June 13th at The Palmer in Palms (West LA). We are also trying to reschedule our live-show recording date originally slated for BB King's to Hallenbeck's & Caheunga General Store sometime in the next couple months. Please check the Performances page for the most up-to-date info and my blog for everything else Boogie Bob and Zen Boogie.

March 23, 2008
ZB was just invited to perform at the METHOD FEST Independent Filmakers Industry Reception on March 26th.

March 1, 2008
After some server issues, things are slowly getting back to normal here on the Boogie Net. The biggest news is the new shows coming up. Next week at the Karma Coffeehouse and coming soon a big show to be recorded and streamed live from BB King's at Universal CityWalk. Also we are making arrangements to create a "Wine and Jazz" cruise for 40 guests from Marina Del Rey which should be incredibly fun. One more thing... we've just been invited back to play 3 shows over Labor Day at the Sweet And Hot Jazz Festival in Westchester. So lots of great news to follow on our Performances page. Come out and catch the band as we continue to grow! SIGN THE GUESTBOOK and SEND US EMAILS... we love hearing from you!!!

December 24, 2007
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. This has been a year of changes and growth for me. I'm grateful for so much and appreciate all who have shown me and my music such unbelievable support.

Along those lines I am happy to annouce that my band Zen Boogie has agreed to play the next two months at Hollywood's very cool Karma Coffeehouse at Cahuenga and Selma starting February 2nd 2008. This will be a very relaxed atmosphere -similar to what worked so well at our recent performance at Sushi Wok. Our Performances page will carry the necessary 411 as always.

August 20, 2007
Coming off of a couple of terrific shows, ZB has been invited to be the Saturday "wake up" Band at the Annual Labor Day Weekend Sweet and Hot Jazz Festival in Westchester. We actually play at 10am at the poolside stage, which is surrounded by the guests room on all sides. Assuming that all the guests are there for the weekend festival, waking them up to our music will hopefully be a gentle and not jarring alarm! This is a terrific weekend of Jazz, so check our Performances page and the www.sweethot.org website.

June 15, 2007
Zen Boogie will be performing on July 14, 2007 at BB King's Blues Club in Citywalk at 7pm. The early start for the one hour set allows us to have a fun party upstairs after to celebrate drummer Jeff Oliver's birthday! It's all there on the Performances page.

February 1, 2007
Thanks to all the emails about upcoming shows for Zen Boogie. Yes we will be back performing soon with new songs as well as the favorites. The band is evolving in many exciting ways. David Box (saxophone) has just returned from 3 months as Music Director on a cruise line sailing from the East Coast to Jamaica and the Bahamas. Bob Ryman will be joining the band as its bassist and is also a phenominal jazz violinist (not to mention cellist). Other exciting changes are afoot as the band takes a quantum leap forward. We thank our fans for their support and hope you'll keep writing.

Keep an eye both here and at www.zenboogie.net (not to mention www.myspace.com/zenboogie) for the latest 411 on our activities!

June 29, 2006
June has been a month of private parties, but July sees Zen Boogie jump back into the public eye with shows at BB King's Blues Club at Citywalk in Universal City. Further upcoming shows are now being planned for July, August and September and will include Mr. Cecil's in Sherman Oaks, The Derby in Los Feliz and The Pig and Whistle in Hollywood. Pasadena and Manhattan Beach locations are also being discussed. Keep an eye on the Performances page as well as the Zen Boogie website at www.zenboogie.net and our cool site at my space where we hope everyone will head and join our list of friends.

March 19, 2006
Great show last night, a new song added to the mix, and a great crowd came out. I feel a "blog" coming on! Also the temporary front page for the Zen Boogie website at www.zenboogie.net is up. It has links to our my space site as well. If you're a my space member, come say hi and become one of our friends. If you're not a my space member... JOIN! It's developed quite a community of musicians.

March 11, 2006
ANNOUNCEMENT: The perfomance at THE MINT on April 15th had to be rescheduled to May 20th. In the meantime, additional performances at THE PIG 'N' WHISTLE and 14 BELOW in Santa Monica have been added! Performances

February 26, 2006
Great shows at PIG N' WHISTLE and THE MINT has set up return engagements in both venues for March and April respectively. Other shows also upcoming... Performances

January 12, 2006
The band is working hard and continuing to evolve. New shows this Saturday at RJ's FOR RIBS in Beverly Hills, on February 4th at THE MINT and February 18th at THE PIG AND WHISTLE. Performances

November 18th
Several new shows in L.A. coming up including the 25th of November at RJ's in Beverly Hills and December 16th at the Pig and Whistle in Hollywood. Keep an eye on the Performances

November 17th
Due to the unethical theft of bandwidth by hackers causing the shutdown (twice) of the website in the last month, I've had to discontinue the blog as a feedback page. It will soon re-emerge but as a diary-only page... sorry... I really enjoyed sharing the feedback, but I still encourage your responses directly to me (see "Connect To Robert")

September 24th
A couple of changes in the performance schedule. An issue between the promoter and venue has caused the cancellation of the show at Tempest. Also note that the RJ's show has been moved to Friday October 21st at 9:45... please check the Performances page for more info.

September 13th
My very good friend, Lori Guidroz has produced a website: WhatItMeans.org to raise money for the family and friends she grew up with in her beloved New Orleans. If you give, you get a cool Tshirt. Ellen DeGeneres wore one on her show. Check it out... a great way to donate to the cause!

September 2nd
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August 25th
Robert has been invited to appear and perform in an all jam performance at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville Saturday night August 27th beginning at 7:30 PM. page for the 411 updates.