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The Baked Potato is a prominent jazz club on Cahuenga Boulevard in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, opened by Don Randi (father of bassist Leah Randi) in 1970. Randi formed his own group, Don Randi and Quest, as the house band. Over the years it has hosted many live recordings from jazz fusion artists. Larry Carlton recorded Last Nite ...
The Blue Whale was a jazz club located on the top floor of Weller Plaza in downtown Los Angeles. [1] The club was opened in 2009 by jazz vocalist Joon Lee [1] [2] and regularly featured regional and internationally acclaimed jazz artists. [3] It was announced on December 31, 2020 that the club has been permanently closed.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. Colloquially referred to as the 'LA Phil,' the orchestra has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September. Gustavo Dudamel is the current music ...
The Central Avenue Jazz Festival is a yearly annual free jazz festival that takes place the last weekend in the month of July in the Southern section of Los Angeles . Central Avenue, after which the area is named, was in the 1930s and 1940s a vibrant center for jazz. At this time the infamous covenant line along Washington Boulevard demarcated ...
West Coast jazz refers to styles of jazz that developed in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a subgenre of cool jazz, which consisted of a calmer style than bebop or hard bop. The music relied relatively more on composition and arrangement than on the individually improvised playing of other jazz ...
From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes. [2] [3] Local luminaries included Eric Dolphy, Art Pepper, Chico Hamilton, Clora Bryant, and Charles Mingus. Other jazz and R&B musicians associated with Central Avenue in LA include ...
Cavalcade of Jazz: 1945–1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. ... Festival Jazz a la Calle (Jazz to the Streets), Mercedes; Jazz Tour Montevideo, Montevideo;
JazzReggae Festival @ UCLA is a two-day festival for music, art, culture and diversity, held every Memorial Day Weekend on the UCLA Intramural Field. By featuring artists such as Jill Scott, Buju Banton, The Roots, Beenie Man, and Stephen Marley, as well as unique opportunities to experience new ethnic foods, crafts and cultures, the event has been highly acclaimed by the press, artists, and ...
In 2014, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, which presents the summer Hollywood Bowl concerts, assumed presenting and booking duties. The Festival is broadcast live by the Southern California jazz public radio station KKJZ. In 2020, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pages in category "Jazz clubs in Los Angeles" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.