KJazz 88.1 | Community Events Calendar

Time:

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Event Info:

Captivating. Intriguing. Evocative. Just a few of the words that describe the experience of listening to Universal Music Group artist Justin Chart. Chart is one of the world's groundbreaking Alto Saxophone players with a warm and memorable melancholy sound that has the ability to transport you with a lucid, controlled and clean energy. He gracefully and without inhibition bares his soul in his music, inviting us to join him in experiencing a depth of emotions. Sometimes the journey is slow and sultry, other times it's jaunty and irrepressible. An artist of intense vision who has developed his own sound and unique musical identity, Chart’s Saxophone playing is superb, passionate, and exquisitely in-the-moment.

Never a musician to chase trends, Chart’s hard bop vibe shows the brilliance of invention with pure soul, devoid of all pretentiousness, that is ultimately infectious, with staggering technique, and a mind for innovation. Known in West Coast Jazz circles as “The Blizzard” because of his explosive playing and intricate compositional changes, Chart is a fiery player with an endless supply of chops who is not afraid to push himself and his art forward.

Justin Chart is a highly praised soloist in Los Angeles, rooted in Jazz and Rock, with performances and recordings throughout the world and a musical career that has spanned over four decades. He has amassed nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram and over 12 MILLION views on YouTube. His newest album, Prosper, will be available on all major streaming platforms on August 4!

Time:

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Event Info:

Captivating. Intriguing. Evocative. Just a few of the words that describe the experience of listening to Universal Music Group artist Justin Chart. Chart is one of the world's groundbreaking Alto Saxophone players with a warm and memorable melancholy sound that has the ability to transport you with a lucid, controlled and clean energy. He gracefully and without inhibition bares his soul in his music, inviting us to join him in experiencing a depth of emotions. Sometimes the journey is slow and sultry, other times it's jaunty and irrepressible. An artist of intense vision who has developed his own sound and unique musical identity, Chart’s Saxophone playing is superb, passionate, and exquisitely in-the-moment.

Never a musician to chase trends, Chart’s hard bop vibe shows the brilliance of invention with pure soul, devoid of all pretentiousness, that is ultimately infectious, with staggering technique, and a mind for innovation. Known in West Coast Jazz circles as “The Blizzard” because of his explosive playing and intricate compositional changes, Chart is a fiery player with an endless supply of chops who is not afraid to push himself and his art forward.

Justin Chart is a highly praised soloist in Los Angeles, rooted in Jazz and Rock, with performances and recordings throughout the world and a musical career that has spanned over four decades. He has amassed nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram and over 12 MILLION views on YouTube. His newest album, Prosper, will be available on all major streaming platforms on August 4!

Time:

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Event Info:

CD Release Performance for the new CD: Nocturne Serenity and is also available at: https://dalefielderquartet.bandcamp.com/album/nocturne-serenity-2023

Performing 2 hours of original music and obscure jazz classics, the Dale Fielder Quartet delivers a dynamic and interesting performance of jazz music that can be thoughtful while it is entertaining and enlivening.

Performer Names/Instruments: Dale Fielder – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone sax Jane Getz – piano Bill Markus – bass Thomas White – drums Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are welcome in the venue.

Time:

10:00pm - 3:00am

Event Info:

As injury attorneys, we are committed to making our community safer for those driving around Los Angeles. We are now offering FREE Uber, Lyft and Cab rides during the holidays! (See below for qualifying holidays).

How It Works: It’s simple – if you go out and decide to drink and take an Uber, Lyft, or cab ride home, send us a copy of the receipt, and we will reimburse you for it. Make the responsible choice this year and choose to have another give you a ride home.

Qualifying Holidays: * Super Bowl Sunday (NEW) * St. Patrick’s Day * Cinco de Mayo * Memorial Day * Independence Day * Labor Day * Halloween * Thanksgiving Eve & Day * New Year’s Eve & Day

Details Of The Program: * Rides must be in the Los Angeles County metro areas * Rides must be taken between 10 pm on the day of the holiday and 3 am the next day. * You must be of legal drinking age to qualify (21 and over). * Valid for one, one-way ride to a safe destination. * Limit one reimbursement per account. * A maximum value of $30.00 anywhere in the Los Angeles metro areas. * The maximum value includes a tip of up to 10%. * Participation in this promotion is limited to the first 50 submissions. * Within 10 days of the end date, send a Receipt, Photocopy of Valid Driver’s License, and PayPal associated email address and send your receipt via mail via email to:

Weinberg Law Offices Team@WeinbergLawOffices.com  ATTN: Ride-Sharing Program 11601 Wilshire Boulevard Suite #500  West Los Angeles, California 90025  866-545-4387

Time:

8:00pm - 10:30pm

Event Info:

Jazz Tuesday's at Trip with The Shea Welsh Quartet & Alanna & These Fine Gentlemen

8pm Alanna & These Fine Gentlemen Alanna Vicente on vocals & trombone performs with Evan Calbi on bass, Amos Przekaza on drums, Chris Spilsbury on guitar and Shin Kawasaki on guitar. http://www.alannaandthesefinegentlemen.com/

9:15pm The Shea Welsh Quartet Guitarist Shea Welsh performs with his dynamic jazz quartet featuring Alex Williams on Keys, Tony Moore on Drums and Nick Campbell on Bass. Modern and traditional jazz. https://www.sheawelsh.com/

Time:

6:30pm - 9:00pm

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Dinner & Show featuring world-class saxophonist Greg Vail from 6:30-9pm on September 8th at The Casino San Clemente

Dinner Included with Ticket & Catered by Cal Fresh:

Poached Pear Salad

Peppercorn Crusted Tri Tip

Dijon Mashed Potatoes

Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower

Pumpkin Carmel Tart with Cardamom Cream

Vegetarian Option - Caprese Stuffed Portobello

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-into-jazz-with-greg-vail-tickets-667816546267?aff=oddtdtcreator

Time:

12:00pm - 8:00pm

Event Info:

2nd Annual Jazz & Blues Festival Honoring the late Barbara Morrison. The music festival will be hosted by actor and television host, Jay Jackson and KJMJ radio host, James Janisse. The musical line-up includes: Mike Mann and the Cowboy Soul; Al Threats & Amusement Park; Lady Rene Blues, presented by First Thursday Blues; Torrence Brannon-Reese & His Everything with Soul Band, featuring Melba Joyce; THEKarenA; Ray Baily and Friends, featuring Brenda Lee Eager; Chester Whitmore and his Opus One Big Band, featuring Dwight Trible; The Barbara Morrison Band (aka Bu Crew), featuring Elain Gibbs; Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band; Sons of Muddy Waters – Big Bill & Mudd Morganfield; and Eloise Laws. This event is free and open to the public. For ticket registration, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/barbara-morrison-jazz-blues-music-festival-tickets-404999944737. For more information about the day-long activities and musical line-up, please visit www.tbmpac.com.

Time:

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Event Info:

Rosie Friedland is a Los Angeles-based vocalist who sings jazz, songs of the big band era, pop, rock, and more (though jazz is her first love).

She is thrilled to be returning to Alvas with a group of phenomenal musicians — Dan Baker, Marvin Bonds, Peter Marshall, and Mike Saul — for an evening of favorite jazz standards as well as more contemporary favorites. Rosie is also the singer for the Baker Brothers Big Band.

Genres:

Jazz, Rock

Performer Names/Instruments:

Rosie Friedland – Vocals

Dan Baker – Drums

Marvin Bonds – Saxophone

Mike Saul – Piano

Peter Marshall – Bass Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are welcome in the venue.

Time:

8:00pm - 9:30pm

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Jazz a its Finest!

Time:

3:00pm

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Celliola members Cynthia Fogg (viola) and Tom Flaherty (cello) are joined by faculty friends in this annual celebration of new music. This year’s program welcomes soprano Melissa Givens, baritone Luc Kleiner, mandola player Joti Rockwell, and pianist Genevieve Feiwen Lee in a program of music by Karl Kohn, Tom Flaherty, Frederick Lesemann, and Paul Wianko.

As the duo Celliola, Cindy and Tom have been playing music together for more than 40 years. In that time, they have had more than 30 pieces written for them: duos as Celliola, solos for one or the other, and chamber music for larger forces. Celliola has played at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Orchestra Hall in Detroit, universities, and conservatories across the United States, and in music festivals in Romania and Austria. Celliola’s recordings have been released on Naxos and Bridge Records.

Cynthia Fogg has performed extensively on both viola and violin. In Boston, she played for many years with Emmanuel Music and the Monadnock Festival. Since settling in California, she has played with a variety of organizations including the Pasadena Symphony and Monday Evening Concerts and has appeared as guest violist with the acclaimed Kronos and Alexander quartets. Ms. Fogg has recorded chamber music for Naxos, Bridge, Opus One, Cambria, Klavier and Innova, as well as soundtracks for motion pictures and television. She currently teaches at Pomona College and Pasadena Conservatory of Music.

Tom Flaherty has received grants, prizes, awards, and residencies from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, American Music Center, the Pasadena Arts Council, “Meet the Composer,” and Yaddo. Published by American Composers Editions and G. Schirmer, his music has been performed throughout Europe and North America and is recorded on the Albany, Klavier, Bridge, Capstone, SEAMUS, Reference, and Advance labels. Recent pieces include music for ensembles Volti, Speculum Musicae, Mojave Trio, Eclipse Quartet, and Quartet Euphoria; pianists Genevieve Feiwen Lee, Nadia Shpachenko, and Aron Kallay; organist William Peterson; guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan; and singers Lucy Shelton, Melissa Givens, Scott Lehmkuhl, and Scott Graff. Tom is the John P. and Magdalena R. Dexter Professor of Music, at Pomona College.

PROGRAM

Flaherty: Prelude Country Waltz

Kohn: Soliloquy II

Flaherty: If Truth in hearts that perish

Flaherty: Music I Heard With You

Wianko: American Haku

Flaherty: new work, yet to be named

Time:

8:00pm - 9:00pm

Event Info:

CORCOVADO celebrates the recordings of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66, and will perform classics including Berimbau, (S)he's a Carioca, One Note Samba, So Nice, Watch What Happens, and many more.

Natalie Jacob, Lead Vocalist David Robinson, Keyboards Angelo Metz, Guitar Sherry Luchette, Bass Andy Applegate, Drums Lauri Reimer, Percussion and Vocals

Time:

8:30pm - 10:00pm

Event Info:

Selected for the Grammy's "NEXT" Class of 2023 & featured in both Amazon and Spotify’s “Best Jazz of 2022”, Mike Casey & his trio incorporate ingredients of funk, R&B, hip hop & global rhythms into their own definition of cinematic, soulful jazz fusion with just sax, bass, & drums.

WIth over 30 million streams on his releases, Mike’s had support from Fortnite & Star Wars' official playlists, The Huffington Post, BBC, NPR’s Morning Edition & Jazz Night in America, KCRW, Forbes, on the cover of Spotify’s “State of Jazz”, Bandcamp, Dublab, Sirius XM, & more.

Don't miss Mike make his debut at Catalina's in Hollywood - widely regarded as one of the top jazz clubs in the world!

Tickets: http://mikecaseyjazz.com/shows

Time:

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Event Info:

World renown pianist & LA veteran keyboard artist David Garfield leads a world class all-star ensemble through a program of his original compositions, popular covers and his smooth jazz radio hits from his 40 plus years of critically acclaimed recordings…. this all star Grammy award winning lineup is not to be missed!

Genres: Jazz/Funk/Fusion

Performer Names/Instruments: David Garfield – Piano & Keyboards Eric Marienthal – Sax Tony Pulizzi – Guitar Travis Carlton – Bass Chad Wackerman – Drums Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are welcome in the venue.

Time:

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Event Info:

The Final Concert for the summer brings back the Chuck Redd Quintet plus Brian Nova for a rousing All-Star show. Tickets and Info: (949) 759.5003 or go to: www.sunsetjazzatnewport.com

Time:

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Event Info:

Captivating. Intriguing. Evocative. Just a few of the words that describe the experience of listening to Universal Music Group artist Justin Chart. Chart is one of the world's groundbreaking Alto Saxophone players with a warm and memorable melancholy sound that has the ability to transport you with a lucid, controlled and clean energy. He gracefully and without inhibition bares his soul in his music, inviting us to join him in experiencing a depth of emotions. Sometimes the journey is slow and sultry, other times it's jaunty and irrepressible. An artist of intense vision who has developed his own sound and unique musical identity, Chart’s Saxophone playing is superb, passionate, and exquisitely in-the-moment.

Time:

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Event Info:

The Finest in Jazz

Time:

8:00pm - 10:00pm

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When the extraordinary, multifaceted jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and masterful jazz pianist Bill Charlap come together on stage expect the inimitable musical chemistry borne of opposites attracting.

Acclaimed for his interpretations of the American popular songbook as well as his vast stylistic range, Charlap delivers the effortless underpinnings to Dee Dee Bridgewater’s exuberant passion and fearless exploration. Together they craft daring, spontaneous, performances of captivating musical storytelling.

Experience the convergence of these incomparable jazz talents, as they deliver virtuosic interpretations of Ellington, Porter, Sondheim, Legrand, Simon, and others across the musical spectrum, ranging from intimate ballads to soulful grooves.

Time:

1:00pm - 10:30pm

Event Info:

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts the 2023 edition NFMLA’s Film Festival InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival. The Festival will take place at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.

The InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema line-up consists of four short film programs of noteworthy independent films from new talent that encompass a diversity of genres, narrative approaches and stories, told by emerging filmmakers from São Paulo Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela and the United States.

Time:

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Event Info:

“Audiences find Monty Alexander’s music instantly accessible, exciting and exhilarating, and they quickly warm to it and respond to it.” — Billboard

Nearly sixty years after moving to the United States from his hometown in Kingston, Jamaica, Grammy-nominated pianist Monty Alexander is a jazz legend, touring the world relentlessly with various projects, delighting a global audience with his vibrant personality and soulful musical messages.

A perennial favorite at the Montreux Jazz Festival where he has performed and headlined concerts 23 times since 1976, his spirited artistry is filled with endless melody-making, effervescent grooves, sophisticated voicings, and a romantic spirit. In every performance, Alexander applies his unique approach to a repertoire spanning a broad range of jazz and Jamaican folk songs, the American songbook, blues, gospel, bebop, calypso and reggae.

Because of his prolific performance career, his work with some of the foundational creators of jazz and popular music like Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Tony Bennet and Frank Sinatra, and his more than 75 recordings as a leader and sideman, Monty is cited as the fifth greatest jazz pianist ever in the definitive book The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time.

Time:

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Event Info:

Featuring: Natalie Jacob - vocals Wayne Wilentz - keys Sherry Luchette - double bass

Reservations recommended: https://papillegustativela.com/ or https://www.opentable.com

Natalie Jacob has been described as "an exceptionally talented vocalist whose voice is finely tuned and seasoned, that showcases her clear delivery of lyrics." She has had the privilege to sing with the Scotty Barnhart Quintet, the Paul McDonald Big Band and has been the featured vocalist with the Brazilian music band, Corcovado for two years; and has shared the stage with such illustrious musicians as Clayton Cameron, Tamir Hendelman, Andy Langham, James Leary, Roy McCurdy and Trevor Ware.

"Natalie Jacob is an exceptionally talented vocalist whose voice is a finely tuned and seasoned instrument that showcases her crystal clear delivery of lyrics, her naturally beautiful, engaging, and sultry disposition with perfect intonation, which places her in a class all her own. She has quickly become one of my favorite vocalists to listen to and to work with and I have worked with many of the greats. Give her a listen and you will discover a wonderful and gorgeous new voice in the world of jazz." –Scotty Barnhart, Director of The Count Basie Orchestra

“… A voice that stopped me, personally, in my tracks. I just wanted to hear it again and again!” –Bubba Jackson, Radio host, KJAZZ 88.1 FM

“Natalie sings with warmth and really connects with the songs she sings.” –Tamir Hendelman, Jazz pianist and composer

“Natalie’s gift is in her fine sense of rhythm and delivery, extracting every nuance in a bossa nova, a samba, or straight up jazz. She is the essence of cool and… she can make an evening fly by leaving you wanting more.” –Terry Cole, Entertainer, Sound/Light Engineer at The Gardenia

Website: www.nataliejacob.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nataliejacobmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliejacobmusic/ Songs: http://www.nataliejacob.com/music Video: http://www.nataliejacob.com/video

Time:

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Event Info:

Dinner & Show featuring Jazz Vocalist Lia Booth from 6:30-9pm on September 29th at The Casino San Clemente

Dinner Included with Ticket & Catered by Cal Fresh: Apple Pomegranate Salad

Rosemary Garlic Chicken

Five Cheese Ravioli with Roasted Butternut Squash, Brown Butter, Sage & Parmesan

Sweet Butter & Lemon Green Bean Sauté

Pecan Pie with Chantilly Cream

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-into-jazz-with-lia-booth-tickets-667825924317?aff=oddtdtcreator

Time:

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Event Info:

Dinner & a show at The Casino San Clemente featuring outstanding jazz songstress, Meloney Collins!

Dinner Catered by Cal Fresh:

Radicchio Salad

Chicken Normandy with Bacon

Mashed Yukon Potatoes

Roasted Root Vegetables

Chocolate Walnut Tart

Vegetarian Option - Five Cheese & Asparagus Puff Pastry Tart

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-into-jazz-with-meloney-collins-tickets-667863486667?aff=erelexpmlt