Posts Tagged ‘CA’

Streamers Jazz Club Welcomes Conguero Francisco Aguabella

By jazzman • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Events, Features

Event:
Sept. 13th
Streamers Jazz Club
Fullerton, CA
Conguero Francisco Aguabella and his Latin band play Steamers in Fullerton on Saturday, September 13th. Born in Matanzas, Cuba, Francisco Aguabella is master of the Yoruba-derived bata drums and rumba form as well as contemporary traditions including Cuban son, salsa, and Latin jazz.
Francisco Aguabella left Cuba and came to the United [...]



Thelonious Monk Institute Of Jazz To Host The 2008 International Jazz Competition

By jazzman • Sep 8th, 2008 • Category: Artists, Education, Upcoming

Event:
October 26th, 2008
5:00 PM
Kodak Theatre
Hollywood, CA

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has announced that, for the second year in a row, the finals of its 2008 International Jazz Competition will take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. This year’s event will be Oct. 26.
The 2008 competition will be devoted to saxophone players, with the [...]



The Playboy Jazz Festival Presents Free Jazz Concert

By Mike • May 28th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming

June 1st 
Warner Center Park (Los Angeles)
Summer kicks into full swing when the Playboy Jazz Festival presents a free concert Sunday, June 1st, from 2:00. to 8:00. Contemporary jazz saxophonist Michael Lington will headline the show.  The concert will also feature outstanding vocalist Ernie Andrews, the funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop rhythms of the B-Side Players, the pop style of vocalist Raya Yarbrough, and the Chatsworth High [...]