Angel City Jazz Festival Oct. 4-13

Angel City Arts and the Jazz Bakery in association with Icons Among Us®: jazz in the present tense, present the sixth annual Angel City Jazz Festival October 4 - 13 with performances at Center for the Art of Performance – UCLA (Royce Hall), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, REDCAT, The Colburn School’s Zipper Hall, and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. The theme for this year’s festival is “Metamorphosis: Artists on the Cutting Edge of Change.” 

There will be six concerts and three film screenings, with selected filmmaker/artist Q&As, during the first two weekends in October featuring live performances by: The Robert Glasper Experiment, Dave Holland Prism, the Greg Osby Group with special guestAnat Cohen, John Scofield’s Überjam Band, Kneebody, Nicole Mitchell’s Sun Dial Ensemble, the Dafnis Prieto Sextet, Yosvany Terry Quintet, the Claudia Quintet, the trio of Jim Black, Tim Lefebvre & Chris Speed, the Richard Sears Quartetwith special guest Albert “Tootie” Heath, and the winners of the 2013 Angel City Arts Young Artists Competition.

The first weekend of the festival will kick off Friday October 4^th at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with a free concert featuring Nicole Mitchell’s Sun Dial Ensemble, and the winners of the 2013 Young Artists Competition. The music continues Saturday October 5^th at Royce Hall with John Scofield’s Überjam, and Dave Holland Prism featuring pianist Craig Taborn, and guitarist Keven Eubanks.  The festival’s flagship event at the stunning and historic John Anson Ford Theater will be Sunday October 6th with the Greg Osby Band and special guest Anat Cohen, The Yosvany Terry Quintet, Kneebody, and The Richard Sears Group with special guest Albert “Tootie” Heath. The Sears group will be performing an exciting new composition commissioned by the Los Angeles Jazz Society.  There will also be showings of the first two episodes of the documentary series, Icons Among Us®: jazz in the present tense at the Ford's (inside) the Ford Theater.

The second weekend begins with the first of two concerts at Disney Hall’s REDCAT Theater. Friday October 11^th features a double bill with the Claudia Quintet and the trio of Jim Black, Tim Lefebvre and Chris Speed.  Saturday October 12^th brings the Robert Glasper Experiment to Zipper Hall at the Colburn School of Music.  Mr. Glasper will play full two sets of music with a screening of Episode 3 of “Icons Among Us” in between. Sunday’s October 13th concert, made possible by a grant from Chamber Music America, featuring the Dafnis Prieto Sextet at REDCAT will close the festival.  The final two concerts are produced in association with the Jazz Bakery.

Friday October 4^th:

LA County Museum of Art - 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles 90036 -323-857-6000

6:00 PM – Winners of the Angel City Jazz Young Artist Competition

7:00 PM – Nicole Mitchell Sun Dial Ensemble

Saturday October 5^th  (in association with CAP UCLA)

UCLA – Royce Hall 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095 – 800-842-9750

8:00 PM – Dave Holland Prism (featuring Kevin Eubanks and Craig Taborn) and John Scofield’s Überjam Band

Sunday October 6^th:

John Anson Ford Amphitheater - 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, 90068 - 323-461-3673

5:00 PM – Richard Sears Group featuring Albert Tootie Heath

6:15 PM – Kneebody

7:30 PM – Yosvany Terry Quintet

8:45 PM – Greg Osby group with special guest Anat Cohen

Film Screenings (inside) at the Ford:

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense

4:00 PM Episode 1 – A Quiet Revolution (filmmaker and featured artist Q&A)

5:45 PM Episode 2 – 12 Notes in Real Time (filmmaker and featured artist Q&A)

Friday October 11^th

REDCAT 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 – 213-237-2800

8:00 PM Jim Black, Tim Lefebvre & Chris Speed

9:30 PM The Claudia Quintet

Saturday October 12^th  (presented by the Jazz Bakery)

Zipper Auditorium 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - 310 795-4280

7:30 PM The Robert Glasper Experiment

8:45 PM Icons Among Us: Episode 3 – In the Spirit of Family

10:00 PM The Robert Glapser Experiment

Sunday October 13^th  (presented by the Jazz Bakery)

REDCAT 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 - 213 237-2800

7:30 PM Dafnis Prieto Sextet

For more information on the Angel City Jazz Festival and to purchase event tickets please visit http://www.angelcityjazz.com/.