The Central Avenue Jazz Festival is keeping the west coast (J)azz tradition alive.
As the City of Los Angeles continues to work through the challenges that this ongoing pandemic brings & w/ due regard to the health & safety of the public, once again the legacy of Central Avenue, once known as the hub of west coast (J)azz, will be celebrated virtually w/ some very special performances by some of LA’s finest musicians.
There are several ways to take part in the three-night musical event, which will feature The Dean Family, The Central Avenue Jazz Experience & the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, as well as, a visual tribute to Central Avenue legends Gerald Wilson, Etta James, Ernie Andrews, Vi Redd & Charles Mingus.
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Sept. 8th
The Dean Family
Donald Dean Sr. – drums
Darynn Dean – voice
Jamael Dean – piano
Sezin Ahmet Turkmenoglu – bass
Rickey Woodard – sax
Sept. 9th
The Central Avenue Jazz Experience
George Bohanon – t-bone
Brandon Coleman – keyboards
Jeremy Jeffers – organ
Ian Martin – uprite bass
Ryan Porter – bone (MD)
Lyndon Rochelle – drums
Toni Scruggs – voice
Nolan Shaheed – trumpet
Sept. 10th
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
Poncho Sanchez – congas/voice
Giancarlo Anderson – bongos/percussion
Ron Blake – trumpet/flugelhorn
Rob Hardt – sax
Andy Langham – piano
Jose Perez – timbales
Ross Schodek – bass
Francisco Torres – t-bone
Watch FREE, streaming at 7PM pst on www.centralavejazzfest.com or download the Smogo TV App on Roku, Amazon Fire TV & Apple TV. In the LA metro area, you can also watch the cable broadcast on LA CityView 35
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