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6th Annual Angel City Jazz Festival 

"Metamorphosis" 

Announces Stellar 2013 Program - October 4th-13th

Metamorphosis Flyer  

 

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 4th - 13th. 

 

There will be six concerts and four episode screenings of the documentary series Icons Among Us with selected filmmaker/artist Q&As during the first two weekends in October. Events will take place at five prestigious venues, featuring live performances by The Robert Glasper Experiment, Dave Holland Prism, the Greg Osby Group with special guest Anat Cohen, John Scofield's �berjam 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 Group with special guest Albert "Tootie" Heath, and the winners of the 2013 Angel City Arts Young Artists Competition. There will also be a symposium entitled "Metamorphosis: New Technologies in Jazz and Jazz Journalism" co-sponsored by the Jazz Journalist Society.

 

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 2013 - Free Concert at LACMA

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

7:00pm Nicole Mitchell Sun Dial Ensemble 

Nicole Mitchell  

LA County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles 90036   323.857.6000 

 

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 5, 2013 (in association with CAP UCLA)

Two Bands at UCLA's Royce Hall  

John Scofield

(featuring Kevin Eubanks and Craig Taborn)
Dave Holland Prism

 

UCLA - Royce Hall 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095   800.842.9750
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 6, 2013 - Four Bands & Two Film Screenings at 

The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre

5:00pm  Richard Sears Group

featuring Albert Tootie Heath 

Richard Sears - Tootie Heath

6:15pm Kneebody 

Kneebody

7:30pm Yosvany Terry Quintet 

Yosvany Terry

8:45pm Greg Osby group with special guest Anat Cohen Greg Osby + Anat Cohen

  

FILM SCREENINGS (inside) AT THE FORD: 

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense 

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

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

Icons Among Us

  

John Anson Ford Amphitheater 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood 90068  323.461.3673 

 

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 11, 2013 

Two Bands and Live Symposium at REDCAT

 

7PM Symposium: Metamorphosis - New Technologies in Jazz & Jazz Journalism 

 

8:30pm  Jim Black, Tim Lefebvre & Chris Speed

Black+Lefebvre+Speed

9:30pm  John Hollenbeck + The Claudia Quintet 

John Hollenbeck

 

REDCAT 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012   213.237.2800

 
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 2013 (presented by the Jazz Bakery)

Two Sets and a Film Screening at Zipper Hall

 

7:30 + 10:00pm (separate admission)

The Robert Glasper Experiment 

Robert Glasper

8:45pm  (free with admission to first set)

Icons Among Us: Episode 3 -In the Spirit of Family 

 

Zipper Auditorium 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012   310.795.4280

at the Colburn School of Music
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 13, 2013 (presented by the Jazz Bakery)

Film Screening and Live Performance at REDCAT

7:00pm  Icons Among Us: Episode 4

       Everything Everywhere
Dafnis Prieto

REDCAT 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012  213.237.2800

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

 

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