Come and celebrate the Birth of the Really Cool, Bennie Maupin! For 75 years our world has been given the gift of music through the perception of this extraordinary gentleman!

BENNIE MAUPIN 75TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

at The Blue Whale

Saturday night August 29th

9PM

Two new players in the game… Chitown in the house!!!!

Jeff Parker and Josh Johnson

Of course featuring the brilliance of ..

Patrice Rushen, Darek Oles, Munyungo Jackson and Gene Coye

LeRoy Downs honored and privileged to be your host!

A joyous occasion and great opportunity to see and here our very own Bennie Maupin and explore the enchantment of his adventurous sound; present and future with a giant footprint in the past!

Please be respectful…..

NO SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERAS or FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY,

AUDIO OR VIDEO RECORDINGS WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM

MANAGEMENT OR THE ARTIST

Click and Enjoy Los Angeles Saxophonist Kamasi Washington as he talks about the new release “The EPIC” hitting the stores next week! Don’t miss the stunning performance on Monday May 4th at The Regent Theater in Downtown Los Angeles!

The Epic is a 172-minute, three-record set that includes a 32-piece orchestra, a 20-person choir, and 17 songs overlaid with a compositional score written by Washington. Pulsing underneath is an otherworldly ten-piece band, each member of which is individually regarded as among the best young musicians on the planet

Featuring: The Next Step
Kamasi Washington (Saxophone)
Ryan Porter (Trombone)
Dontae Winslow (Trumpet)
Patrice Quinn (Vocal)
Cameron Graves (Piano)
Brandon Coleman (Keyborads) Miles Mosley (Upright Bass) Stephen Bruner (Electric Bass) Tony Austin (Drums) Ronald Bruner (Drums) Leon Mobely (Percussion)

W/ Special Guests:
Battlecat, Dwight Tribble, Rickey Washington, Terrace Martin and more TBA.

String and Choir Conductor: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

String Section:
Paul Cartwright (Violin)
Tylana Renga (Violin)
Jim Simone (Violin)
Molly Rogers (Viola)
Andrea Witt (Viola)
Ginger Murphy (Cello)
Atryom Manukyan (Cello)

Choir:
Charles Jones
Dawn Norsleet
Mashica Winslow
Nia Andrews
Steven Wayne
Taylor Graves
Thalma de Freitas

DJ Sets by:

Daddy Kev (Low End Theory), more TBA

21+
Doors Open at 8pm
Regent Theatre: 448 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90013

Click for Directions

Online Tickets and Info: ArtDontSleep.com
$23 Limited Presale Tickets

Click, Listen, Register, Play, Love, Celebrate!!!!

This Thursday Dec 18th @ 5pm @

City National Plaza – Click Pic for Directions!

Click above and listen to the Sounds and Colors interview with Holophonor!

Enjoy the brand new band Holophonor! 2014 graduates of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz take on the future of the music together!

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Yes indeed!! The Jazzcat has a new app that you can download to your mobile devices so let’s roll together. The app is full of content that contains radio archives, performance recommendations, articles, over 150 interviews with you favorite jazz artists and so much more. Download it and check it out!!!

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 1) Click the link http://my.yapp.us/THEJAZZCAT

Your phone or mobile device will direct you to your App store and ask you to download the free application YAPP!

2) Download it! Of course this will require that you remember you password!

3) Once you do, select Download and existing app

The application will appear and then you can explore!!!

Lots to see, hear and read and I will be updating it all of the with Jazz content that I know you will enjoy!

Thanks!

LeRoy Downs

TheJazzcat