Music Center | Jazz Unleashed L.A.

Date

August 5, 2023, 8:00 p.m.

Price

$20 Adults; up to 4 free child tickets (12 & under) with one paid adult ticket

Venue

Jerry Moss Plaza

Performance Run Time

Two hours and 20 minutes with one (approx.) 20-minute intermission

Hosted by LeRoy Downs of Just Jazz

Music Director & Curator for the All-Star Jazz Collective - Luca Mendoza

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Violin
David Binney, Alto Sax
Joshua Crumbly, Bass
Mark Guiliana, Drums
Luca Mendoza, Piano/Keys
Jermaine Paul, Bass
Damion Reid, Drums
Logan Richardson, Alto Sax

Widely recognized as the progenitor of the “Stretch Music” style, Chief Adjuah (formerly known as Christian Scott) headlines an unforgettable summer night for Jazz aficionados across all generations. NPR hails Adjuah—a winner of two Edison Awards, a Doris Duke Artist Award and six Grammy® nominations—as “ushering in a new era of Jazz,” and JazzTimes Magazine describes him as “Jazz’s young style God.” The grandson of Louisiana luminary and legend Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. and the nephew of Jazz innovator and NEA Jazz Master saxophonist-composer Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr., Adjuah has released 13 critically acclaimed studio recordings, four live albums and one greatest hits collection. Jazz Unleashed L.A. begins with L.A.’s best and finest Jazz musicians joining forces on the Jerry Moss Plaza stage for an epic show. The Jazz collective, curated by music director Luca Mendoza (2016 Grand Prize Finalist in The Music Center’s Spotlight performing arts competition), includes Blue Note Records artist Logan Richardson and David Binney on alto sax; Mark Guiliana and Grammy® nominated artist Damion Reid on drums; Joshua Crumbly and Jermaine Paul on bass; and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson on violin.