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Archived Music Listings

2009

Ruslan Biryukov (cello) and Mary Au (piano)
Sunday, November 8| 6:00 pm
Ruslan Biryukov (cello) and Mary Au (piano) perform Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Opus 38, and Sonata No. 2 in F major, Opus 99.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Sara Andon (flute), Sarah Jackson (flute), and Barry Gold (cello)
Sunday, November 1| 6:00 pm
Sara Andon (flute), Sarah Jackson (flute), and Barry Gold (cello) perform Haydn: "London" Trios, Hob. IV:1-4, and Divertimenti, Hob. IV:7 and 11.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Haydn Celebration Concert No. 10
Sunday, October 25| 6:00 pm
Haydn Celebration Concert No. 10. New England Conservatory pianist Charlie Albright performs Haydn: Sonata No. 62 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI: 52, and Chopin: Études, Opus 25. Generously supported by The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

UCLA Camarades
Sunday, October 18| 6:00 pm
UCLA Camarades perform Mozart: String Quintet in C major, K. 515; Casals: Les Rois Mages for cello ensemble; Shostakovich: Octet ,Opus 11.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Michele Zukovsky, Judith Farmer, Brian Head, Bernadene Blaha
Sunday, October 11| 6:00 pm
Michele Zukovsky (clarinet), Judith Farmer (bassoon), Brian Head (guitar), Bernadene Blaha (piano) perform Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Sonata in B minor; Gernot Wolfgang: Three Short Stories for Clarinet and Bassoon; Mendelssohn: Concertpiece No. 2 in D minor, Opus 114. Generously supported by the Friends of Sundays Live in honor of Robert Margulies.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Capitol Ensemble
Sunday, October 4| 6:00 pm
Capitol Ensemble-Phillip Levy (violin), Julie Gigante (violin), Simon Oswell (viola), Victoria Miskolczy (viola), David Low (cello) perform Dvorak: String Quintet in D flat major, Opus 97, and 2 waltzes for String Quartet, Opus 54. Generously supported by The Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Cellist Marek Szpakiewicz and pianist Jiayi Shi
Sunday, September 27| 6:00 pm
Cellist Marek Szpakiewicz and pianist Jiayi Shi perform Music for Yom Kippur by Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Ernest Bloch: Baal Shem, Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata transcribed for cello and piano.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Celebration Concert No. 9
Sunday, September 20| 6:00 pm
Haydn Celebration Concert No. 9. New England Conservatory pianist to be announced.
Generously sponsored by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Pianists Maria Demina and Anna von Urbans
Sunday, September 13| 6:00 pm
Pianists Maria Demina and Anna von Urbans perform music for the Mendelssohn anniversary year, including Mendelssohn's own 4-hand arrangement of the Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Violinist Endre Balogh and guests
Sunday, September 6| 6:00 pm
Violinist Endre Balogh and colleagues Kevin Connoly (violin), Steven Gordon (viola), Dennis Karmazyn (cello), and Genevieve Feiwen Lee (piano) perform Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, and Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Opus 44.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

Hayden Celebration Concert No. 8
Sunday, August 30| 6:00 pm
New England Conservatory pianist Igor Lovchinsky performs Haydn: Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI:23, and Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32, J.S. Bach: Capriccio for the Departure of a Beloved Brother, and Shostakovich: Sonata No. 1 Opus 12.
Generously supported by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

iPalpiti Artists International
Sunday, August 23| 6:00 pm
iPalpiti Artists International return to celebrate Mendelssohn with the Violin Sonata in F minor featuring violinist Timothy Fain and the Octet, Opus 20.
Generously supported by the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

iPalpiti Artists International
Sunday, August 16| 6:00 pm
iPalpiti Artists International celebrate the Mendelssohn anniversary (1809-1847), performing Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor and Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations

2009

Monktet
Friday, November 6| 6:00 pm
The 2009 Friday Night Jazz series closes with the nine-piece Monktet.  Originally founded by arranger/composer/saxophonist John Magruder in the early eighties, and reenergized by his wife and collaborator Joy Magruder, the Monktet plays the music of Thelonius Monk, as arranged by John Magruder and others, as well as Magruder's original compositions. The Monktet has played in leading Southern California jazz clubs including the Jazz Bakery and Spazio, along with performances and clinics for universities and music programs.
LATCC | Free, no reservations

Inga Swearingen celebrates Johnny Mercer
Friday, October 30| 6:00 pm
Vocalist Inga Swearingen presents a special evening celebrating Johnny Mercer's 100th anniversary. Swearingen is best known from her work with Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion broadcasts and concerts. She has performed around the world at such prestigious venues as the Montreux Jazz Festival, Tanglewood, and Carnegie Hall. "She has the knack for making even complicated musical trajectories sound natural and flowing," writes jazz critic Joe Woodard.
LATCC | Free, no reservations

Larry Karush Quartet
Friday, October 23| 6:00 pm
Larry Karush is an improvising pianist/composer with roots in jazz, twentieth-century western music, African-based percussion, and the music of North India, and has performed with John Abercrombie, Jane Ira Bloom, Eddie Gomez, and Bennie Wallace and Oregon. "Karush draws together such disparate elements as bluegrass banjo, stride, tinges of Erik Satie, country and the blues. But his own vision-one of the most fascinating in current jazz-remains constant."-Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times.
LATCC | Free, no reservations

John B. Williams
Friday, October 16| 6:00 pm
Bassist John B. Williams may be best known as the bass player on the Arsenio Hall Show and prior to that on Doc Severinson's Tonight Show Band, but this multi-talented musician has spent his distinguished career working with a who's who of jazz legends including Nancy Wilson (for over twenty-five years), Bennie Maupin, The Manhattan Transfer, Billy Cobham, and Michael Wolff.
LATCC | Free, no reservations

Lesa Terry & Friends
Friday, October 9| 6:00 pm
Music director of the Women's Jazz Orchestra and Women's Jazz Quartet, violinist Lesa Terry returns to LACMA with an all-star group. A veteran of the Uptown String Quartet and the Max Roach Double Quartet, Terry has performed the world over at such esteemed venues as the Hollywood Bowl, United Nations, Duke Ellington Conference, and Playboy Jazz Festival.
LATCC | Free, no reservations

Johnnie Valentino
Friday, October 2| 6:00 pm
Guitarist and composer Johnnie Valentino has worked with some of today's leading contemporary improvisers including Alex Acuña, Oscar Brashear, Luis Conte, Vinny Golia, Mike Pedicin, and Wadada Leo Smith. "His work reminds me of the ethereal playing you often hear from guitarists like Abercrombie or Frisell, but with a style that is definitely all his own."-Jazz Improv (Scott Hockenberry).
LATCC | Free, no reservations

Please note that Friday Night Jazz moves back to LACMA's LA Times Central Court.  

Gary LeMel
Friday, September 25| 6:00 pm
A singer who instantly "touches your heart" (allaboutjazz.com), Gary LeMel has a rich baritone voice, a respect for melodies and lyrics, and a sincere, uncluttered delivery that result in timeless music tailor-made "for lovers of vocals" (Radio & Records Magazine). LeMel has recorded for Concord and Atlantic Records and has worked with such musicians as Elvin Jones, the Brecker Brothers, and Grady Tate. BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

BoneSoir
Friday, September 18| 6:00 pm
BoneSoir's straight-ahead jazz features five trombones and a rhythm section. Each member has an extensive background in a broad scope of musical performances and genres: festivals, theaters, clubs, and concert halls, motion picture, video, television and recordings. This concert is sponsored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.
BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

"L.A. Jazz Treasure Award" - Snooky Young
Friday, September 11| 6:00 pm
LACMA and the Los Angeles Jazz Society proudly present the inaugural L.A. Jazz Treasure Award to jazz trumpet legend Snooky Young. The evening features a special tribute band comprised of Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and Tonight Show band members. Mr. Young recently turned ninety and is a recent NEA Jazz Master awardee. Young was lead trumpeter of the Jimmie Lunceford band from 1939 to 1942 and has played with Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band. His longest engagement was with the Tonight Show Band from 1967 through 1992. Young is still playing and recording with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.
BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

Michael Session Sextet
Friday, September 4| 6:00 pm
Michael Session returns to LACMA with his all-star sextet. "Session remains a dominant soloist, blessed with vivid musical imagination, A-Line technique, and an apparent passion to construct heart stopping thrill rides on the saxophone," writes Rex Butters, All About Jazz. Firmly rooted in classic Blue Note, the sextet's front line plays crisp harmonized arrangements based in blues and uptown bebop.
BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

The Kathleen Grace Band
Friday, August 28| 6:00 pm
Based in Los Angeles, the Kathleen Grace Band (KGB) was born out of a desire to fuse the musical language of jazz with the storytelling of the American folk tradition.  Grace in her capacity as singer, songwriter and producer draws the listener in with vocal harmonies, grooves and textures. She has performed at festivals in Europe, the U.S., and South America and was a finalist in the 2004 Montreux International Jazz Vocal Competition.
BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

Ben Wendel Group 
Friday, August 21| 6:00 pm
Founding member of the genre-bending group, Kneebody, saxophonist and composer Ben Wendel has toured the world with such diverse artists as Cuban drumming legend Ignacio Berroa, Thelonius Monk Piano Competition Winner Tigran Hamasyan, and hip hop artist Snoop Dogg. His first solo album Simple Song was recently released on Sunnyside Records in March 2009. Wendel also serves as Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies at USC.
BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

Cross Hart Jazz Experience
Friday, August 14| 6:00 pm
Led by bassist/composer Ryan Cross and drummer Lorca Hart, the Cross Hart Jazz Experience takes a fresh approach to jazz standards with high-energy arrangements. The group’s acclaimed self-titled debut album has received airplay nationally and the group has performed across Southern California at jazz clubs and festivals including the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Rose Bowl.
BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

2009

Johnny Polanco y Su Conjunto Amistad
Saturday, August 22| 5:00 pm
Johnny Polanco is one of the most sought-after band leaders in the U.S. He has gained the distinction for making the type of contagious Latin music that is truly appreciated by salsa dancers worldwide. Mr. Polanco has been performing concerts the world over for nearly 35 years and has worked with such artists as Cachao, Tito Puente, Jr., Charlie Zaa, Ray De La Paz, Tito Nieves and many others.
Hancock Park | Free, no reservations

Esther Segovia
Saturday, August 15| 5:00 pm
Tango singer Esther Segovia began her career as the lead vocalist for the folklore group Romantico Sur. She has recorded a number of albums, including a dream recording project with El Maestro, Jose Luis "Pepe" Motta, in her homeland of Buenos Aires. This production is a collection of unforgettable songs within the Tango genre like "Sus Ojos Se Cerraron," "Garufa," and "Soy La Segovia, Soy El Gotan," written by Argentinean composer Lito Solanas.
Hancock Park | Free, no reservations