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| Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl For one special holiday weekend in May, the Rose Bowl will be remembered for hosting World-Class jazz! On Memorial Day Weekend, May 27, 28 and 29 , this stadium, proud home of UCLA Bruin Football, Fourth of July celebrations, concerts, religious services, filmings and the world's largest flea market will turn over its field to Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl presented as one of five events under the "Pasadena Summer Fest" banner. Returning for its second consecutive year to present an exciting all-new line up, Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl — a music medley of old and new traditions — takes the audience from straight-ahead traditional and Big Band Era Swing to the smooth sounds of Contemporary Jazz, then sprinkles in an eclectic mix of Latin Street Music, Salsa, Afro Caribbean and Latin Jazz, and rounds out the music flavors of the weekend with a pinch of Smooth Pop Funk, to present nationally recognized artists along with some of Southern California's best musicians on the scene today. May 27: Grant Geissman Quintet (Contemporary Jazz), B-Side Players (Latin/Street Band), Gary Herbig (Straight Ahead Jazz), The Jumpin' Joz Band (Swing), Angela Carole Brown (Jazz Vocalist), and the Narbonne High School, directed by Tim Suits May 28: Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (Latin), Dave Pell Octet (Straight Ahead Jazz), "Imaginacion" featuring Bill Cunliffe (Latin Jazz), Cross/Hart Jazz Experience (Straight Ahead Jazz), Michael Haggins Group (Smooth Funk), All-Star Spotlight Band with Ismael Cuevas), Danny Janklow, Jonathan Richards, Jordan Seigel, Max Wrightson), and Emile Martinez, and the 1st Annual KKJZ Radio High School Jazz Competition Winner May 29: Michael Lington (Smooth Jazz), The Dwight Trible Experience (Vocalist/Straight Ahead Jazz), The Hour Trio with Austin Peralta, Jake Bloch, Tigran Nersissian (Straight Ahead Jazz), David Garfield & The Cats (Smooth Jazz/ Pop/Funk), AC Timba Jazz Project (Latin), and the Pasadena City College Studio Jazz Ensemble. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |