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Playboy Jazz Festival 2008
Saturday June 14, 2008 - Sunday June 15, 2008 from 2:00pm - 11:00pm
Hollywood Bowl
2301 N. Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90078 Get Directions
SATURDAY, JUNE 14 - 2:30-11:00 pm
AL JARREAU
PONCHO SANCHEZ LATIN JAZZ BAND with special guest EDDIE FLOYD
THE JAMES MOODY QUARTET
DR. JOHN & THE LOWER 911
TOWER OF POWER
R n R featuring RICK BRAUN and RICHARD ELLIOT
HIROMI’S SONICBLOOM
SHERRIE MARICLE & THE DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA
COS OF GOOD MUSIC featuring AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE, DWAYNE BURNO, NDUGU CHANCLER, BENNY GREEN, BILLY HARPER, JERRY PETERS and DAVID T. WALKER
ROBERT GLASPER
HAMILTON ACADEMY OF MUSIC JAZZ ENSEMBLE “A” (Under the direction of Dan Taguchi)

SUNDAY, JUNE 15 - 2:00-10:30 pm

HERBIE HANCOCK and The River of Possibilities Tour featuring DAVE HOLLAND, VINNIE COLAIUTA, CHRIS POTTER, LIONEL LOUEKE, and SONYA KITCHELL
KEB’ MO’
ROY HARGROVE BIG BAND
GUITARS & SAXES featuring GERALD ALBRIGHT, JEFF GOLUB, JEFF LORBER & PETER WHITE
DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER RED EARTH: A MALIAN JOURNEY
IVAN LINS with special guest OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES
BEN RILEY'S MONK LEGACY SEPTET
PLENA LIBRE
RYAN SHAW
VIEW PARK PREP JAZZ ENSEMBLE (Under the direction of Fernando Pullum)

Master of Ceremonies BILL COSBY

Established in 1979, The Playboy Jazz Festival has become internationally acclaimed, emerging as the West Coast's premier jazz event. Sold out every year, it is a month-long affair culminating on one weekend in June at the Hollywood Bowl featuring jazz, latin and world music. Virtually every jazz legend and major contemporary artist has performed here, yet the festival has also showcased up and coming talent from around the world and from various genres. As part of its commitment to foster a greater awareness of jazz music, the festival presents a comprehensive six-week series of free pre-festival events most notably: the standing room only "Jazz on Film" night and "Jazz at Warner Center Park", a day-long event featuring 6 hours of free live jazz, arts & crafts, gourmet foods, rides and a variety of family entertainment. Begun in 1959 as a one-time landmark event in Chicago to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Playboy Magazine, it was revived in 1979 and remains one of the most unique festivals with its forward thinking and creative programming.

Past performers include Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Joe Williams, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Gerry Mulligan, Mel Torme, Etta James, Poncho Sanchez, Chris Botti, Arturo Sandoval, Brian Setzer, Gladys Knight, Joshua Redman, Chucho Valdes, Ozomatli and hundreds of others.
Comments
I've gone the last 12 years, I'll be there on Sunday
Posted 5 years ago
First time and I hope not the last time. Everyone I've been talking to says go make sure you go.
Posted 4 years ago
This will be my 3rd year. If you go once, you're hooked for life. The Playboy is a party with 18,000 people you see once a year. I travel from Chicago to go Sat and Sun. Stop down in Sec E and say Hi to Mr. Cleve!!!
Posted 4 years ago
Don't EVER miss this! I beenn 17 times...the list of people I have seen over the years is EXTREMELY long. Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and the New World Orchestra featuring Paquito D'Rivera, Gato Barbieri, Dianne Reeves, Chaka Khan, Norman Connors, Al Jarreau, the Family Laws, Etta james, Patti Austin featuring James Ingram, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Williams, Oh and I could go on forever. I missed it once...since 1991 when Rick Braun and Boney James turned it out! I will NEVER miss it again! It's L.A.'s BEST Party without a shadow of a doubt!
Posted 4 years ago
I have lots of tickets for Sunday, at ticketmaster cost, s/h $10. Sec K1, email me at tennisad@hotmail.com Thanks, or call 503-641-6822
Posted 4 years ago
I myself have been to the Jazz Festival for several years now, recently my wife has joined me along with a group of 20+ people and we have a great time each year, my wife and I have become known as the jello shot people cause every year we bring several bags to share with others, the music is great and the people are cool, its the BEST outdoor event in LA if you would like jello shots, my wife and we will be in sec Q row 20, ask for jello shot people, stop by and say Hi to our group on saturday and join the FUN!
Posted 4 years ago


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