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PAST ARTISTS in the Series

2016 Opening Night; JANUARY 16th, & FEBRUARY 6th 

"STRAIGHT AHEAD' JAZZ!!!

with MR. NOLAN SHAHEED

A great hang with a smoking "Straight-Ahead" band!  

Jamael Dean piano, Theo Saunders piano, James Leary bass, Justin Thomas vibes, Quentin Dennard drums.

 

FEBRUARY 13th -- "UNIVERSITY" JAZZ!!!

Tonight we featured great young musicians from USC!  

guitar/Miles Jensen, drums/Zev Shearn-Nance,  

bass/Ari Giancaterino.  

 guitar/Kyle Scherrer, 

tenor saxophone/Michael Blasky

 

FEBRUARY 27th -- "VOCAL" JAZZ!!!

Vocalist CHERYL BENTYNE

from the Manhattan Transfer!

Performed with Mark Massey on piano and Kevin Axt on bass.

 

MARCH 5TH --

"STRAIGHT AHEAD" JAZZ!

the truly elegant drummer, MR. DONALD DEAN

Sam Hirsh on piano, Jonathan Pintoff on bass, and Benn Clatworthy on sax!

 

APRIL 2nd

"VOCAL FORUM"

Cathy Segal-Garcia and Tiffany Bailey present the first:

"Vocal Forum"!  Vocal Forum brings incredible talent to the stage with a diverse variety of music styles.

Another sold-out house!

Featured on vocals:  Tiffany Bailey / Karen Celeste Kruz / Gary Brumburgh

Dolores Scozzesi / Sidney Jacobs / Armando Compean / Yuka Akai

Martha Taylor LaCroix

 

APRIL 16th

'STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ" with

PAUL KREIBICH'S QUARTET presenting

"THANK YOU ELVIN"

A burning Straight Ahead celebration of

the "Elvin JOnes Live @ The Lighthouse" sessions

DOUG WEBB & JEFF ELWOOD on saxes

CHRIS COLANGELO on bass

PAUL KREIBICH on drums

 

APRIL 30th (International Jazz Day)

We have "CUBAN JAZZ" with Calixto Oviedo

Anibal Seminario Sax / Flaute

Trombone/ Richard Velzen

Hugo Vera /Trombone

Lily Hernandez/ Singer

Jonathan Montes/ Piano

Calixto Oviedo / drums

 

MAY 21st JAZZ SINGER from Cyprus,

 in a rare L.A. performance!

THE BEAUTIFUL ALEXIA VASSILIO

http://alexiamusic.com

 

JUNE 4th  

"VOCAL JAZZ -

ALTERNATIVE SOUL" with

STACYE BRANCHE

JUNE 11th

"VOCAL JAZZ"

CD Release Party for

SIDNEY JACOBS

JULY 9th 

"VOCAL JAZZ" with award winning

DARYNN DEAN

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AUGUST 6th  "HUMAN CONNECTION MUSIC" organization -

co-founded by vocalists

Mon David and Cathy Segal-Garcia - honored "Heroes of Jazz"  -

 Mr. NOLAN SHAHEED.  www.humanconnectionmusic.com

Please consider making a tax-deductible

extra contribution to this organization!

As a constant  jazz community builder, at this point in my life, I seriously want to see if I can build support for our uniquely rich singular American creation:  JAZZ

We've created these events..."Hero's of Jazz"...to inspire and heal people, by introducing them to these truly AMAZING artists.  Artists who have literally committed their whole lifetimes to studying, practicing, teaching, creating and performing this art form. 

Can you imagine what kind of a life that is?

Consider how important it is to acknowledge these people in our society... The gifts of jazz to the world run extremely deep, no matter how subtle they may appear.  Art makes people and the environment better.  It just does.

Yours sincerely,   Cathy Segal-Garcia

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 AUGUST 10th  Guitar jazz + guest vocalists

JAMIE FINDLAY gtr, ZAC MATHEWS bass

Tiffany Bailey, Mika Yamamoto, Tom Francini, Karen Celeste Cruz,

Cathy Segal-Garcia, Annie Mueller 

AUGUST 20th  "JAZZ FOR JAPAN"

Fundraiser for Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan

Billy Mitchell, Michael Saucier, Quentin Dennard, Barry Zweig, Mark Christian Miller, Yuka Akai, Mako, Yuko Mabuchi Trio, Goh Kurasow, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Mon David, Kei Akagi, Yu Ooka, Ian Martin, Paul Kreibich, Kendall Kay, Justo Almario, Takako Uemura.

SEPTEMBER 16th "BRAZILIAN JAZZ"

DUO VIOLAO BRASIL

http://www.duoviolaobrasil.com

COMING BACK in MARCH 2017!  Don't miss them!

SEPTEMBER 24th "MODERN JAZZ FUNK"

guitarist YU OOKA with BOY KANTINDIG

Kim Horn, Kenny Elliot and Hussain Jiffry

NOVEMBER 10th "BLUES NIGHT"

YU OOKA and SISTA JEAN AND THE BLUES MACHINE

NOVEMBER 19th "VOCAL JAZZ"

SIDNEY JACOBS

www.sidneyjacobsart.com 

DECEMBER 8th "BLUES NIGHT"

Yu Ooka

Sista Jean & The Blues Machine

DECEMBER 17th CONTEMPORARY/STRAIGHT AHEAD

Pianist YUKO MABUCHI

http://www.yukomabuchi.com

2017JANUARY 20th  MICHAEL 'CODY' DEAR Quintet

JANUARY 21st   JACO KIMURA from Fukuyama, Hiroshima

Cathy Segal-Garcia, Linda A, Allan Walker, Dave Moscoe, 

Yu Ooka, Paul Kreibich

JANUARY 28th  PETER KAVANAUGH

Nick Mancini, Abe Lagrimas Jr., Gabe Davis

FEBRUARY 9th "BLUES NIGHT"

HUGH LAXINETA'S BLUES ALL STARS

+ TIFFANY BAILEY, KAREN CELESTE KRUZ, ADA BIRD WOLFE,

WILL WALKER

FEBRUARY 17th Todd Hunter Trio

Ahmet Turkmenoglu, Steve Hass

FEBRUARY 25th CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA CD Release Party

Josh Nelson, Otmaro Ruiz, Karen Hammack, Calabria Foti,

Bevan Manson, Jane Getz, Gary Fukushima

MARCH 10 - BRAZ TRIO

Leo Nobre, Carlinhos Rocha, Sandro Feliciano

MARCH 17 - JEFFREY GIMBLE MIXTAPE REDUX

with Josh Nelson and band

MARCH 24 - GUITARIST RINER SCIVALLY

MARCH 25 - LOUIE CRUZ BELTRAN

APRIL 1st - vocalist MARYANNE REALL

APRIL 14 - vocalist ADA BIRD WOLFE

APRIL 22 - JAZZ SAXOPHONIST JUST ALMARIO

APRIL 29 - JAZZ TRUMPETER NOLAN SHAHEED

BOBBY PIERCE, CLAYTON CAMERON, TONY DUMAS

MAY 6 - JAZZ VOCALIST MARK CHRISTIAN MILLER

MAY 13 - JAZZ & BLUES VOCALIST CLE THOMPSON

MAY 19 - STRAIGHT AHEAD BURNING SAX MAN 

BENN CLATWORTHY WITH SAM HIRSH ON PIANO

JUNE 3 - PIANIST TODD HUNTER'D TRIO

Ahmet Turkmenoglu, Steve Hass

JUNE 10th - CUBAN VOCALIST LILY HERNANDEZ with special guest

DRUMMER CALIXTO OVIEDO

JUNE 24TH - VOCALIST/ACTOR P.L.BROWN

Lanny Hartley, James Leary, Donald Dean

JULY 21 - 100th Anniversary of SNJDTLA jazz series at Au Lac!

Bruce Lett / Nick Mancini / Brad Duz

AUGUST 12th - VOCALIST AMBER WEEKES

AUGUST 19th - Pianist CHARLIE FERGUSON SEXTET

RON STOUT trumpet, BOB LEATHERBARROW drums, SCOTT WHITFIELD trombone, CHRIS CONNER bass, GENE BURKERT saxes

SEPTEMBER 8 - BLUES & R&B

Mando & the Blue Gatos / Sista Jean & the Blues Machine

SEPTEMBER 9 - ORGAN TRIO + VOCALS

guitarist FRANK POTENZA & vocalist CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA

with Carey Frank organ, & Aaron Sefarty drums

SEPTEMBER 21st

Guitarists Francesco Buzzurro & Richard Smith

OCTOBER 7th

BRAD DUTZ Tentet - "Ten Technicians Titled Ted"

OCTOBER 20th - Drummer PAUL COHEN quartet

OCTOBER 21st - Vocalist JUDY WEXLER

OCTOBER 28th -Pianist SUNNIE PAXSON & vocalist ELIANA ESTEVAO

11/10 Mando & The Blue Gatos (Armando Compean)

11/11  Pianist Danny Green Trio

11/17 Vocalist Ada Bird Wolfe - On Giant Shoulders Series

The Saint & The Sinner - Coltrane & Miles

11/18 - Vocalist Kellye Gray, with pianist Adam Shulman, bassist Peter Barshay

DECEMBER 7 - Vocalist KARINA CORRADINI

DECEMBER 8th - Funk Band MAMA SPANX

DECEMBER 9th - Vocalist GAYLE LARONE

David Moscoe, Michael Saucier, Fritz Wise, Allan Walker

2018

JANUARY 6th - Trombonist BOB McCHESNEY

Adam Hersh- pno, Kevin Axt - bass, Dick Weller - drums, Calabria Foti vocals

JANUARY 27th - Vocalist GRETA MATASSA w/ Pianist KAREN HAMMACK

FEBRUARY 9th - R&B vocalist CLAYTON

with guest vocalist MARIA HOWELL

FEBRUARY 10th - Brazilian jazz with vocalist MARI NOBRE

LEO NOBRE & "NOBRESIL"

MARCH 3rd - LEGEND VOCALIST MARY STALLINGS

MARCH 10th - Scott Sorrentino's Birthday with THE YELLOWJACKETS

MARCH 16th - Guitarist DAVE ASKREN & woodwinds JEFF BENEDICT

MARCH 31 - RAW SUGAR with Dr. Richard A. Williams

Justo Almario, Jane Getz, Don Littleton

APRIL 7- JIMMY BRANLEY, OTMARO RUIZ, AHMET TURKMENOGLU

w/ special guest Catina DeLuna

APRIL 21st - TED FALCON & BRAZILIAN STRINGS

APRIL 28th - CALABRIA FOTI with BOB McCHESNEY

2016 JANUARY 23rd --  "VOCAL JAZZ" with 

Vocalist CHERYL BARNES

with Phil Cabasso on piano and the band.

 

JANUARY 30th & FEBRUARY 20th -- "LATIN" JAZZ!!!

JUSTO ALMARIO

Rique Pantoja on piano,

Aaron Serfaty on drums, Guillermo Guzman on bass.

 

MARCH 19th -- "LATIN JAZZ" WITH THE EXCITING BANDLEADER,

PIANIST OSCAR HERNANDEZ!  

OSCAR'S BIRTHDAY with Katisse Buckingham,

Jimmy Branly, Eddie Resto, Christian Moraga.

 

MARCH 26th --

The launching of an Artist Hub and Alliance, 

"HUMAN CONNECTION MUSIC"

founded by Mon David & Cathy Segal-Garcia

 

APRIL 9th

"STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ"

NOLAN SHAHEED RETURNS TO ENTERTAIN THE AUDIENCES!

 

April 23rd

"VOCAL JAZZ" with Brazilian Jazz & Straight Ahead

Carol Bach-y-Rita

guitarist Bruce Forman, Jake Reed drums, Hussain Jiffry bass

 

MAY 7th "VOCAL JAZZ"

"Body Music" with ZUZA

from Brazil and Clarice Cast on percussion

 

MAY 14th

 "STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ"

JUSTO ALMARIO performs with

THE MINGUS BAND from UCLA

http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/justo-almario-bio​

THURSDAY MAY 26th

The Reunion Project with

Tony White, John Ehlis, 

Ray McNamara, Gary Fukushima and Alex Boneham 

MAY 28th  "VOCAL JAZZ" celebrating

CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA's BIRTHDAY!

Cathy is the creator of Saturday Night Jazz DTLA,

and also an excellent singer!

Band:  "The Moment", with special guest bassist!

Gary Fukushima keyboards, Roberto Miranda bass

Brad Dutz drums, Tony White sax, Jeff Richman guitar

 

JUNE 18th "STRAIGHT AHEAD JAZZ"

with vibraphone musician  

LOLLY ALLEN

Mike Cottone, trumpet Kirsten Edkins, saxes, Tom Owens, piano, Teresa Sanchez, bass, Kendall Kay, drums

JUNE 25th "VOCAL JAZZ" with

SHARON MARIE CLINE

with the Bad Boyz of Jazz

  www.sharonmariecline.com

FRIDAY July 22nd "LATIN JAZZ" WITH 

PIANIST OSCAR HERNANDEZ! Featuring an all star band, including guest Dayren Santamaria

JULY 23rd "BLUES N JAZZ" with ARMANDO COMPEAN

JULY 16th

"VOCAL JAZZ"

MARYANNE REALL

JULY 30th  "VOCAL JAZZ"

MARK WINKLER

AUGUST 13th  "VOCAL JAZZ" with

DOLORES SCOZZESI

http://doloresscozzesi.com

AUGUST 18th "BLUES FESTIVAL" with

PAULIE CERRA's Band AND

SISTA JEAN's BLUES MACHINE

SEPTEMBER 3rd "VOCAL JAZZ" with

MARV ROBINSON

SEPTEMEBER 10th "STRAIGHT AHEAD" with 

THE ORGAN-IK QUARTET

JACQUES LESURE, PETE KUZMA, CECIL BROOKS III, RALPH MOORE

www.jacqueslesure.com 

SEPTEMBER 17th "STRAIGHT AHEAD VOCAL JAZZ"

MON DAVID pays tribute to MARK MURPHY

http://mondavid.wix.com/jazz 

OCTOBER 1st "VOCAL JAZZ"

SUSAN KREBS BAND

http://www.susankrebsmusic.com

OCTOBER 8th "LATIN JAZZ"

LOUIE CRUZ BELTRAN

http://www.louiecruzbeltran.com

OCTOBER 22 "MODERN JAZZ"

BEVAN MANSON

Bevan Manson interview

OCTOBER 29th "ECLECTIC JAZZ"

"MOSTLY KOSHER"

www.mostlykosher

November 5th "VOCAL JAZZ"

CHERYL D. BARNES

www.cheryldbarnes.com 

NOVEMBER 12th  "VOCAL JAZZ"

JUDY WEXLER

http://judywexler.com

DECEMBER 3rd  "STRAIGHT AHEAD"

"MASTERS OF RHYTHM"  The Royalty of jazz

3 drummers, with 3 lifetimes of experience!

QUENTIN DENNARD //  PAUL KREIBICH // DONALD DEAN

DECEMBER 10th "CUBAN JAZZ"

CALIXTO OVIEDO & HIS BAND

2017JANUARY 7th 2017

VOCAL JAZZ with CHARLO

www.charlocrossley

JANUARY 12th BLUES

with VIVA VINSON & SISTA JEAN & THE BLUES MACHINE

JANUARY 14th - ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

with Gypsy Jazz and vocal

JANICE ANDERSON

FEBRUARY 4th 

WILL BRAHM & HOMENAJE

www.homenage.com

FEBRUARY 11th

DOLORES SCOZZESI

FEBRUARY 18th

GUITARIST PAULINHO GARCIA

MARCH 4TH

JAZZ VOCALIST

KENNY WASHINGTON

MARCH 9th BLUES/R&B

KAREN CELESTE KRUZ & KANGA LAVRADO

SISTA JEAN & THE BLUES MACHINE

MARCH 18th - DIANE HUBKA on guitar & vocals

with band lead by Andy Langham

APRIL 8th The REGGIE WOODS TRIO

with MARLENE CUAUHTIN

MAY 11 - BLUES/SOUL WITH SISTA JEAN & THE BLUES MACHINE

KANGA LAVRADO & KAREN CELESTE CRUZ

BILL FULTON, LOU CASTRO, LYNN COULTER, AL GARCIA

MAY 12 - BRAZILIAN VOCALIST ELIANA ESTEVAO

& HER GUEST DIONNE WARWICK

MAY 20th - VOCALIST JAMIE SHEW

STEVE COTTER, JASON HARNELL & JOE BAGG

MAY 27th - VOCALIST CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA Bday BASH!

with THE MOMENT:  Gary Fukushima, Jeff Richman, Chuck Manning, Brad Dutz.

and with FISH to BIRDS:  Ashely Maher, Emile Hassan Dyer, Mon David,

Tracy Robertson, Cecily Gardner

JUNE 17th - ORGAN TRIO with "STRANGERS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT"

CAREY FRANK, WILL BRAHM, JAMEY TATE

JULY 1 - BRAZILIAN GUITARIST/VOCALIST PAULINHO GARCIA

JULY 6th - 'BEATLEJAZZ' with GARY BRUMBURGH & KATHRYN HOPKINS

JULY 29 - NOBRESIL with MARI NOBRE & LEO NOBRE

AUGUST 5th - BENN CLATWORTHY & SYSTEM VI

AUGUST 11th - BLUES NIGHT with MARTHA'S LOOT'N KINGS & WILL WALKER

AUGUST 26th - LOUIS VAN TAYLOR

SEPTEMBER 2nd - Guitarist PETER SPRAGUE & Vocalist REBECCA JADE

SEPTEMBER 14 - ANDRIA LITTO

with the Lou Foresteri Trio

SEPTEMBER 16 - WORLD JAZZ with 'OPEN HANDS'

JUSTO ALMARIO / ABRAHAM LABORIEL / BILL MAXWELL / TIM CARMON

SEPTEMBER 23rd - Vocalist SIDNEY JACOBS

SEPTEMBER 30th - Pianist Gerry Bryant & Pocketwatch

and The Equanimous Jones Quartet

OCTOBER 13th - BLUES /FUNK night with 

MARTHA'S LOOTIN' KINGS with VIVA VINSON

OCTOBER 14th - STUNNING NEW VOCALIST TIFFANY AUSTIN

with Teodross Avery, Earl Johnson, Michael Alvidrez, Fritz Wise

NOVEMBER 2nd - BRAZIL'S "CHORO DAS 3"

NOVEMBER 4th - THE TRIAD SESSIONS with Vocalists

KAREN CELESTE KRUZ, KATHRYN HOPKINS, & AVIVA DIAMOND

DECEMBER 2nd - GUITARIST JACQUES LESURE

with MARVIN SMITTY SMITH, AARON PROVISOR, WILL LYLE

DECEMBER 16th - Vocalist CHRISTINE HELFERICH

DECEMBER 30th - Vocalist CHERYL BARNES

Phillip Cabasso, Leo Nobre, Quentin Dennard

2018

JANUARY 13th - Vocalist MARYANNE REALL

Jonathan Dane, Steve Cotter, Chris Colangelo, Charles Ruggerio

JANUARY 20th - Sax/arranger KIM RICHMOND with Vocalist KIMBERLY FORD

Tribute to Joni Mitchell & Herbie Hancock

FEBRUARY 3rd - Brazilian guitarist/vocalist PAULINHO GARCIA

and TODD HUNTER on piano

FEBRUARY 17th - Saxaphonist/Pianist CODY DEAR

FEBRUARY 24th - Vocalist & Saturday Night Jazz DTLA Curator

CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA

CD Release Party - "The Jazz Chamber"

Featuring Bevan Manson, Steve Hass, Ahmet Turkmenoglu, Jeff Driskill

Fish to Birds, Paulinho Garcia, Mon David

MARCH 17th - Brazilian with PAU BRASIL L.A. & 

vocalist KENIA

MARCH 23 - Vocalist Anne Walsh

Thom Zink, Hussain Jeffrys, Chris Wabich

APRIL 13 - ANGIE G and FRIENDS

Ann Mack, James Geralden, Charlotte Pope, 

with Bradley Young, Michael Saucier, Sal Crocker

APRIL 14th - Trombonists Ryan Dragon & Joey Sellers

MAY 5th - PAUL COHEN

MAY 12th - BRASIL BRAZIL with ANA GAZZOLLA & SONIA SANTOS

MAY 19th - DWIGHT TRIBLE

MAY 26th - YU OOKA & YVETTE NII

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