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Councilmember Cedillo’s FREE Seventh Annual Latin Jazz and Music Festival on his custom streaming page and social media platforms is on Saturday, November 7th. Get all the details here: https://www.twitch.tv/latinjazzmusicfestival

Jazz at LACMA: Meet the Musicians Live! Friday, October 30, 6 pm Join us for a virtual music experience featuring award-winning creative flutist, composer, bandleader, and educator Nicole Mitchell. Tune in with your family and enjoy the experience while you dance and picnic from home. Learn more and RSVP: https://www.lacma.org/event/jazz-lacma-meet-musicians-live-6 November 13, join us for Jazz at LACMA: Meet the Musicians Live! featuring jazz vocalist Melissa Morgan. Learn more and RSVP: https://www.lacma.org/event/jazz-lacma-meet-musicians-live-5

Happy Birthday to Dianne Reeves Music!

Don't miss Councilmember Cedillo’s FREE Seventh Annual Latin Jazz and Music Festival streaming online Saturday, November 7, where you'll also be able to help families in need this Thanksgiving. Get more info here: https://www.twitch.tv/latinjazzmusicfestival

The final Sunset Jazz at Bistango concert is happening on Monday, October 26th at 6pm. The concert will feature the Bill Cunliffe Trio and Carl Saunders with special guest Andrea Miller. Tickets and info are at 949.759.5003 and at www.sunsetjazz.com.

Out November 13, the album is entitled, 'Weekend in London.'

Watch Councilmember Cedillo’s FREE Seventh Annual Latin Jazz and Music Festival on his custom streaming page and social media platforms on Saturday, November 7th. During and before the broadcast we are requesting contributions on Square for El Centro Del Pueblo’s 24thAnnual Turkey Giveaway and Thanksgiving meal delivery to senior citizens and families in need.

Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling continues his series of livestream performances at Chicago’s iconic Green Mill, as part of his 25th Anniversary Concert Tour! Celebrating the silver anniversary of Elling’s Blue Note debut, the series themed concerts on October 23rd and 30th and November 13th. Reserve your tickets at https://bit.ly/3jyMl0h. A portion of the proceeds helps benefit KJazz 88.1.

The great Dizzy Gillespie was born this day in 1917.

While much of 1965’s ‘Pastel Blues’ is sonically subdued, the album’s 10-minute grand finale is a tour de force.

If you want to let someone hear what John Coltrane is all about, then this is as good a place as any to start.

Travelling with Chris Barber’s jazz band, Muddy Waters’ first UK tour found him playing pure and uninhibited blues to devoted crowds.