Central Avenue Jazz Festval this Weekend, featuring Roy Gaines

Come hear the music where it all started - on Central Avenue in South Los Angeles.
Saturday & Sunday, July 24 & 25
Noon to 6 p.m.

On Central Avenue and 42nd Street, adjacent to the Dunbar Hotel and the Central Avenue Jazz Park. This area has always been steeped in history and now is undergoing a building boom and cultural renaissance.

Saturday, July 24

  • 12:00 pm Panel Discussion facilitated by Clora Bryant
  • 1:00 pm LAUSD All-City High School Jazz Band (Directed by Tony White)
  • 2:20 pm Azar Lawrence Quintet
  • 3:40 pm Mongorama
  • 5:00 pm Roy Gaines and his Orchestra

Sunday, July 25

  • 12:00 pm Jazz America
  • 1:10 pm The Gathering
  • 2:30 pm Ernie Andrews with Rickey Woodard & Bobby Rodriguez
  • 4:00 pm Gerald Wilson Orchestra
  • 5:30 pm Henry Franklin
Learn first hand about the legendary home of West Coast Jazz, Jack Kerouac, Duke Ellington's band, Fats Waller, Lena Horne, Nat "King" Cole, Fats Domino, BB King, Dizzy Gillespie, The Dunbar Hotel, Club Alabam, The Lincoln Theater.










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