Innovation and Progressive Sounds Resonate as LA's Only Alternative, Non-Commercial Jazz Festival Kicks-off on Labor Day

Innovation and Progressive Sounds Resonate as LA's Only Alternative, Non-Commercial Jazz Festival Kicks-off on Labor Day

Angel City Jazz Festival Launches with 14 International and Local Jazz Artists in Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Angel City Jazz Festival (ACJF) is LA's only alternative, non-commercial jazz festival featuring modern, creative music encompassing a wide variety of styles. ACJF will kick off this year's festival on September 1st, Labor Day at Barnsdall Park in Hollywood from 11am to 10:30pm.

Headlining this year's line-up are:

Alan Pasqua's Quartet with Alan Pasqua on piano, Darek Oles on bass, Peter Erskine on drums and Bob Mintzer on sax

The Satoko Fujii Ma-Do Quartet from Japan with Satoko Fujii on piano, Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, Norikatsu Koreyasu on bass and Akira Horikoshi on drums

Sweeter Than The Day with Wayne Horvitz on piano, Tim Young on guitars, Keith Lowe on bass and Eric Eagle on drums

Andy Milne's Dapp Theory featuring Loren Stillman on sax, John Moon on vocals, Chris Tordini on bass, and Kenny Groshosky on drums

The Arthur Blythe Quintet featuring Gusts Tsillis on marimba, Nick Rosen on bass, Nate Morgan on piano, and Alex Cline on drums

Leni Stern, with Leni Stern on guitar & vocals, Makane Kouyate on talking drums, Yacouba Sissoko on kora & vocals, Mamadou Ba on bass and Brahim Frigbane on oud, doumbek & cajon

Elliott Sharp performing his groundbreaking solo guitar work "The Velocity of Hue"

Nels Cline Quintet Plays the Music of Jimmy Giuffre with Nels Cline on guitars, Joel Hamilton on Bass, Scott Amendola on drums, Ben Goldberg on clarinet and Becca Michalek on sax

Unification Theory (http://www.crewestgallery.com/artists/utheory.html) will do live paintings directly inspired by the improvisational music of the various Jazz musicians performing throughout the Festival. These improvisational live paintings will include large-sized paintings and smaller works. All of these live paintings will be available for purchase at the Angel City Jazz Festival.

In addition Man One (graffiti artist: http://www.manone.com/ ), Overton Loyd (painter of many album covers for legendary funk band Parliament- Funkadelic and Bootsy Collins: http://www.overvision.com/ / http://www.overtonloyd.com/ ) and Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca (painter/writer/digital artist) Unification Theory will feature special guests Ritzy Periwinkle (designer/stencil artist: http://www.ritzyperiwinkle.com/ ) and Fumiko Amano (painter: http://fumikoamano.com/ ).

For the complete program of festival acts, see ACJF website.

The ACJF is supported by The Jazz Bakery, The Los Angeles Jazz Collective, The Barnsdall Gallery Theatre and Newtown.

Advanced general admission tickets are $25. Special VIP packages that include VIP seating at both stages and back stage passes are $50. General admission tickets at the door are $35. Artist Meet-and-Greet will be available for all. The program and complete artists lineup are available online. For tickets and information, please visit http://www.angelcityjazzfestival.com/. ACJF can also be reached at 323-434-0659 and http://www.myspace.com/angelcityjazzfestival.

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CONTACT: Paul Im of Disruptive Management, mobile, +1-617-281-7285,
paul@disruptive-m.com [http://www.disruptive-m.com]/; or Rocco Somazzi of Rocco
In LA, mobile, +1-323-573-2110, roccosomazzi@hotmail.com, both for Angel City
Jazz Festival

Web site: http://www.angelcityjazzfestival.com/

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