Curated chronological listings.
The World Stage in Leimert Park hosts Friday 8pm PT LIVE STREAMS of righteous jazz; join in here for live concerts and here for replays of past shows on its YouTube channel. Fri. Aug. 5: a special event with former Tapscott bassist and terrific composer Roberto Miranda leading a bang-up band featuring saxist Justo Almario, french hornist Fundi Legohn, pianist Wayne Peet, guitarist Ammer Zhowandai, drummer Ellington Peet and conga man Nick Baker; rumor has it that in-person attendance is possible. Fri. Aug. 12: Baba Alade Olamina. Fri. Aug. 19: vocalist Allen Savory. Fri. Aug. 26: saxist Danny Janklow. Sat. Aug. 27, 12:20-8:45pm: Leimert Park Jazz Festival (in person!). Donations encouraged here.
LACMA on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile offers FREE outdoor jazz concerts every Friday at 6pm. Fri. Aug. 5: Top South L.A. trio 3 More Sounds, featuring bassist Henry Franklin, drummer Carl Burnett and pianist Robert Turner. Fri. Aug. 12: Don Littleton tribute to Eddie Harris. Fri. Sept. 2: Black Nile. Fri. Sept. 9: Danny Janklow. Fri. Sept. 16: the annual Jazz Treasure Award appropriately goes to cornetist and educator Bobby Bradford. Fri. Sept. 23: Dale Fielder Quartet. Full calendar here.
Just Jazz presents jazz at Hollywood's Mr. Music Head Gallery. Fri. Aug. 5: Notable Chilean singer Claudia Acuña. Wed. Oct. 5: Sam Barsh. Wed. Oct. 26: Anthony Fung. Check full lineup here.
Aerosmith presents four more consecutive Fridays of vintage STREAMING concerts from the deep vaults, one from each decade, viewable for one week only. Check in here.
The Baked Potato in Studio City presents fusion (etc.) concerts at 8 & 10pm. Fri. & Sat. Aug. 5 & 6: Billy Childs. Tues. Aug. 16: Dimitris Mahlis Ensemble featuring Mahlis on oud and Dan Rosenboom on trumpet. Fri. & Sat. Sept. 9 & 10: Michael Landau. Fri. & Sat. Sept. 16 & 17: Krantz/Carlock/Lefebvre. Thurs. & Fri. Sept. 22 & 23: Jeff Lorber Fusion. Fri. Sept. 30: Luis Conte Band. Full schedule here.
The Canyon in Agoura Hills books its share of metal & fusion. Sat. Aug. 6: Faster Pussycat. Thurs. Aug. 11: L.A. Guns. Sun. Sept. 11: Billy Cobham. Sun. Sept. 18: Eric Gales. Fri. Oct. 7: Poncho Sanchez. Calendar here.
The Mint (Pico & Crescent Heights) is showcasing jazz shows. Sun. Aug. 7: Project Camargo and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sat. Aug. 13: Shamarr Allen. Sun. Aug. 14: Eumajia and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. Aug. 21: Scotty Bramer Group: Bodhisattva and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. Aug. 28: Jazz Butchers and Sam Hirsh Trio. Check listings here.
Westwood's Hammer Museum offers excellent FREE open-air jazz concerts on summer Thursdays. Thurs. Aug. 11: drummer Tina Raymond Trio. Thurs. Aug. 18: Phillip Greenlief: Citta di Vitti, featuring the avant saxist plus bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and drummer Jason Levis. Calendar here. Bar; pay parking underneath the museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.
2220 Arts + Archives (Beverly Blvd. near Alvarado) hosts a variety of cultural presentations including jazz & electronic. Thurs. Aug. 11: duos with Ackerley/Shiroishi, Tullgren/Fogel, Carey/Giffoni. Listings here.
Highland Park's Lodge Room occasionally books jazz and metal. Thurs. Aug. 11: Joel Ross, James Brandon Lewis. Sun. Aug. 14: Gary Bartz, Theo Croker. Sun. Aug. 28: Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Henry Franklin, Katalyst, more. Sun. Oct. 30: Makaya McCraven. Full schedule here.
Atwater's adventurous avant/modern/world club Zebulon is offering everything. Thurs. Aug. 11: Steve Von Till, Helen Money. Mon. Aug. 29: Gaby Moreno with Van Dyke Parks. Mon. Sept. 5: Marc Ribot. Wed. Sept. 7: Bush Tetras. Sun. Oct. 9: Lydia Lunch, Kid Congo. Full calendar here.
The LAX-area bar Sam First offers 7:30pm and 9pm jazz shows, in person and sometimes STREAMING. Sat. Aug. 13: Vardan Ovsepian Trio. Sat. Aug. 27: Joshua White Trio. Tues. Aug. 30-Thurs. Sept. 1: Steve Lehman, Gerald Clayton, Joel Ross. Fri. Sept. 2: Ralph Moore Quartet. Wed. Sept. 7: Paul Cornish. Look here for full schedule and options.
The Fonda Theater in Hollywood has occasional metal. Wed. Aug. 17: At the Gates, Municipal Waste. Calendar here.
Inglewood's new midsize YouTube Theater brings variety programming. Wed. Aug. 17: George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic. Thurs. Oct. 13: metal strongmen Lamb of God. Calendar here.
The Regent downtown books some heavy music. Thurs. Aug. 18: Deicide, Kataklysm. Wed. Oct. 5: Clutch, Quicksand, Helmet. Thurs. & Fri. Oct. 27 & 28: L7. Full lineup here.
Sun. Aug. 21: The ensemble of mainstream jazz trumpeter Elliott Caine plays The York, a big bar in Highland Park, from 8 to 11pm, no cover. Website here.
Sat. Aug. 27: Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts play Inglewood's SoFi Stadium. Tickets here.
Catalina's Jazz Club in Hollywood hosts mostly mainstream jazz and singers, but there are exceptions. Thurs. Aug. 25: Chuck Johnson Coalescence and Albert Buyco Project. Check full calendar here.
The Whisky on Sunset Strip books metal etc. Fri. Aug. 26: Faster Pussycat. Sun. Sept. 11: Psycroptic, Fallujah. Thurs. Sept. 15: Otep. Fri. Sept. 16: Dokken. Sun. & Mon. Sept. 25 & 26: Robby Krieger. Sat. Oct. 1: Warbringer. Sat. Oct. 15: Kings of Thrash with Dave Ellefson & Jeff Young. Thurs. Oct. 20: Last in Line. Fri. Nov. 4: Stryper. Fri. Nov. 25: Supersuckers. Sat. Dec. 31: L.A. Guns. Calendar here.
Sat. & Sun. Aug. 27 & 28, 7-10pm, Alan Chan Moo-sic Group plays jazz standards plus songs sung in English, Mandarin and Cantonese at San Marino's Huntington Gardens. Tickets here
1720 (east of downtown, south of the 10 freeway) books metal etc. Tues. Sept. 6: Moonspell. Wed. Sept. 21: Full of Hell. Thurs. Sept. 29: Revocation, Krisiun. Wed. Oct. 5: Batushka. Sat. Nov. 5: Lorna Shore, Aborted. Full calendar here.
The Hollywood Bowl has some jazz etc. Wed. & Thurs. Sept. 7 & 8: Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Sun. Sept. 18: Reggae Night (UB40 et al.). Wed. Sept. 21: Chucho Valdes, Monk'estra. Wed. Sept. 28: Herbie Hancock. Details here.
The Broad Stage in Santa Monica holds occasional jazz presentations. Fri. Sept. 13: Ravi Coltrane. Tickets here.
The Jazz Salon presents live concerts at downtown's Los Angeles Athletic Club. Sun. Sept. 18: Mary Stallings, Ken Peplowski, Bill Cunliffe, Nick Mancini, Clayton Cameron and Dave Ross. Check in here.
El Rey Theater on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile books yer occasional metal show. Sun. Sept. 18: The Contortionist, Rivers of Nihil. Full calendar here.
The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills occasionally melts faces. Thurs. Sept. 22: Anvil and the classic documentary about them. Sat. Oct. 1: Michael Schenker. Calendar here.
The Orpheum downtown rocks at times. Fri. Sept. 23: Joe Satriani. Tues. Oct. 25: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets (early Pink Floyd). Fri. Nov. 4: Wardruna. Tickets here.
The Hollywood Palladium has some metal. Fri. Sept. 23: Sabaton. Sun. Oct. 9: Meshuggah. Fri.-Sun. Oct. 21-23: The Mars Volta. Full schedule here.
The Greek Theater in Griffith Park has outdoor music. Tues. Sept. 27: Heilung. Full lineup here.
Tues. Oct. 4: Scorpions, Whitesnake and Thundermother pierce Inglewood's Forum. Tickets here.
Wed. Oct. 5: Echo Park's EchoPlex hosts Swiss avant-metalmen Zeal & Ardor plus NYC metal abstractionists Imperial Triumphant and femme-fronted hard rockers Sylvaine. Tix here.
Downtown's Teragram Ballroom occasionally presents heavy and improvisational music. Wed. Oct. 5: Tortoise. Sun. Oct. 23: Marco Benevento. Calendar here.
Downtown's Belasco Theater stages a few rock & metal shows. Sun. Oct. 9: GWAR. Calendar & tix here.
Keep up with L.A. Jazz Society events, including its Young Musician Showcases, here. Sat. Oct. 9: LAJS Jazz Tribute Concert & Awards at the Montalban Theater in Hollywood.
The Wiltern (Wilton & Western) occasionally harbors metal. Wed. Oct. 12: In This Moment. Thurs. Oct. 13: Testament, Exodus, Death Angel. Thurs. Nov. 10: Trivium. Tues. Nov. 22: Cannibal Corpse, Dark Funeral, Immolation. Sun. Dec. 11: WASP. Full calendar here.
Downtown's Disney Hall presents some jazz and events of note beyond classical. Fri. Oct. 14: Julian Lage and The Bad Plus. Sun. Oct. 30: Chaka Khan. Tickets here.
Make plans now for Angel City Jazz Festival, Oct. 22-Nov. 5 at various venues across Los Angeles, this year featuring David Murray Trio, ROVA, Myra Melford and more. Details here.
Sat. Dec. 17: Amon Amarth, Carcass, Obituary and Cattle Decapitation pillage Inglewood's Forum. Tickets here.