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The World Stage in Leimert Park has Friday 8pm PT (and sometimes Saturday) in-person presentations with occasional simultaneous live streams of righteous jazz; keep up with the schedule here. Fri. May 5: keyboardist Brian Hargrove. Sat. May 6: Mark Valdes UCLA Student Culmination. Fri. May 12: Al Williams Quintet. Sat. May 13: Torre Brannon Reese. Fri. May 19: drummer Tosin. Fri. May 26: vocalist Arnae Batson. Fri. June 2: Latin violinist Dayren Santamaria. Fri. June 9: perennial windman and educator Charles Owens. Fri. June 16: Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. Fri. June 23: trumpeter in resurgence Nolan Shaheed. Fri. June 30: vocalist Nailah Porter. Check here for replays of past shows on the World Stage YouTube channel. Donations encouraged here.
The LAX-area bar Sam First offers 7:30pm and 9pm jazz shows, in person and sometimes STREAMING. Fri. May 5: Daniel Szabo Trio featuring Peter Erskine & Edwin Livingston. Every Tuesday: jams with world-class pianist Gerald Clayton. Thurs. May 11: Danny Janklow. Fri. & Sat. May 12 & 13: Joe LaBarbera. Look here for full schedule and options.
ETA, a bar in Highland Park, brings top local jazz. Check in anytime here, as it often books on short notice. Fri. May 5: Brad Allen Williams with Josh Johnson and Jonathan Pinson.
The Regent downtown books some heavy music. Fri. May 5: Tennessee deathcore metalmen Whitechapel. Sat. May 6: Olympia black metal from Wolves in the Throne Room. Mon. May 8: Unearth. Sat. May 20: Pentagram. Tues. June 6: Cattle Decapitation. Sat. June 10: Dark Funeral. Sat. July 15: Havok. Full lineup here.
The Whisky on Sunset Strip books metal etc. Fri. May 5: '90s L.A. heft from Fear Factory. Fri. May 12: ace guitarist George Lynch's Lynch Mob. Thurs. & Fri. May 25 & 26: Doyle. Sun. June 4: Loudness. Wed. June 14: Otep. Fri. June 30: Venom Inc., Exhumed. Sat. & Sun. July 1 & 2: Robby Krieger. Wed. Sept. 6: Uli Jon Roth. Calendar here.
The Baked Potato in Universal City presents fusion (etc.) concerts at 8 & 10pm. Fri. & Sat. May 5 & 6: Michael Landau Group. Sun. May 7: Hazy Jane. Thurs.-Sun. May 25-28: John Daversa Progressive Big Band. Wed. May 31: Danny Janklow Elevation. Full schedule here.
Sat. May 6, 3:30pm: Pick up true Cosmic Vibrations with vocalist Dwight Trible, windman Pablo Calogero, guitarist Andre Caporaso, bassist Tony Green, percussionist Christopher Garcia and trapsman Breeze Smith, and make your day. At the Pico Annex of Santa Monica Public Library in Virginia Avenue Park, 2201 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica 90405.
Open Gate Theater has moved its long-running and invaluable avant concert series from the Eagle Rock Cultural Center mostly to the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena. Sun. May 7, 7pm: Anne LeBaron (harp) and Roxanne Steinberg (dance), each with an OGT Ensemble featuring Alex Cline (percussion), Vinny Golia (winds), Wells Leng (pipe organ), Miller Wrenn (bass), Will Salmon (flute & voice) and Jim Mora (lighting). Sun. June 4, 7pm at Center for the Arts, 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock: Vlatkovich/Liebig/Powell and Intangible, featuring Gamin (piri, taepyeonso,saenghwang), Robert Reigle (tenor saxophone), Jeff Schwartz (bass) and Tim Feeney (percussion). Keep up with events here.
LATE ADD: Sun. May 7, 8pm: The Jazz Bakery presents longtime South L.A. drummer Willie Jones III with a stellar ensemble featuring tenor saxist Ralph Moore, alto saxist Justin Robinson, bassist Mike Gurrola and pianist Sam Hirsh in tribute to Jones mentor Billy Higgins. At Culver City's Kirk Douglas Theater; tickets here.
The Mint (Pico & Crescent Heights) has mostly Sunday jazz shows. Sun. May 7: Josh Nelson Combo at USC and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. May 14: Cathy Segal-Garcia & the Moment and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. May 21: Friends of AMPA Jazz Nite and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. May 28: Jonah Shin Jazz Collective and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. June 4: Tritone Asylum Big Band and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. June 11: Doug MacDonald Trio and Sam Hirsh Trio. Check listings here.
Sun. May 7, noon-5pm: "Rock for Ronnie" concert to benefit the Ronnie James Dio Cancer Fund, featuring Dio Disciples, an all-star band and more at Los Encinos State Historic Park in Encino; tickets here.
2220 Arts + Archives (Beverly Blvd. near Alvarado) hosts a variety of cultural presentations including jazz & electronic. Sun. May 7: avant improv with Giacinto Scelsi, Patrick Shiroishi. Fri. & Sat. May 12 & 13: big jazz event from NYC with William Parker-William Hooker-Isaiah Collier Trio. Tues. May 16: New York experimental new music from Ghost Ensemble. Sat. & Sun. May 27 & 28: Iannis Xenakis Retrospective featuring a screening of the avant composer's film "Persepolis" (Sat.) and a concert of his music (Sun.) Listings here.
Atwater's adventurous avant/modern/world club Zebulon offers surprises from the present and past. Tues. May 9: the drums x piano duo of Nate Smith x Mark Guiliana. Mon. & Tues. July 24 & 25: Sun Ra Arkestra. Full calendar here.
Downtown's Disney Hall presents some jazz and events of note beyond classical. Tues. May 9: Ziggy Marley. Wed. Nov. 8: Brad Mehldau Trio. Tickets here.
1720 (east of downtown, south of the 10 freeway) books metal etc. Wed. May 10: Portuguese melodic metalmen Moonspell. Sat. May 13: Autopsy. Mon. May 22: Abysmal Dawn. Full calendar here.
Catalina's Jazz Club in Hollywood hosts mostly mainstream jazz and singers, but there are exceptions. Wed. May 10: Armenian funkjazzman Arto Tunçboyacıyan. Check full calendar here.
Vibrato, a luxurious restaurant high up in Bel Air, books mostly mainstream jazz. Thurs. May 11: Macy Gray's 1970. Full schedule here.
Downtown's Belasco Theater stages some rock & metal shows. Thurs. May 11: top Michigan deathmen Black Dahlia Murder carry on following the demise of vocalist Brian Strnad a year ago. Wed. May 17: KMFDM. Fri. May 19: Lacuna Coil. Fri. June 9: Machine Head. Calendar & tix here.
Keep up with the well-curated Vernacular New-Music Series at Oracle Tavern in a hideaway west of Chinatown two Mondays a month here. Mon. May 15: TBA.
The Paramount in Boyle Heights hosts concerts presented by Just Jazz. Wed. May 17: fusionistic Mexican bassist Mauricio Morales. Wed. June 14: bubbling improv from Black Whole. Thurs. June 22: drift & ooze from the quintet of bassist Seajun Kwon. Details here.
The Fonda Theater in Hollywood has occasional metal. Fri. May 19: Obituary. Calendar here.
Alva's Showroom in San Pedro brings in some intriguing music from the edges in addition to tributes and stuff. Full lineup here. Sat. May 20: Dale Fielder Quartet. Sat. June 10: Nili Brosh Band.
Sun. May 21: The ensemble of mainstream jazz trumpeter Elliott Caine plays The York, a big bar in Highland Park, from 8 to 10pm, no cover. Website here.
The Wiltern (Wilton & Western) occasionally harbors metal. Sat. May 27: Kreator, Sepultura. Sat. Sept. 2: Kamelot. Full calendar here.
Inglewood's midsize YouTube Theater brings variety programming. Fri. June 2: Euro metal with Helloween, Hammerfall. Fri. June 30: primeval Norwegian black metal from Emperor. Calendar here.
The Broad Stage in Santa Monica holds occasional jazz presentations. Sat. June 3: Jason Moran. Tickets here.
The Kia Forum in Inglewood revs some metal. Fri. June 9: Avenged Sevenfold. Mon. & Tues. Sept. 11 & 12: Ghost. Listings here.
REDCAT (beneath downtown's Disney Hall) presents some experimental music and jazz. Fri. & Sat. June 16 & 17: Partch. Calendar here.
MacArthur Park's Levitt Pavilion, 2230 W. Sixth St., has jazz again this summer. Sat. June 17, 7pm: Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. Sun. June 18, 5pm: Katalyst Collective. Full calendar here.
The Hollywood Bowl has some jazz etc. Sat. & Sun. June 17 & 18: Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival featuring Kamasi Washington & Poncho Sanchez (Sat.) and West Coast Get Down (Sun.). Sun. July 23: Reggae Night with Beres Hammond, Steel Pulse. Wed. Aug. 9: Joe Bonamassa With Orchestra. Fri. Aug. 11: Ruben Blades. Wed. Aug. 23: Herbie Hancock. Wed. Sept. 6: Buddy Guy. Fri. Nov. 3: Kiss 'em goodbye. Details here.
Highland Park's Lodge Room occasionally books jazz, metal, heft and influential obscurities. Thurs. June 22: Pere Ubu featuring Mike Watt & the Missingmen. Sat. July 22: Acid King. Full schedule here.
Wed. June 28, 8pm: Just Jazz presents South African pianist Nduduzu Makhathini at MusicHead Gallery in Hollywood. Tickets here.
Fri.-Sun. Aug. 25-27: Metallica plates SoFi Stadium.
The Orpheum downtown rocks and jazzes at times. Sun. Sept. 24: Snarky Puppy. Tickets here.
Florida death founders Obituary's April livestream party is available on demand through May; tickets here.
Piano Spheres always has topflight outward programming from the classically trained world at the Thayer or Zipper halls downtown. Calendar here.
Santa Monica's Jacaranda music series presents a great selection of forward-looking modern classical and world music. Inquire regularly here.
Keep up with L.A. Jazz Society events, including its Young Musician Showcases, here.
The Jazz Salon presents top singers on Thursdays at downtown's Los Angeles Athletic Club. Check in here.