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* Oct. 13-29: Angel City Jazz Fest is HERE, stocked with an exciting mix of forward-looking artists at venues throughout the city. Read MetalJazz's previews here and refer to them whenever the venue listings below mention Angel City. Tickets here.
Fri. Oct. 13: Celebrating Sam Rivers with Billy Harper, Nicole McCabe et al. at LACMA.
Sat. Oct. 14: Destiny Mohammad/Teodross Avery at the World Stage.
Sun. Oct. 15: Jeong Lim Yang, Crump-Laubrock-Smythe at 2220.
Mon. Oct. 16: Vernacular Intergenerational Improvisation Night featuring Vinny Golia, Motoko Honda, Nicole McCabe et al. at ArtShare L.A.
Sat. Oct. 21: Gloria Cheng at Zipper Hall.
Sun. Oct. 22: Todd Sickafoose, Kirk Knuffke at Moss Theater.
Wed. Oct. 25: Oceans And (Tim Berne), Harriet Tubman (Brandon Ross) at Zebulon.
Thurs. Oct. 26: Nicole Mitchell reads at Santa Monica Public Library.
Fri. Oct. 27: Mat Maneri, Ennis Harris at 2220.
Sat. Oct. 28: Nicole Mitchell, Next Jazz Legacy at REDCAT.
Sun. Oct. 29: Todd Cochran with Bennie Maupin; Billy Mohler at REDCAT.


* LACMA on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile offers FREE outdoor jazz concerts every Friday at 6pm in months when weather is mostly favorable. Fri. Oct. 13: Celebrating Sam Rivers with Billy Harper, Nicole McCabe et al. (Angel City Fest). Full calendar here.
* The World Stage in Leimert Park has Friday 8pm PT (and sometimes other days) in-person presentations with occasional simultaneous live streams of righteous jazz; keep up with the schedule here. Fri. Oct. 13: guitarist Michael Gregory Jackson with an adventurous electronified South L.A. band featuring Black Nile saxist Aaron Shaw, percussionist Carlos Niño, multi-instrumentalist Nate Mercereau and DJ Photay. Sat. Oct. 14: Destiny Mohammad/Teodross Avery (Angel City Fest). Fri. Oct. 20: flamenco singer-guitarist Christo Sorto. Fri. Oct. 27: World Stage Big Band. Donations encouraged here.
* The Canyon in Agoura Hills books its share of metal, fusion and original good stuff. Fri. Oct. 13: femme ax ripper Orianthi. Sat. Nov. 11: Wishbone Ash. Calendar here.
* The Whisky on Sunset Strip books metal etc. Fri. Oct. 13: '80s metallic punk from Dinah Cancer's 45 Grave. Calendar here.
* Sat. Oct. 14: Gauzy guitarist and modern trumpeter Bill Frisell & Ambrose Akinmusire and friends play the Ace Hotel downtown; tickets here.
* Sat. Oct. 14: Lift your spirits with the rolling groove of singer Dwight Trible, windman Pablo Calogero, hand drummer Christopher Garcia, bassist John B. Williams and drummer Breeze Smith as Cosmic Vibrations. At First Congregational Church in Koreatown; tickets here.
* ETA, a bar in Highland Park, brings top local (etc.) jazz. Check in anytime here, as it often books on short notice. Sat Oct. 14: Like, improv heaven -- skins, sax & organ from Sarah Drums, Steve Lehman & Wil Blades. Mon. Oct. 16: Dave Harrington, Jay Bellerose & Billy Mohler.
* The Jazz Bakery has resumed sponsoring live shows; view its calendar here. Sat. Oct. 14: mainstream trumpeter Eddie Henderson Quartet is a polished veteran crew featuring pianist Adam Ledbetter, bassist Jeff Littleton and drummer Roy McCurdy at Santa Monica's Moss Theater. Sun. Oct. 15: fine guitarist Russell Malone Quartet at Santa Monica's Moss Theater. Sun. Oct. 29: the 14-piece jazz orchestra of composer & conductor Miho Hazama at downtown's Aratani Theater.
* Sat. Oct. 14: Revisiting a copacetic assembly of an eclectic alliance -- guitarist Joe Baiza & Mecolodiacs; the far-ranging songs & harmonies of Garretson & Gorodetsky; Minutemen drummer George Hurley's poetic jamfest Wrinkling Brothers; plus the mysterious El Grupo Suave. At Maui Sugar Mill, 18389 Ventura Blvd. Tarzana 91356; doors 8:30; no cover; two-drink minimum.
* 2220 Arts + Archives (Beverly Blvd. near Alvarado) hosts a variety of cultural presentations including jazz & electronic. Sun. Oct. 15: Jeong Lim Yang's Zodiac Trio, Ingrid Laubrock (Angel City Fest). Fri. Oct. 27: Mat Maneri, Ennis Harris (Angel City Fest). Listings here.
* The Mint (Pico & Crescent Heights) has mostly Sunday jazz shows anchored by pianist Sam Hirsh Trio. Check listings here.
* Tues. Oct. 17: Groove & space with Carlos Niño & Friends featuring Mekala Session on drums, Maia on vox & more. At The Townhouse downstairs, 52 Windward Ave., Venice, doors 8pm; 21+; $12.
* The LAX-area bar Sam First offers 7:30pm and 9pm jazz shows, in person and sometimes STREAMING. Tues.-Sat. Oct. 17-28: Piano Fest featuring Vardan Ovsepian (17), Otmaro Ruiz (18), Milen Kirov (19), Cathlene Pineda (20), Andy Milne (21), Adam Hersh (24), Josh Nelson (25), Kris Davis (26), Larry Goldings (28). Fri. Nov. 1: keyboardist Rachel Eckroth (St. Vincent, Rufus Wainwright) leads you down strange paths. Look here for full schedule and options.
* The Wiltern (Wilton & Western) occasionally harbors metal. Wed. Oct. 18: Sepultura/Soulfly bros Max & Iggor Cavalera, Exhumed. Wed. Nov. 1: Static-X, Sevendust. Full calendar here.
* The Baked Potato in Universal City presents fusion (etc.) concerts at 8 & 10pm nightly. Thurs. Oct. 19: fusion bass king Bunny Brunel CAB. Thurs. Nov. 2: Marco Mendoza. Fri. Nov. 10: Albert Lee. Fri. Nov. 24: Cosmosquad. Full schedule here.
* JustJazzTV is a great resource for live jazz. Thurs. Oct. 19 at The Paramount in Boyle Heights: bassist-composer Adi Meyerson.
* Catalina's Jazz Club in Hollywood hosts mostly mainstream jazz and singers, but there are exceptions. Sat.-Sun. Oct. 20-21: Pete Escovedo. Full calendar here.
* Atwater's adventurous avant/modern/world club Zebulon offers surprises from the present and past. Sat. Oct. 21: Television fans take note, it's guitarist Richard Lloyd Group. Wed. Oct. 25: Oceans And (Tim Berne), guitarist Brandon Ross' Harriet Tubman (Angel City Fest). Thurs. Oct. 26: Dwarfs of East Agouza, Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney. Thurs. Nov. 2: Divine Horsemen. Sat. Nov. 4: MSSV (Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges & Mike Watt). Full calendar here.
* Piano Spheres always has topflight outward programming from the classically trained world at the Thayer or Zipper halls downtown. Sat. Oct. 21: Gloria Cheng (Angel City Fest). Calendar here.
* Downtown's Belasco Theater stages some rock & metal shows. Sat. Oct. 21: Ne Obliviscaris. Thurs. Nov. 2: Dying Fetus. Sat. Nov. 11: Carnifex. Sun. Nov. 26: Sunn O)))-Shoshin Duo. Fri., Sat., Mon. & Tues. Dec. 1, 2, 4 & 5: Skinny Puppy. Fri. Dec. 15: Cattle Decapitation. Calendar & tix here.
* REDCAT (beneath downtown's Disney Hall) presents some experimental music and jazz. Sat. Oct. 28: Nicole Mitchell, Next Jazz Legacy (Angel City Fest). Sun. Oct. 29: Todd Cochran/Bennie Maupin, Billy Mohler (Angel City Fest). Calendar here.
* Sun. Oct. 29: Big-minded guitarist Pat Metheny plays UCLA's Royce Hall. Tickets here.
* The Regent downtown books some heavy music. Wed. Nov. 1: Tesseract. Full lineup here.
* The Hollywood Bowl has some rock, jazz etc. Wed. & Thurs. Nov. 1 & 2: Guns n' Roses. Fri. Nov. 3: Kiss 'em goodbye. Details here.
* Sat. Nov. 4 (with run-up club events Wed.-Fri. Nov. 1-3): Azz-Is Jazz Festival in Venice features Mark De Clive-Lowe, Jamael Dean, Black Nile, Dwight Trible, Jonathan Pinson and more. Website here.
* The new-music and avant-jazz series Soundwaves presents regular Saturday 3:30pm concerts at Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica 90401; FREE. Sat. Nov. 4: Michael Jon Fink (cool-jazz guitarist-composer) with Brian Walsh (clarinet) and Derek Stein (cello). Sat. Dec. 2: clarinetist Ben Goldberg with bassist Todd Sickafoose and drummer Scott Amendola. Sat. Dec. 9: Berlin-based oboist Cathy Milliken with bassist Jeff Schwartz and clarinetist Daniel Rothman. Many of these names will be familiar to longtime observers of the California avant and beyond.
* Sat. Nov. 4, 4pm, free: The Getty Center in the Sepulveda Pass celebrates the launch of "The Digital Florentine Codex," documenting the early years of the Aztec incursion by the Spanish, with a concert featuring original music by Lu Coy and by Christopher Garcia's Xochi Cuicatl. Tickets here.
* Highland Park's Lodge Room occasionally books jazz, metal, heft and influential obscurities. Sat. Nov. 4: journeyman Maryland grindcorers Full of Hell. Full schedule here.
* 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. Nov. 5: extended piano from Michael Goodheart, plus windman Vinny Golia, trombonist Michael Dessen and drummer Garth Powell. Keep up with events here.
* Downtown's Disney Hall presents some jazz and events of note beyond classical. Wed. Nov. 8: Brad Mehldau Trio. Tickets here.
* 1720 (east of downtown, south of the 10 freeway) books metal etc. Sun. Nov. 12: Inferi. Full calendar here.
* Vibrato, a luxurious restaurant high up in Bel Air, books mostly mainstream jazz. Tues. Nov. 14: Pete Escovedo. Full schedule here.
* Thurs. Nov. 16: "Bowl for Ronnie" lines up rock celebs such as Geezer Butler, Dave Grohl and Tom Morello to benefit the Dio Cancer Fund. Sign in here for the event, 6:30-11pm at Pinz in Studio City.
* The Kia Forum in Inglewood revs some metal. Thurs. Dec. 7: Aerosmith fly the coop on their "final" tour. Listings here.
* Keep up with L.A. Jazz Society events, including its Young Musician Showcases, here.
* Santa Monica's Jacaranda music series presents a great selection of forward-looking modern classical and world music. Inquire regularly here.
* The Jazz Salon presents top singers on Thursdays and sometimes Sundays at downtown's Los Angeles Athletic Club. Check in here.
* El Rey Theater on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile books yer occasional metal show. Calendar here.
* The Mayan downtown has jazz and rock sometimes. Calendar here.
* The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills occasionally melts faces or brings in an outside master. Calendar here.
* The Fonda Theater in Hollywood has occasional metal & world. Calendar here.
* Inglewood's midsize YouTube Theater brings variety programming. Calendar here.
* The Orpheum downtown rocks and jazzes at times. Tickets here.
* Downtown's Peacock Theater (formerly Microsoft Theater) occasionally books heavy music. Lineup here.
* The Greek Theater in Griffith Park has outdoor music in season. Full lineup here.