MUSIC NEWS - The annual LA event, the Playboy Jazz Festival (the 31st Annual this year) announced the line-up with The Neville Brothers, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, the Wayne Shorter Quartet and Kenny G among the performers booked to appearJune 13 & 14 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to the Neville Brothers and Sharon Jones, Saturday's concert will feature a 50th anniversary salute to Miles Davis' class album "Kind of Blue" by Jimmy Cobb's So What Band. Also on
the bill for the fest's first day with be Summer Storm featuring Norman Brown, Wayman Tisdale and Eric Darius, the Jon Faddis Quartet, the Jack Sheldon Orchestra, the Pete Escovedo Orchestra featuring Sheila E., Esperanza Spalding, Cos of Good Music, the New Birth Brass Band and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Jazz Ensemble.
Along with Shorter's quartet and Kenny G, the fest's second day will offer up Patti Austin, King Sunny Ade, the Dave Holland Big Band, Monty Alexander's Jazz & Roots, Oscar Hernandez and the Conga Room All-Stars, the Anat Cohen Quartet, Alfredo Rodriguez and the North Hollywood High School Jazz Ensemble. And of course, Bill Cosby will serve as the emcee.
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