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The World Stage in Leimert Park has Friday 8pm PT in-person presentations with simultaneous live streams of righteous jazz; keep up with the schedule here. Fri. April 21: Drummer Trevor Anderies brings together an ensemble of the brightest young moderns. Fri. April 28: Bassist Trevor Ware's Concert Anamnesis recalls 30 years in Leimert Park with those who know, including percussionist Munyungo Jackson, poet Kamau Daáood, guitarist Jacques Lesure, tenor man Dale Fielder, pianist John Rangel and drummer Kenny Elliott. Check here for replays of past shows on the World Stage YouTube channel. Donations encouraged here.
The Baked Potato in Universal City presents fusion (etc.) concerts at 8 & 10pm. Fri. April 21: chicken-pickin' guitar totem Albert Lee. Thurs. & Fri. April 27 & 28: Robby Krieger & the Soul Savages. 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. Full schedule here.
The Kia Forum in Inglewood revs some metal. Fri. April 21: the foremost in progressive metal from Gojira, Mastodon. Fri. June 9: Avenged Sevenfold. Mon. & Tues. Sept. 11 & 12: Ghost. Listings here.
The LAX-area bar Sam First offers 7:30pm and 9pm jazz shows, in person and sometimes STREAMING. Fri. & Sat. April 21 & 22: sensitive young saxist Daniel Rotem celebrates a new record with an all-star band featuring guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss and drummer Christian Euman. Tues. April 25: the sax-bass-drums house band of David Binney, Logan Kane & Justin Brown, then a jam session. Wed. & Thurs. May 3 & 4: John Escreet Seismic Shift. Fri. May 5: Daniel Szabo Trio featuring Peter Erskine & Edwin Livingston. Thurs. May 11: Danny Janklow. Fri. & Sat. May 12 & 13: Joe LaBarbera. Look here for full schedule and options.
Catalina's Jazz Club in Hollywood hosts mostly mainstream jazz and singers, but there are exceptions. Fri. & Sat. April 21 & 22: All-time session drummer Steve Gadd Band features super fusionists Michael Landau, Walt Fowler, Travis Carlton & Jeff Babko. Sun. April 23: world pianist & kora player Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita with percussionist Gustavo Ovalles. Fri. & Sat. April 28 & 29: much-awarded keyboardist Billy Childs Quartet. Check full calendar here.
ETA, a bar in Highland Park, brings top local jazz. Check in anytime here, as it often books on short notice.
The Fonda Theater in Hollywood has occasional metal. Sat. April 22: consistently solid modern-metal eclecticism from Norway's Enslaved, Insomnium. Fri. May 19: Obituary. Calendar here.
Sat. April 22, 8pm: America's finest modern country-rock band, I See Hawks in L.A., infuse McCabe's in Santa Monica; tickets here.
Sat. & Sun. April 22 & 23, 2pm PT: Florida death founders Obituary throw a livestream party from their studio; tickets here (available on demand through May).
2220 Arts + Archives (Beverly Blvd. near Alvarado) hosts a variety of cultural presentations including jazz & electronic. Sun. April 23: gongs, metallophones, strings & video from Bill Galves' American Gamelan, plus violinist Jeff Gauthier and cellist Maggie Parkins doing beautiful electronified comprovisation as The Smudges, and both groups playing together -- gotta be great. Sun. May 7: Giacinto Scelsi, Patrick Shiroishi. Fri. & Sat. May 12 & 13: big jazz event from NYC with William Parker-William Hooker-Isaiah Collier Trio. Listings here.
The Mint (Pico & Crescent Heights) has mostly Sunday jazz shows. Sun. April 23: CSUN Jazz Combos and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. April 30: Kevin Gondim Group and Sam Hirsh Trio. Sun. May 7: Josh Nelson Combo at USC and Sam Hirsh Trio. Check listings here.
The Orpheum downtown rocks and jazzes at times. Mon. April 24: Iggy Pop and the Losers, featuring Chad Smith, Andrew Watt and Duff McKagan. Sun. Sept. 24: Snarky Puppy. Tickets here.
Alva's Showroom in San Pedro brings in some intriguing music from the edges in addition to tributes and stuff. Full lineup here. Tues. April 25: keyboardist Adam Hersh presents "Allan Holdsworth: The Composer," featuring the late great axman's former drummer and bassist, Gary Novak and Max Gerl, plus guitarist Andy Waddell. Sat. May 20: Dale Fielder Quartet. Sat. June 10: Nili Brosh Band.
The Paramount in Boyle Heights hosts concerts presented by Just Jazz. Fri. April 28: Trumpeter Dan Rosenboom presents his new "Polarity" and a new band featuring saxist Gavin Templeton, pianist John Escreet, bassist Billy Mohler and drummer Damion Reed; saxist Nicole McCabe supports with an ace trio featuring bassist Logan Kane and drummer Jonathan Pinson. Wed. June 14: bubbling improv from Black Whole. Thurs. June 22: drift & ooze from the quintet of bassist Seajun Kwon. Details here.
The Whisky on Sunset Strip books metal etc. Fri. April 28: Angel (sold out). Sun. April 30: Supersuckers. Fri. May 5: Fear Factory. Fri. May 12: Lynch Mob. Thurs. & Fri. May 25 & 26: Doyle. Sun. June 4: Loudness. Wed. June 14: Otep. Sat. & Sun. July 1 & 2: Robby Krieger. Calendar here.
Downtown's Belasco Theater stages some rock & metal shows. Fri. April 28: Dying Fetus, Suicide Silence. Sun. April 30: Carcass, Municipal Waste. Thurs. May 11: Black Dahlia Murder. Wed. May 17: KMFDM. Fri. May 19: Lacuna Coil. Fri. June 9: Machine Head. Calendar & tix here.
Sat. April 29: Dymally Jazz Festival in Carson features Marcus Miller, Jamael Dean, Joshua White, Teodross Avery, Lalah Hathaway and more. Info here.
Open Gate Theater has moved its long-running and invaluable avant concert series from the Eagle Rock Cultural Center to the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena. Sun. April 30, 8pm: Alex Cline's "Floating Cloud," featuring Jeff Gauthier, Maggie Parkins, Kotzue Matsumoto, Vicki Ray & Will Salmon. Keep up with events 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 1: TBA.
The Regent downtown books some heavy music. Fri. May 5: Whitechapel. Sat. May 6: 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.
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.
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. 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.
The Wiltern (Wilton & Western) occasionally harbors metal. Sat. May 27: Kreator, Sepultura. Full calendar here.
Inglewood's midsize YouTube Theater brings variety programming. Fri. June 2: metal with Helloween, Hammerfall. Fri. June 30: original Norwegian black metal from Emperor. Calendar here.
The Broad Stage in Santa Monica holds occasional jazz presentations. Sat. June 3: Jason Moran. Tickets here.
REDCAT (beneath downtown's Disney Hall) presents some experimental music and jazz. Fri. & Sat. June 16 & 17: Partch. 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. Full schedule here.
Wed. June 28, 8pm: Just Jazz presents South African pianist Nduduzu Makhathini at MusicHead Gallery in Hollywood. Tickets here.
Atwater's adventurous avant/modern/world club Zebulon offers surprises from the present and past. Mon. & Tues. July 24 & 25: Sun Ra Arkestra. Full calendar here.
Fri.-Sun. Aug. 25-27: Metallica plates SoFi Stadium.
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.