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* Through Oct. 29: Angel City Jazz Fest is in its second week, 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.
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.


* ETA, a bar in Highland Park, brings top local (etc.) jazz. Check in anytime here, as it often books on short notice. Fri. Oct. 20: the latest groove machine from drummer Scott Amendola, Sticklerphonics, featuring trombonist Danny Lubin-Laden and saxist Raffi Garabedian. Thurs. Oct. 26: Julien Knowles, Chris Fishman & Jonathan Pinson.
* The LAX-area bar Sam First offers 7:30pm and 9pm jazz shows, in person and sometimes STREAMING. Fri.-Sat. Oct. 20-28: Piano Fest featuring Cathlene Pineda (20), Andy Milne (21), Adam Hersh (24), Josh Nelson (25), Kris Davis (26, 27), Larry Goldings (28). Wed. Nov. 1: Dan Rosenboom. Fri. Nov. 3: keyboardist Rachel Eckroth (St. Vincent, Rufus Wainwright) leads you down strange paths. Look here for full schedule and options.
* 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. 20: flamenco singer-guitarist Christo Sorto. Fri. Oct. 27: World Stage Big Band. Donations encouraged here.
* Catalina's Jazz Club in Hollywood hosts mostly mainstream jazz and singers, but there are exceptions. Fri.-Sat. Oct. 20-21: major Latin jazz from Pete Escovedo. 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.
* 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: improvisational strangeness from Dwarfs of East Agouza, Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney. Wed. Nov. 1: Arto Lindsay. Thurs. Nov. 2: Divine Horsemen. Sat. Nov. 4: MSSV (Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges & Mike Watt). Full calendar here.
* Downtown's Belasco Theater stages some rock & metal shows. Sat. Oct. 21: Australian metal progsters 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. Sat. Dec. 20: Zakk Sabbath. Calendar & tix here.
* Sun. Oct. 22: Eclectic songcrafters Garretson & Gorodetsky (7pm) open a bill with Indie Contractor (songwriter Ben Corey and jazz guitarist Gaetano Grippo) and high theatricality from Pierre Smith and Carnal Circus at The Blind Barber, 5717 Figueroa St., Highland Park 90042; cheap; booze & light food; 21+.
* The Mint (Pico & Crescent Heights) has mostly Sunday jazz shows anchored by pianist Sam Hirsh Trio. Check listings here.
* The Whisky on Sunset Strip books metal etc. Wed. Oct. 25: Dokken guitarist George Lynch's Lynch Mob. Thurs. Dec. 14: Kings of Thrash With Dave Ellefson & Jeff Young. Sun. Dec. 31: L.A. Guns. Calendar here.
* JustJazzTV is a great resource for live jazz. Thurs. Oct. 26: melodic modernism from Diego Gaeta Trio at The District by GS.
* 2220 Arts + Archives (Beverly Blvd. near Alvarado) hosts a variety of cultural presentations including jazz & electronic. Fri. Oct. 27: Mat Maneri, Ennis Harris (Angel City Fest). Sat. Nov. 4: Music of Daniel Schmidt and the Berkeley Gamelan brings the work of the pioneering American composer to L.A. for the first time in nearly 40 years; he will introduce the program. Wed. Nov. 8: Morton Subotnick. Thurs.-Sat. Nov. 9-11: Carl Stone at 70. Sat. Nov. 25: Upsilon Acrux, Bobb Bruno, Slow Rose. Listings here.
* Highland Park's Lodge Room occasionally books jazz, metal, heft and influential obscurities. Fri. Oct. 27: Theon Cross, Jamael Dean & the Afronauts. Sat. Nov. 4: journeyman Maryland grindcorers Full of Hell. Full schedule here.
* LACMA on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile offers FREE outdoor jazz concerts every Friday at 6pm through November. Calendar 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 Jazz Bakery has resumed sponsoring live shows; view its calendar here. Sun. Oct. 29: the 14-piece jazz orchestra of composer & conductor Miho Hazama at downtown's Aratani Theater.
* The Wiltern (Wilton & Western) occasionally harbors metal. Wed. Nov. 1: Static-X, Sevendust. Sun. Nov. 19: Dragonforce. Full calendar 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.
* The Baked Potato in Universal City presents fusion (etc.) concerts at 8 & 10pm nightly. Thurs. Nov. 2: Marco Mendoza. Fri. Nov. 10: Albert Lee. Fri. Nov. 24: Cosmosquad. Full schedule 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* The Canyon in Agoura Hills books its share of metal, fusion and original good stuff. Sat. Nov. 11: Wishbone Ash. Calendar here.
* 1720 (east of downtown, south of the 10 freeway) books metal etc. Sun. Nov. 12: Inferi. Sat. Nov. 18: Vio-lence, Warbringer. Sun. Nov. 26: Incantation, Suffocation. 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.