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* The World Stage in Leimert Park has Friday 8:30pm PT (and sometimes other days) in-person presentations with occasional simultaneous live streams of righteous jazz; keep up with the schedule here. Donations encouraged here. Fri. March 28: healing soul vocalist Jimetta Rose. Fri. April 4: Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Horace Tapscott Birthday Weekend. Sun. April 6, 5pm: The World Stage announces its move to a new venue!!! Fri. April 11: saxist Louis Van Taylor with Henry Franklin, Theo Saunders, Roy McCurdy. Fri. April 18: David Ornette Cherry Tribute Concert featuring Don Preston, Ollie Elder, Vinny Golia, Don Littleton, John Price. Fri. April 25: Munyungo Jackson. Fri. May 2: Brandon Sanders. Fri. May 9: Elizabeth Whitted Dawson. Fri. May 16: saxist Ralph Moore. Sun. May 18: L.A. Jazz Society Vibe Summit. Fri. May 23: saxist Keschia. Fri. May 30: flamenco musician Cristo Osorio.
* The Kia Forum in Inglewood gets heavy now and then. Sat. March 29: notable heavy lineup with Danzig (pulling out unexpected cuts such as "Evil Thing," "Brand New God," "Black Hell"); Down, Abbath, Cro-Mags. Wed. April 9: Meshuggah, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass. Tues. May 13: Disturbed. Listings here.
* 1720 (east of downtown, south of the 10 freeway) books metal etc. Sat. March 29: veteran Austrian deathsters Belphegor. Thurs. April 3, 6pm, free: slash, wallow, barf & scream from Palmdale's Yandere Chainsaw Regurgitation Factory; Jawz, Odiosos, 12 Gauge Wound. Sun. April 6, 5:30pm: Victimblamed, Reverent, In Which Divides Us, Pink Michigan, Disfigured, Kip Dynamite, more. Thurs. May 22: Obscura, Atheist. Thurs. May 29: Go Ahead and Die featuring Max Cavalera. Fri. June 13: Nekrogoblikon, Revocation, Ov Sulfur, Exmortus. Thurs. June 26: Morbid Saint. Sun. June 29: 19 heavy bands concluding with Terrorizer L.A., Apartment 213. Fri. Oct. 17: Asphyx. Full calendar here.
* Downtown's Disney Hall presents some jazz and events of note beyond classical. Sun. March 30: multigenerational keyboard fulcrum Herbie Hancock leads a fusiony quintet featuring classy trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Fri. May 2: Patrice Rushen. Tickets here.
* 2220 Arts + Archives (Beverly Blvd. near Alvarado) hosts a variety of cultural presentations including film, jazz & electronic. Sun. March 30, 5pm: Hear Now Fest: Electroacoustic & Voice Works. Wed. April 2: guitar & percussion abstractions from Elliott Sharp & Andrea Centazzo. Wed. April 30: Guck, Ripoff Copy, ABSCAM. Sun. May 18, 5pm: Hear Now Fest: Vocal Chamber Works. Listings here.
* The Mint (Pico & Crescent Heights) usually has Sunday jazz shows with a rotating early slot and a later jam session led by drummer Kevin Kanner. Check listings here.
* The High Low, a bar (with pool and good Tex-Mex food) in Atwater, has well-selected local jazz every Monday in its intimate sealed-off lounge. Mon. March 31: avant windman Patrick Shiroishi leads an electronified quartet. Mon. April 7: Gordon Grdina / Tim Lefebvre / Christian Lillinger. Mon. April 14: Alexander Noice. Mon. April 21: Logan Kane Trio. Mon. April 28: Todd Hunter & the Brazilians. Mon. May 5: Alden Hellmuth. Calendar here.
* The Orpheum downtown rocks and jazzes at times. Tues. April 1: toppermost piano-bass-drums improvisers Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Marcus Gilmore. Tickets here.
* Healing Force of the Universe Records in Pasadena has live folk/jazz/experimental music 8-10:30pm. Wednesdays in April: Phi-Psonics: Laboratory II, spontaneous composition with Seth Ford-Young, Sylvain Carton, Randal Fisher, Mitchell Yoshida, Zach Tenorio, Josh Collazo, Mathias Künzli, Andrew Macguire, Max Jaffe, Minta Spencer, Dylan Day and more. Full calendar here.
* The Baked Potato in Universal City presents fusion (etc.) concerts at 8 & 10pm nightly. Thurs.-Sat. April 3-5: Steve Smith & Vital Information. Sat. April 19: Mike Garson Septet. Fri. & Sat. May 2 & 3: Billy Childs. Full schedule here.
* The LAX-area bar Sam First offers 7:30pm and 9pm jazz shows, in person and sometimes STREAMING. Tuesdays are Happenings hosted by top local artists. Fri. April 4: a highlight of last year's Angel City Jazz Fest, creative vibraphonist Sasha Berliner, celebrates the release of her new recording with an all-star band featuring trumpeter Julien Knowles, keyboardist Adam Hersh, bassist Max Gerl & drummer Myles Martin. Thurs. April 10: pianist Sam Hirsh Quartet with Devin Daniels, Jermaine Paul & Joe La Barbera. Fri. April 11: ace drummer Anthony Fung. Fri. & Sat. April 18 & 19: Josh Nelson. Thurs. May 22: Cathlene Pineda.^ Fri. May 30: Nicole McCabe's Lennie Tristano Project. Wed. June 11: Aaron Shaw-Devin Daniels Quintet. Look here for full schedule and options.
* You say The Regent downtown has fragments o' metal? Fri. April 4: All Shall Perish. Fri. April 18: Leprous. Calendar here.
* The Jazz Bakery sponsors live shows at mostly Westside venues; view its calendar here. Sat. April 5: Carmen Lundy at Santa Monica's Moss Theater. Sun. April 13: Miguel Zenon at Santa Monica's Moss Theater. Fri. April 18: Vardan Ovsepian at Atwater's Motivo L.A. Sun. April 27: Nnenna Freelon at Arlington Heights' Nate Holden Performing Arts Center. Sat. May 24: Diego Figueiredo / Ken Peplowski at Santa Monica's Moss Theater.
* Downtown's Belasco Theater stages some rock, metal, etc. Tues. & Wed. April 8 & 9: Dir En Grey. Thurs. April 10: Napalm Death, Melvins. Fri. April 11: Mayhem, Mortiis, Imperial Triumphant, New Skeletal Faces. Sun. May 11: Warren Haynes Band. Calendar & tix here.
* Midtown's The Wiltern hosts eclectic acts within its classic Art Deco halls. Thurs. April 10: Machine Head, In Flames. Tues. April 15: Arch Enemy. Sat. April 19: Cradle of Filth, Dying Fetus. Fri. May 23: Devin Townsend. Sun. Oct. 5: Bruce Dickinson. Full lineup here.
* Thurs. April 10, 4-6pm: Cal State L.A. presents "Metal in the Underground," an exhibit in its library about "how local heavy metal musicians navigate the scene as artists and entrepreneurs," with live performances on the Student Union plaza by rattling deathsters Kumsumption, and jittery blacknuss from Pagan Ritual. 5154 State University Drive, north of the 10 freeway, west of the 710, east of Lincoln Park.
* Teragram Ballroom downtown mixes in bits o' metal. Fri. April 11: Vio-lence. Sat. April 12: Warbringer, Allegaeon, Skeletal Remains. Tues. May 20: Kneebody. Calendar here.
* Inglewood's midsize YouTube Theater brings variety programming. Fri. April 11: Bullet for My Valentine, Trivium. Calendar here.
* Catalina's Jazz Club in Hollywood hosts mostly mainstream jazz and singers, but there are exceptions. Fri. & Sat. April 11 & 12: Poncho Sanchez. Fri. & Sat. April 25 & 26: Salsa Meets Jazz presents a tribute to Dizzy Gillespie featuring special guest John Faddis. Full calendar here.
* Knucklehead in Hollywood has metal DJs and live music. Sat. April 12: Xoth, Upon Stone, Street Cleaner, Imperialist. Thurs. April 17: The Cimmerian, Cattlemass. Thurs. April 24: Cartilage, Unidad Trauma, Squelch. Sun. April 27: Sacrificial Altar, Consumator, Pagan Ritual. Mon. May 19: Ex Lover, Lovers Guilt, Twin Ion Engine. Sun. May 25: Malfet, Silencio Permanente, Apoxupon, Subterranean Hellchasm, Oddeye. Sign in here.
* The Whisky on Sunset Strip books metal etc. Thurs. April 17: Kill Devil Hill. Wed. April 23: Eyehategod. Thurs. May 15: Gene Loves Jezebel. Fri. May 16: Lizzy Borden. Sat. June 7: Angel. Fri. June 13: 45 Grave. Sun. June 15: Ace Frehley. Fri. July 4: Love/Hate. Fri. & Sat. July 18 & 19: L.A. Guns. Calendar here.
* Fri. April 18: AC/DC rocks the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; tix here.
* Echo Park's EchoPlex hosts a smattering of heavitude. Fri. April 18: Lords of Altamont. Website here.
* Frogtown's adventurous avant/modern/world club Zebulon offers surprises from the present and past. Sun. April 20: Vieux Farka Touré. Sat. May 3: mssv (Mike Baggetta-Stephen Hodges-Mike Watt). Tues. & Wed. May 13 & 14: Bill Frisell's Good Dog. Wed. May 21: The Bad Plus. Fri. May 30: Bill Orcutt. Full calendar here.
* Vibrato, a luxurious restaurant high up in Bel Air, books mostly mainstream jazz singers. Thurs. April 24: Latin jazz from Pete Escovedo. Schedule here.
* Downtown's Bellwether rocks a fair amount. Sat. April 26: Obituary. Sat. May 10: Epica. Calendar here.
* Sat. May 10, 7:30pm: Composer George Sarah presents his score via string quartet, four singers and electronic beats behind Carl Dreyer's 1928 "The Passion of Joan of Arc" at Sierra Madre Playhouse; tickets here.
* The Hollywood Palladium might rock. Fri. May 16: Emperor. Wed. June 4: Ministry. Calendar here.
* Fri. & Sat. May 16 & 17: Jazz Is Dead presents a rescheduling of last year's concert by Ghanaian stars Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas at the Ford Amphitheater in the Cahuenga Pass; tickets here.
* Sun. May 18, 11am-6pm: Rock for Ronnie, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Cancer Fund, features Sebastian Bach, Dio Disciples, Kill Devil Hill and more. At the Autry Museum in Griffith Park; tickets/info here.
* Highland Park's Lodge Room occasionally books jazz, metal, heft and influential obscurities. Wed. & Thurs. May 28 & 29: the confined brilliance of metaljazz duo Clown Core squeezes into a booth onstage (Thurs. sold out). Full schedule here.
* REDCAT (beneath downtown's Disney Hall) presents some experimental music and jazz along with its culturally edgy programming. Fri. & Sat. June 13 & 14: Partch Ensemble. Calendar here.
* The Hollywood Bowl is the Hollywood Bowl. Sat. & Sun. June 14 & 15: Blue Note Jazz Festival contains ever-shrinking quantities of jazz including Stanley Clarke; Joe Lovano w/ Julian Lage. Wed. Aug. 20: Herbie Hancock. Calendar here.
* JustJazzTV is a resource for live jazz such as Monterey Jazz Festival (July 10-13).
* The Fonda Theater in Hollywood has occasional metal & world. Fri. Aug. 8: Femi Kuti. Calendar here.
* The Canyon in Agoura Hills books its share of metal, fusion and original good stuff. Thurs. Oct. 2: Michael Schenker does UFO. Fri. Oct. 3: Orianthi. Calendar here.
* The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills occasionally melts faces or hosts an outside master. Fri. Oct. 3: Michael Schenker does UFO. Sun. Oct. 19: Zucchero. Calendar here.
* Piano Spheres always has topflight outward programming from the classically trained world at venues around town. Calendar here.
* The Jazz Salon presents top singers on Sundays at downtown's Los Angeles Athletic Club. Check in here.
* The Broad Stage in Santa Monica books some jazz. Calendar/tickets here.
* Alva's Showroom in San Pedro brings in some intriguing music from the edges in addition to tributes and stuff. Schedule here.
* Keep up with L.A. Jazz Society events, including its Young Musician Showcases, here.
* El Rey Theater on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile books yer occasional metal show. Calendar here.
* The Novo near Staples Center downtown hosts some metal. Full listings here.
* Downtown's Peacock Theater occasionally books heavy music. Lineup here.
^ = Featured in Eron Rauch's photo book on L.A. creative musicians.