Summer's End Community Jazz Celebration

4600 Long Beach Boulevard,Long Beach CA 90805

28 August, 2021

Description

Enjoy this free Community Jazz Celebration on August 28th. Enjoy great music, good food and kids activities. The Summer’s End Community Jazz Celebration will be hosted by KJAZZ DJ, Bubba Jackson with David Benoit, Grammy-award winning Jazz pianist, composer and producer as the headliner. The opening lineup will include Millennial musicians who are deemed to be the next generation of Jazz stars - from Xavier “X” Gordon and Black Nile, to hometown favorite Tatiana Tate. A Horn Line from the Long Beach City College Jazz Studies program will be featured in a special performance. The celebration will begin by honoring the historical origins of Jazz with Bubba Jackson’s special guest, Blues artist Yolanda Johnson. "After the unprecedented past year and a half, this is a great opportunity for families and music lovers to come out and enjoy some outstanding jazz in an outdoor setting to mark the end of the summer and celebrate the resilience and vibrancy of our community," said Councilman Al Austin II. "The collaborative effort behind the Summer's End Community Jazz Celebration will make this a memorable day of great music, food and fun."