The Playboy Jazz Festival FREE CONCERT feat. Jeff Lorber @ Baldwin Hills | May 27th, 2012

The free event provides an opportunity for The Playboy Jazz Festival and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza to bring top quality jazz to the local community as well as to shopping center patrons for their enjoyment. Popular radio personality Pat Prescott will emcee and the Washington Prep High School Jazz Ensemble under the direction of  Reggie Andrews will open the show.

Crystallizing  jazz, funk and Latin rhythms with his killer melodies and improvisations that translate perfectly to a live setting, Jeff Lorber has come full circle in the three decades since his earliest recordings. In the late 70s, long before he was a globally recognized contemporary jazz artist and performer, the innovative keyboardist/composer/producer  was a prominent figure in the new movement known as jazz fusion – a marriage of traditional jazz with elements of rock, R&B, funk and other electrified sounds. His new recording Galaxy, on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group, revisits the sound he helped pioneer. The album takes the experiment he started with his last Grammy-nominated CD Now Is The Time, up a notch with 11 exciting and energetic new compositions featuring some of the biggest names in jazz today.
  
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza is an 850,000 square foot retail destination located at the intersection of Crenshaw Blvd. and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Los Angeles, California.  Anchored by Macys, Sears and WalMart, with over 100 specialty stores and dining options, the center has long been recognized as the hub of the surrounding communities. From a signature concert series known as BHCP Live!, monthly Kid’s Club and a weekly Farmers’ Market to the many public services offered at the mall, it is clear that BHCP is more than just a place to shop, it’s a central gathering place for the local community.  BHCP is managed by Primestor Development Inc. and owned by Capri Capital Partners, LLC.

Food and refreshments will be available for purchase to the public. Glass containers, alcoholic beverages and audio/video recorders are not permitted. Plenty of parking is available both in and around the mall.