Jazz at LACMA: Louis Van Taylor Quintet

Celebrate L.A.’s finest jazz musicians with Jazz at LACMA, presented Friday evenings from April to November. This week, join us for a concert with the Louis Van Taylor Quintet. Saxophone and woodwind specialist Louis Van Taylor has been performing the world over. His career began with a 20-year association with Ray Charles, followed by stints with the Gap Band, Kool and the Gang, Gerald Wilson, Jimmie and Jeannie Cheatham, Phil Ranelin, and many others. Van Taylor has taught at the USC Jazz Studies Department for seven years and has also mentored Washington Rucker’s Jazz for Wee People, sponsored by the Los Angeles Jazz Society.