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### Event Description: The Wallis Presents Pacific Jazz Orchestra

**Event:** The Wallis Presents Pacific Jazz Orchestra  
**Dates:** May 29, 2025 - May 30, 2025  
**Time:** 7:30 PM  
**Venue:** Bram Goldsmith Theater, The Wallis Center for Performing Arts, LA  
**Ticket Price:** $49 - $99  
**Conductor:** Chris Walden  

The Wallis is thrilled to welcome back the Pacific Jazz Orchestra for an unforgettable musical experience. Fresh from their inaugural season, this 40-piece orchestra is renowned for its powerhouse musicians and dynamic performances. The evenings' program promises to deliver a captivating blend of styles, genres, and backgrounds, showcasing the versatility and talent of the ensemble. 

**Featured Artist:** To be announced soon.

Don't miss this opportunity to witness the Pacific Jazz Orchestra live. Secure your tickets now and be part of an extraordinary musical journey.

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Join us for an evening of exceptional jazz music at The Wallis!

Pacific Jazz Orchestra

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Our signature series of blues rhythms returns to light up the night! Dance, drink, and dare to be a regular at our blackbox series on The Plaza, curated by The Reverend Shawn Amos. 

Making his BroadStage debut, Ellis Hall, "The Ambassador of Soul," delivers an electrifying night of soul, funk, and blues as part of the blackbox series. A powerhouse vocalist with a remarkable five-octave range, Ellis Hall is a musician, songwriter, actor, and former lead vocalist and keyboardist for the legendary soul-funk band Tower of Power. He has shared the stage with the world's major symphony orchestras, from the Hollywood Bowl under the mentorship of Ray Charles to the Boston Pops and beyond. With a catalog of over 3,800 compositions, collaborations with legends like Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, and Herbie Hancock, and music featured in iconic films such as Shrek 2 and The Lion King 2, Ellis Hall promises an unforgettable blackbox performance.

Ellis Hall: “The Ambassador of Soul”

Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center

### Event Description: Emmet Cohen Trio at BroadStage

**Date and Time:** April 4, 2025, at 7:30 PM

**Duration:** 90 minutes with no intermission

**Venue:** BroadStage

**Event Overview:**
Join us for an unforgettable evening with the Emmet Cohen Trio as they make their debut at BroadStage. Esteemed jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen, hailed by All About Jazz as one of the finest piano players to emerge in decades, will lead his trio in a dynamic and charismatic performance that showcases his extraordinary talents.

**About Emmet Cohen:**
Emmet Cohen is a multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer, recognized as a pivotal figure in contemporary music and the arts. He is the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. Cohen regularly headlines at prestigious venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Village Vanguard, and Birdland, and has performed at renowned festivals including Newport, Monterey, and North Sea jazz festivals. His entrepreneurial spirit led to the creation of "Live From Emmet's Place," a live-streamed Harlem rent party that has garnered tens of millions of views worldwide.

**Achievements:**
- Over ten albums released as a leader
- Performances and recordings with jazz legends like Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Jimmy Cobb, George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Tootie Heath, Houston Person, Christian McBride, and Kurt Elling
- Appearances in over 30 countries

**Tickets:**
Secure your tickets now for an evening of exceptional jazz music with the Emmet Cohen Trio. Don't miss this opportunity to experience one of the most celebrated jazz pianists of our time live in concert.

**Quote:**
"Thirty years old and one of the finest piano players to emerge in decades." - Zachary Weg, All About Jazz

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the BroadStage website.

Emmet Cohen Trio

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The Artelize Podcast and Adolfo Corrado: Mediterranean flavors, opera and social media

GRAMMY®-Award winner, drummer, and composer Terri Lyne Carrington blends jazz, indie rock, and hip-hop with her multi-talented sextet Social Science. This fresh ensemble thoughtfully confronts urgent social and societal issues through a suite of powerful compositions, inspiring a deep regard for humanity and freedom, while never forgetting to excite on a purely musical level.

Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science

Experience the fusion of 20th-century big band tradition with 21st-century culture, as Marlonius Jazz Orchestra takes the stage! Since its inception in 2016, Marlonius Jazz Orchestra has wowed audiences across Greater Los Angeles – and after making its BroadStage debut as an opening act for Stanley Clarke and Hiromi in the 2023/24 Season, the band solidified its position as an emerging force in the LA jazz scene. Led by virtuoso bassist Marlon Martinez, the orchestra delivers a captivating blend of new compositions by Martinez, and the music of jazz legend Billy Strayhorn. Marlonius Jazz Orchestra is dedicated to revitalizing Strayhorn classics made known by Duke Ellington, as well as newly discovered and forgotten gems in the Strayhorn catalog. Marlonius Jazz Orchestra proudly showcases the talents of millennial artists shaping today’s music landscape. Versatile singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Kuper Harris joins the orchestra in action with her soulful voice and dynamic presence on an exciting program!

Marlon Martinez and Marlonius Jazz Orchestra

Immerse yourself in the vibrant sounds of jazz music echoing through multiple venues throughout the day, along with food and beverage, specialty vendors, and more. This one-day festival in Santa Monica celebrates the intergenerational transmission of the arts. 

Future Sounds of Jazz

Keith Fiddmont and Jeremiah Selvey, Co-Directors. Using excerpts from Duke Ellington’s three Sacred Concert settings as the centerpiece — and accompanied by showcase performances from each of the ensembles — the SMC Music Department presents a collaboration among two conductors, four music ensembles, and guest soloists in a performance that celebrates the merging of music from the jazz club with the profundity of sacred ideals.

SMC Jazz Ensemble, SMC Chamber Choir, SMC Concert Chorale, and SMC Jazz Vocal Ensemble: “SMC Sings Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts”

The Santa Monica College Music Department invites you to Friday Jazz Series featuring percussionist Christian Moraga.

Friday Jazz Series: Christian Moraga

As a special tribute to Women’s History Month, Dr. Lesa Terry will present a lecture and discussion on women in jazz, featuring legendary vocalists and instrumentalists who, through music, shaped the feminine perspective and social consciousness of the United States. An L.A.-based professional violinist and longtime SMC music instructor, Dr. Terry is also the author (with Mona Terry) of Hark! It’s Clark, a book about famous jazz trumpet player Clark Terry.

Lesa Terry Lecture and Discussion: A Woman’s Place Is in the Groove

Frederick Keith Fiddmont, Conductor. Enjoy jazz ensemble arrangements from the masters, as well as contemporary works from aspiring composers and arrangers.

SMC Jazz Ensemble

The Santa Monica College Music Department invites you to Friday Jazz Series featuring Saxophonist, Adam Schroeder.

Friday Jazz Series: Adam Schroeder

Settle in for an unforgettable evening of jazz melodies to celebrate the holidays and A Season of Light. International, award-winning jazz/pop singer/songwriter Halie Loren brings a fresh and original perspective to time-honored musical paths, channeling her innate understanding of connectedness across musical boundaries. Halie's multi-genre and multi-lingual musical blend across her ten albums to date has earned several national and international awards in multiple genres as well as significant critical and chart success along the way, with her albums consistently charting at #1 on the Billboard/Japan Jazz Charts, iTunes (Canada and Japan), and Amazon Music. 

Halie Loren: A Season of Light

The Walls Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Frederick Keith Fiddmont, Conductor. The ensemble will perform the music of Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Weather Report, Pat Metheny, and others who came into prominence during the fusion era. Special guest Stanley Clarke will join the ensemble as part of his three-year residency with BroadStage.

SMC Jazz Ensemble: Fusion Energy

SMC’s award-winning jazz vocal ensemble blends its voices in a program of jazz repertoire specifically arranged for four-part harmony.

Jazz Vocal Ensemble

Kevin Brandon, the studio bass player known as "Brandino," has toured with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and recorded with hit artists such as Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, and Beyoncé.

Fall Friday Night Jazz Concerts - Kevin Brandon, Bass

The Sorting Room @ The Wallis presents a special performance from the multi-textural, jazz-laced psychedelic instrumental folk-funk ensemble led by Panamá-born, Chicago-based drummer and DJ Daniel Villarreal.

Daniel Villarreal

Los Angeles-based choir Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation will “Let The Sunshine In” @ The Wallis with an uplifting fusion layering soul, jazz, and gospel. Led by vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and producer Jimetta Rose, the accomplished multigenerational group of singers harmonizes to the tunes of LA's foremost musicians. Join this joyous musical celebration of love, life, and the power of soul.

Jimetta Rose & the Voices of Creation

Jon Mayer is described by InsideJazz.com as “an emotive, playful, and superbly inventive bebop-based pianist who always delivers ear-pleasing improvisations."

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