Big Band Concert Series, Jam Sessions and Comedy Set for Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center, Aug 2012

The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center has announced its calendar of events for August 2012. All events take place at the center, located at 4305 Degnan Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. Check out full details below!

Wednesdays – Blues! Blues! Blues! With Special Hostess, Blues Vocalist Sherry Pruitt and Bluesman Big Terry Derouen
August 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2012 from 8:00 p.m. – midnight.

Blues! Blues! Blues! With special Hostess, Blues Vocalist Sherry Pruitt and Bluesman Big Terry Derouen.

There is no Cover Charge, but donations are welcome. Refreshments wil be available for purchase. No reservations are needed. Call 323-296-BARB (323-296-2272) for more information. To learn more, visit the website, www.barbaramorrisonpac.com.

Sundays – The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center All-Star Big Band Summer Concert Series
August 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2012 from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center (BMPAC) All-Stars Big Band directed by Saxophonist John Stephens featuring some of the most talented players on the West Coast, along with the legendary Jazz and Blues singer, Barbara Morrison. The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center is the only venue in Los Angeles serving up a big dose of Big Band Jazz and Blues every Sunday this summer.

The Cover Charge is $10 per person. Food and Drinks will be available for purchase. For reservations, call 323-296-BARB (323-296-2272). For more information, and to buy online, visit the website, www.barbaramorrionspac.com.

Monday Night Jam Sessions
August 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.

Two Jazz Giants: Famed Guitarist, Jacqes Lesure and Legendary Bassist, James Leary, from The Count Basie Band.

HOW: There is no Cover Charge, but Donations are welcome. No reservations are needed. For more information, call 323-296-BARB (323-296-2272) or visit the website, www.barbaramorrionspac.com.

Thursdays – Comedy Night – Do You Think You’re Funny?
August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

Cornelius Grant, former bandleader for the original Temptations, features some of the top comics in the country in this living room feel venue. Stop by on your way to some place else, but beware you may never get to where you’re going. Be prepared to laugh.

The Cover Charge is $10 per person. For reservations, call 323-296-BARB (323-296-2272). For more information, and to buy online, visit the website, www.barbaramorrionspac.com.

About the Founder and Artistic Director of The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center:
Barbara Morrison was raised in Romulus, MI and logged her first performance on radio in Detroit at the age of 10. Since then, she has toured the world, dazzling fans with her two-and-a-half-octave range, in a wide array of genres from traditional Jazz and Blues to Gospel and Pop. Morrison has been featured on over 20 recordings. Over the years she has performed with a virtual “Who’s Who” of the Jazz and Blues worlds: Gerald Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, James Moody, Ron Carter, Etta James, Esther Phillips and many others. Morrison has also guest starred with the Count Basie Orchestra, the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra and Doc Severinsen’s Big Band. She has performed at Blues and Jazz Festivals around the world, including Montreaux, Nice, Pori, Carnegie Hall, North Sea and Monterey. She is the creator and director of the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center in the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles.

The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center was founded on in 2011 and specializes in presentation and performance of Jazz and Blues music. From May 18 – 20, 2012 the Center presented the 1st Annual Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center Blues Festival featuring Barbara Morrison (Producer of the Festival); the Sons of Rhythm: Johnny “Lucky” Otis (Grandson of Rhythm & Blues Pioneer Johnny Otis), Richard Berry III (Grandson of Composer and Pianist, Richard “Louie, Louie” Berry) and Donto James (Son of the legendary Etta James); Billy Foster & The Original Medallions; the Bernie Pearl Blues Band; Ray Bailey; Big Terry DeRouen; Kirk “Eli” Fletcher; Shelley “King” Fisher; Sonny Green; Sweetie Chicks; Johnny Mastro and Mama’s Boys; Jamie “Blues Boy” Powell; Sista Sherry Pruitt and Brother Yusef.

 

 

 

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