The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association to Present the Annual Playboy Jazz Festival
For the sixth year in a row, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association will present the annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. In an extraordinary and eclectic line-up, performers already scheduled to appear, June 8-9, 2019, include world music diva Angélique Kidjo, blues and jazz rocker Boz Scaggs, pioneering jazz/funk/soul saxophonist Maceo Parker and his Big Band, crowd-pleasing singer and percussionist Sheila E., banjo master and bluegrass crossovers Béla Fleck and The Flecktones, Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa, West African griot and kora player Sona Jobarteh,and the legendary saxophonist Benny Golson's 90th Birthday Quartet.
A full line-up of talent will be announced February 5 in tandem with the schedule for the complete Hollywood Bowl Summer 2019 season. George Lopez will once again host the event, marking the seventh year of his involvement with the Festival.
Series subscription-holders will be sent their order forms today, January 8, 2019, with single tickets going on-sale March 5, 2019.
For more information on the 2019 Playboy Jazz Festival please visit hollywoodbowl.com/playboyjazz.
The Playboy Jazz Festival is produced for the Los Angeles Philharmonic by FestivalWest, Inc.
