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West Coast Jazz Hour Quintet at Sierra Madre Playhouse

The West Coast Jazz Hour Quintet, featuring drummer Kevin van den Elzen and pianist Josh Nelson, brings the vibrant sounds of 1950s and '60s jazz to Sierra Madre Playhouse. This ensemble celebrates ...
Jazz

The Case for Dave Pell: The Octets and Beyond

Of the major books on West Coast Jazz, few have much to say about the Dave Pell Octet, a group that was active on a regular basis from 1952—1964 and intermittently thereafter until Dave's death in ...
Times of San Diego

Jazz 88.3 hosts another California Cool Concert, highlights West Coast sound

Gilbert Castellanos who is performing at the Tuesday concert event hosted by KSDS. (Photo courtesy of KSDS Jazz) KSDS Jazz is hosting another installment of its California Cool Concert series Tuesday ...
BroadwayWorld

Sierra Madre Playhouse Presents the West Coast Jazz Hour Quintet, 9/21 at Sierra Madre Playhouse

The West Coast Jazz Hour Quintet – a powerhouse of jazz heavyweights led by drummer Kevin van den Elzen and pianist Josh Nelson – bops into Sierra Madre Playhouse, filling the historic venue with the ...