The Los Angeles Jazz Society’s (LAJS) 29th Annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert is set for Sunday, October 21, 2012, 4:30 pm, at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City.
Wayne Shorter, multiple Grammy Award winner, saxophonist and composer, is the 2012 Jazz Tribute Honoree. Leonard Maltin will host the evening’s festivities and Herbie Hancock is this year’s Honorary Chair. LAJS’ 2012 Jazz Tribute awardees include Lifetime Achievement Award recipient John Pisano, Lifetime Composer/Arranger Award recipient Gordon Goodwin, Jazz Vocalist Award recipient Denise Donatelli, David L. Abell Angel Award recipient Jim Barrall, Jazz Educator Award recipients Roger Neumann & Scott Whitfield, Teri Merrill-Aarons Founder Award recipient Terence Love, and Shelly Manne Memorial New Talent Award recipient Jamael Dana Dean. The Jazz Tribute also includes special guests, Jeff Hamilton, Larry Hathaway and Barbara Morrison.
Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert guests will enjoy a reception, market place, silent auction, dinner, awards ceremony and a special live concert with the honorees. The concert portion of the special evening will feature performances by Wayne Shorter & friends, John Pisano Trio, Denise Donatelli Trio, and Jamael Dean Dana Trio. Concert only tickets are also available.
The Annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert recognizes and honors Los Angeles based artists for their contributions in furthering the art form of jazz. This major fund-raising event attracts musicians and jazz lovers from all over Southern California and supports the general operations of the organization and its education programs.
Tickets to the 29th Annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert are $200 – $250 per person; individual and corporate sponsorship tables are available from $1,000 – $10,000. Concert only tickets are $75.
For more information: www.LAJazz.org
