LA Jazz Society’s 30th Anniversary Jazz Tribute Awards

October 27, 2013. We are proud to announce that our 2013 Jazz Honorees are the exciting, high-energy Playboy Jazz Festival sensation, Sheila E. along with her father Pete and brothers, Peter Michael and Juan Escovedo.   If you have never seen this dynamic ensemble perform, you are in for a great Latin Jazz treat.

We are also pleased that this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the most deserving esteemed jazz & classical music flutist and saxophonist, Hubert Laws.  Our Jazz Educator Award will recognize the talents of the leaders of our Jazz in Schools program, Ernie Fields, Jr., Charles Owens, and Maestro Delbert Taylor.  This year’s recipient of the Shelly Manne Memorial New Talent Award will be 14 year-old drummer sensation, Alex Smith.

Hugh Hefner

Honorary 30th Anniversary Tribute Chair

Hon. Eric Garcetti

Honorary Dinner Chair

Sheila E, with Juan, Pete and Peter Michael Escovedo

2013 Jazz Tribute Honorees

Hubert Laws

Lifetime Achievement Award

Ernie Fields, Jr., Charles Owens and Maestro Delbert Taylor

Jazz Educator Award

Alex Smith

Shelly Manne Memorial New Talent Awards

HOSTED BY: Leonard Maltin

With performances by all of the honorees.

Sponsorships: $1,000-$10,000
Dinner Tickets and Tables starting at: $200 / $2,000
Concert Only Tickets: (arrival at 6pm) – $75 per seat

Call – 818.994.4661

The Annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert was established to recognize and honor Los Angeles based artists for their contributions in furthering the art form of jazz. This major fundraising event attracts musicians and jazz lovers from all over Southern California and supports the general operations of the organization and its education programs – including Jazz in Schools and Bill Green Mentorship Program.