Events

The Los Angeles Jazz Society is honored to join the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in presenting the 2025 L.A. Jazz Treasure Award to Roy McCurdy  -  Jazz drummer, composer and adjunct professor in Jazz Studies at the USC Thornton School of Music.  The presentation will include a performance on Friday, September 12th […]

Mateo Arce is a Los Angeles native, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and current student at Hamilton High School's academy of music and performing arts program. He has been a member of many groups and conservatories including Jazz America, the Colburn School, Herbie Hancock Institute and LAUSD's All-City Jazz Band. His resume includes performances at many […]

Luke Henry Davis is a sophomore jazz drummer, composer, and arranger at California State University Northridge pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies. Luke began studying jazz drumming at age six with Tim Metz, as a teenager with Rick Lotter, and continued in college with Tina Raymond and Jason Harnell. He has performed […]

Miri Izenberg is a trumpet player and vocalist based in Southern California. She is a rising senior at the Orange County School of the Arts, where she is a member of the jazz conservatory. She performs as a part of the Ambassador Jazz Orchestra and the Colburn Jazz Workshop, and leads her own quintet, which […]

Bill Green Mentorship Program 2026 Auditions for the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s annual Bill Green Mentorship Program are today for those whose applications were accepted.  Talented young musicians – ages 12 to 18 (up to senior in high school) will audition for the opportunity to receive 5 weeks of lessons with a professional jazz musician […]

Jazz in Schools, initiated by the Los Angeles Jazz Society in 1988, offers free, age-appropriate jazz performances to LAUSD elementary schools during February, Black History Month. The program introduces young students to jazz and recognizes the cultural contributions of African Americans to this uniquely American art form. The concerts are held across all 15 City […]

Ishaan Natarajan is a jazz drummer, composer, and music technologist based in Los Angeles, California. He is currently a student at the nation’s top-ranked arts high school, LACHSA, where he performs in the school’s premier Blue Note Combo. Ishaan has participated in the Stanford Jazz Institute and Colburn Jazz Camp and completed songwriting and film, television, […]

Wesley Bozman began playing piano at the age of three and trumpet at the age of nine. Classically trained, Wesley began performing jazz in middle school, capturing the top award as trumpet soloist in several local competitions and the Outstanding Musician Award at the first National Jazz Festival held in Philadelphia, February 2020. In high […]

Named in the memory of the great saxophonist and jazz educator, the Bill Green Mentorship Program was initiated in 1998 to supplement the education of promising young jazz students and to encourage their development as future professional jazz artists. This program boasts an impressive roster of graduates who are successful performing musicians. Over 30 selected […]

A live panel hosted by jazz vocalist Darynn Dean, explores how women in jazz are shaping the sounds of today. Featuring the extraordinary flutist, vocalist, and composer Elena Pinderhughes, dynamic saxophonist and composer Nicole McCabe, powerful West African percussionist and recording artist Mizan Willis, and the soulful trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Tatiana Tate. Together we will explore how jazz continues to evolve and how […]

Charlie Cohn is a pianist and composer from Los Angeles. Primarily a jazz pianist, he writes both classical and jazz music. His compositions draw from a variety of musical influences—rock, jazz, electronic, and experimental music—as well as from visual art and nature. Charlie is a Los Angeles Philharmonic Composer Fellow, and has participated in Juilliard’s […]