Sets by Ennis Harris and Mat Maneri at the Angel City Jazz Festival have plentiful cross-genre connections.
The unpredictable composer and arranger appears on the West Coast with her curiously mixed ensemble, m_unit.
The seasoned tenor player makes his Bay Area debut as a bandleader in one high-energy set after another.
The maverick saxophonist and composer busts open the recital format and makes it exciting with his multidirectional improvisations.
You still hear the influence of the Great American Songbook, but younger vocalists are taking inspiration and material from other genres, too.
Mostly known for being quoted in Warner Bros. cartoons, Raymond Scott’s entertaining compositions have now been recorded by QSF and a big band.
