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JazzPOP

Program Series

JazzPOP 2017

JazzPOP, the Hammer’s “reliably excellent” (Los Angeles Times) creative jazz festival, celebrates its 12th season this summer, with three concerts featuring Southern California bass players who lead their bands from the bottom up. Expect deep grooves, free jazz explosions, and music drawing from influences as diverse as vintage L.A. punk, acoustic blues, bebop, and Puerto Rican folk music. Curated by San Francisco Bay Area bassist Lisa Mezzacappa.

Mark Dresser

Music & Performance

JazzPOP: Mark Dresser Quintet

A group that can travel to the outer sonic limits of jazz and return to earth firmly rooted in the deep pocket of an infectious groove, Mark Dresser’s Quintet features some of Southern California’s most innovative and accomplished improvisers.

Thu Aug 3 2017 8:00 PM

Roberto Miranda

Music & Performance

JazzPOP: Roberto Miranda Quartet

In this rare outing as bandleader, Miranda features his own music for quartet—snakey bebop melodies and blues riffs nested in a weightlessly grooving rhythm section.

Thu Aug 10 2017 8:00 PM

Steuart Liebig

Music & Performance

JazzPOP: Steuart Liebig's Men-Tot Six

Electric bass wizard Steuart Liebig premieres a new sextet, combining the personnel and genre-bending sounds of two of his longstanding groups, the Mentones and the Tee-Tot Quartet.

Thu Aug 17 2017 8:00 PM