The 4th Annual Angel City Jazz Festival brings the very best of creative and cutting-edge jazz to the Ford. This year revel in a Global Jam, a celebration of jazz's wide cultural diversity. Get ready for distinctive musical mashups from artists from around the world such as L.A.’s own Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra with Dwight Trible, Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura (avant-guard jazz from Japan), The Kandinsky Effect (modern French jazz), the Tigran Quintet (Armenian jazz) featuring Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasayan and Rudresh Mahanthappa & Samdhi (Indian fusion jazz).

Angel City Jazz Festival is part of our Live @ the Ford series. The performance and special behind-the-scenes footage will air on KCET September 19.