Frank Potenza Trio with special guest, Holly Hofmann, flute

with Joe Bagg, organ and John Ferraro, drums

Frank Potenza Trio

Hotel Laguna Rose garden Jazz Wednesdays is pleased to present Frank Potenza Trio with Holly Hofmann. Critics have labeled Holly the most authoritative, swinging flutist in jazz today. Guitarist Frank Potenza is a prot?©g?© of the late Joe Pass and an active educator, composer, and performer with seven solo albums to his credit. Potenza chairs the Studio/Jazz Guitar Faculty at Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California.

 6:00 -8:00 pm in lovely outdoor Rose Garden of Hotel Laguna, 425 So. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach.Doors open 5:15 pm. Reservations for 8 or more by calling 949.715.9713 or email us (add to comments).

Cover $10/person. Special drinks and food available for purchase.This is on the coast, so light jackets are advised near sundown. 

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Dan Barrett’s Blue Swing Quartet with Dan Barrett, trombone, Chris Dawson, piano, Hal Smith, drums and Dave Stone, bass

Jazz Wednesdays is pleased to present Dan Barrett, one of the premiere jazz trombonists of his generation, and who is also acknowledged as a top-notch composer and arranger.

6:00 -8:00 pm in lovely outdoor Rose Garden of Hotel Laguna, 425 So. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach.Doors open 5:15 pm. Reservations for 8 or more by calling 949.715.9713 or email us Cover $10/person. Special drinks and food available for purchase.This is on the coast, so light jackets are advised near sundown.

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Jazz Wednesdays is pleased to present The “Latin Jazz Syndicate featuring Bijon Watson.” The Syndicate returns to the Hotel Laguna Rose Garden with an all-star group of musicians that have performed, recorded, or toured with artists such as Poncho Sanchez, Jose Rizo’s Jazz On The Latin Side All-Stars, Luis Miguel, and Dave Valentin, to name a few.

The group infuses authentic latin grooves with classic standards, as well as performing original arrangements, and unique original tunes. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to catch these exceptional musicians in live and in person.

Bijon Watson; trumpet, flugelhorn, Carlos Ordiano; keyboards, Ruben Ordiano; drums, Oscar Cartaya; bass, and Angel Rodriguez; percussion.

6:00 -8:00 pm in lovely outdoor Rose Garden of Hotel Laguna, 425 So. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach.Doors open 5:15 pm. Reservations for 8 or more by calling 949.715.9713 or email us Cover $10/person. Special drinks and food available for purchase.This is on the coast, so light jackets are advised near sundown. 

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Kristin Korb Trio

Jazz Wednesdays is pleased to present the talented Kristin Korb, upright bass, who is known for her exuberant, rapid vocalese style and open spirit.

6:00 -8:00 pm in lovely outdoor Rose Garden of Hotel Laguna, 425 So. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach.Doors open 5:15 pm. Reservations for 8 or more by calling 949.715.9713 or email us at info@lagunabeachlive.org.

Cover $10/person. Special drinks and food available for purchase.This is on the coast, so light jackets are advised near sundown.

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Lanny Morgan Quartet with Lanny Morgan, alto sax, Marty Harris, piano; Putter Smith, bass; Frank Capp, drums

Jazz Wednesdays is pleased to present Lanny Morgan. A brilliant bebop alto soloist, Lanny has been on the scene as a leader of his own group and a solo performer in the US and abroad since 1969, playing every major jazz club and festival that exists and guesting as soloist/clinician at colleges and universities in nearly every state of the union.

6:00 -8:00 pm in lovely outdoor Rose Garden of Hotel Laguna, 425 So. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach.Doors open 5:15 pm. Reservations for 8 or more by calling 949.715.9713 or email us. Cover $10/person. Special drinks and food available for purchase.This is on the coast, so light jackets are advised near sundown.

Bearfoot Bluegrass presented by Laguna Beach Live! Sunday, September 7, 2008 on the Magnolia Patio at Aliso Creek Inn: concert 4 - 6 pm and BBQ 3 – 7 pm. Adults $10 adv. and $12 at the door; children 12 and under $5 adv. and $7 at the door.

Bearfoot Bluegrass

Bearfoot, earning one of roots music’s most prestigious awards – Telluride Bluegrass Band Champions – an honor they share with artists like Dixie Chicks and Nickel Creek, is deeply American music. Airy Northern ballads are tempered by back-alley Southern blues, while jazz stomp meets Appalachian breakdown, the whole fused with a signature sexy bluegrass passion. Boasting five distinctive lead voices, this young group from Anchorage Alaska showcases a remarkable breadth of rich, original songs and their arrangements soar with smoky, spacious lyricism.

Kate Hamre, acoustic bass
Mike Mickelson, guitar
Jason Norris, mandolin
Angela Oudean, fiddle
Annalisa Tornfelt, fiddle

BBQ. All proceeds from the food and drinnks sold will benefit school outreach programs offered by Laguna Beach Live! Due to food and beverage licensing requirements of Aliso Creek Inn, please do not bring food or drink with you.

Karen Gallinger

Karen Gallinger Quartet with Karen Gallinger, vocals, Tom Zink, keyboard, Chris Wabich, drums, bass tba.

Long regarded as one of Southern California’s finest jazz vocalists, Karen Gallinger is a performer who blends artistic passion and mastery of her craft into a dynamic and unique package.

6:00 -8:00 pm in lovely outdoor Rose Garden of Hotel Laguna, 425 So. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach.Doors open 5:15 pm. Reservations for 8 or more by calling 949.715.9713 or email us Cover $10/person. Special drinks and food available for purchase.This is on the coast, so light jackets are advised near sundown. 

Triada Guitar Trio

Concert is 3:00 to 4:30 pm with a brief intermission.  Free event.

First Sundays, an afternoon of music and art at the Laguna College of Art & Design, 2222 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach. Sponsored by Laguna College of Art & Design, lodging establishments and City of Laguna Beach.

Come early to enjoy the exhibition in the Art Gallery, which opens at 2:00 pm. Visit www.lagunacollege.edu for the details.

Established in 2001 (and known first as the BG Brothers), Triada consists of the brothers Chekardzhikovi: Nikola, Vasil and Petar from Bulgaria. The three are former members of the guitar quartet Four of a Kind, an ensemble which included their sister Petya Chekardzhikova. A heavy schedule of concerts, TV and Radio appearances in Bulgaria led to appearances in Europe from 1994 to 1996 when Four of a Kind twice toured Belgium and Holland under professional management, presenting concerts in Brussels (Palais de Beaux-Arts), Antwerp, Liege and Leuven, among others. Since coming to the Unated States, the brothers have performed in California, Wisconsin, Indiana, Colorado, Texas and Hawaii. In March 2004, Triada won first prize in the Third Annual Guitar Ensemble Competition in Brownsville, Texas.
The three brothers studied guitar since early childhood with professor Ljuben Haralambiev in Varna, Bulgaria. In America, they have studied as Graduate students at California State University, Fullerton with professor David Grimes. The brothers have also participated in master classes with internationally-known guitarists, such as Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (USA), Pavel Steidl (Czech Republic), Ana Maria Rosado (USA), Joaquin Clerch (Cuba), Eric Franceries (France), Aldo Lagrutta (Venezuela), George Vassilev (Bulgaria) and Costas Cotsiolis (Greece).

Laguna Beach Live! is pleased to present a great Big Band for your entertainment. Concert will be 8 pm in t he Laguna Beach Artists’ Theatre, 625 Park Avenue, Laguna Beach. Band will be announced soon. Save the Date!!

Les Amis Musicalles

Concert is 3:00 to 4:30 pm with a brief intermission.  Free event.

First Sundays, an afternoon of music and art at the Laguna College of Art & Design, 2222 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach.

Sponsored by American Association of University Women/Laguna Beach Branch, Laguna College of Art & Design, lodging establishments and City of Laguna Beach.

Come early to enjoy the exhibition in the Art Gallery, which opens at 2:00 pm. Visit www.lagunacollege.edu for the details.

Using the name which means “The Musical Friends,” the Trio explores musical collaborations beyond flute, violin and viola and features Cynthia Ellis, flute, Jeanne Skrocki, violin and Janet Lakatos, viola. Special guest will be harpist Michelle Temple. The group swept first prize at the National Flute Association’s Chamber Music Competition and has performed at NFA conventions in Columbus , Dallas and San Diego.