Los Angeles Jazz: College Jam Night

06/27/2024

Buenos Dias FB world! I know, I know... where have I been?

Update: completed my MFA out here in Nashville (MTSU), and have been doing some session work and mixing shows around town. So many amazing players migrating to this area, and tons of great gigs. I've gotten to work with so many Nashville greats and it's been an honor.

Here are a few Soundcloud links to some of the work I completed while attending MTSU.

Purple Rain - working with Noah Huseman (arranger) and Kaleah Wooten (vocalist) to create this fun SATB vocal arrangement in honor of Prince.
https://soundcloud.com/mf-music/purple-rain-reharmonization?si=886b12bc526b49bea175a9fa563cf180&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

You Go To My Head - feat. Emily West - my final project to complete the MFA was to produce an arrangement of the famous ballad with the very talented Emily West on vocals and De Marco Johnson on piano.
https://soundcloud.com/mf-music/mfa-project-you-go-to-my-head?si=cdccf103217742b98d19f27719bc501b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

That's all for now!

My MFA project was to capture a performance of a jazz standard using recording technology from the wax, analog, and digital recording eras, and then combine all three into a single performance. This i

05/26/2020

Update on the Jazz Jam!! We hope everyone is safe and healthy and keeping up their chops in isolation! We are working with the Baked Potato to come up with a safe and fun way to be able to bring back our awesome night of music and friends.

Question???

As we work our way through the social distancing and club closure, would you be interested if we can provide stream performances for viewing online during the transition to normalcy???

In the mean time... we want to offer all the Jazz Jam fans and subscribers a chance to send in your isolation jams, solo videos so we can post them here on our page! It would be great to just see what everyone is doing musically and share it with our friends!

Send in your videos!!!

Thanks to everyone and we look forward to seeing you all again soon!

Cinthia and Matt

03/30/2020

April Jazz Jam canceled...

In the mean time here are some highlights from the March jam night.

Cinthia and I want to wish everyone a safe and sane isolation, and we hope to see everyone very soon!

And don't forget to wash you hands!!

03/02/2020

Another full house at the jam!!

03/02/2020

Jazz Jam about to get started!!

Come on down and sit in with the band!!

9pm down beat!

Baked Potato!!

02/29/2020

It's happening tomorrow night!
Sunday March 1st Jazz Jam at the Baked Potato!

House band goes on at 9pm, jam starts at 10pm!

Gary Fukushima Piano/Rhodes
Nick Mancini Vibes
Dave Robaire Bass
Dan Schnelle Drums
Scott Whitfield Trombone
Michael Mull Saxophone

Special guest throughout the night so you don't want to miss out!

Students $5 at the door
Presale tickets available here:
https://www.thebakedpotato.com/events/los-angeles-jazz-college-jam-night/

02/25/2020

Jazz Jam is coming up Sunday March 1st! We have a very special group of some of LA's most notorious musicians to help us kick off the jam night! CSUN Faculty members including:

Gary Fukushima
Nick Mancini
Dave Robaire
Dan Schnelle
Michael Mull
Scott Whitfield

House band 9pm
Open Jam 10pm

And of course you just never know who is gonna show up at the Jam so don't miss out!!

$5 with student ID at the door
Presale tickets here:
https://www.thebakedpotato.com/events/los-angeles-jazz-college-jam-night/

Hope to see everyone there!!

02/23/2020

Jazz Jam the Baked Potato!!! Sunday March 1st 9pm!!

This month we have a very awesome group to kick off the jam!!

Gary Fukushima Keys
Dave Robaire Bass
Dan Schnelle Drums
Michael Mull Sax
Scott Whitfield Trombone
Nick Mancini Vibes

As always... house band starts at 9pm and the Jam opens up at 10pm and goes til 1am! Come on down for a great night of music and jamming! Bring your ax and make sure you sign up with Cinthia as soon as you arrive!

Students with ID get in for $5
Pre-sale tickets online at https://www.thebakedpotato.com/events/los-angeles-jazz-college-jam-night/

02/14/2020

Cesar Hernandez and Jeremy Stein tearing it up at the Baked Potato!

Next Jazz Jam is just around the corner! March 1st 9pm at the Baked Potato!

House band TBA!

02/01/2020

Sunday night Feb 2nd Baked Potato Jazz Jam!!!

Special house band performance by

“Weather Forecast”
Tribute to Weather Report
Featuring
Ben Sheppard bass
Steve Weingart Keys
Chris Lewis Saxes
Anthony Fung Drums

Show starts at 9pm and the jam will kick off at 10pm

We’ll see everyone Sunday Night!

01/30/2020

Jazz Jam at the Baked Potato this Sunday February 2nd!

And the house band is gonna be amazing!!

"Weather Forecast" A tribute to Weather Report
featuring:
Ben Sheppard
Steve Weingart
Chris Lewis
Anthony Fung

Sunday, February 2nd
9pm start

Weather Forecast will play one short set and then we'll open the jam up at 10pm! Be sure to get there early to sign up with Cinthia for the jam! It's sure to be packed so don't miss out. Plan your post Super Bowl festivities to include an awesome night of music at the Baked Potato!!

Pre-sale tickets at
https://www.thebakedpotato.com/events/new-los-angeles-jazz-college-jam-night-4/

and as always, student with ID are $5 at the door.

Sunday, February 02, 2020 New Los Angeles Jazz College Jam Night Adam Hersh…Keys Ben McPeak…Sax Jordan Leicht…Sax Rob Felix…Bass Myles Martin…Drums $15.00

01/22/2020

Big shout out to our very own CSUN A Band for being a part of the Jack Rudin Jazz Championship at the Lincoln Center hosted by Wynton Marsalis. An incredible honor to be invited and one hell of an experience for the band. Not to mention... a huge congratulations to Myles Martin and Christopher Astoquillca for winning outstanding performance awards amongst some of the countries best college jazz musicians! Can't say how much we love these guys and don't forget... if you wanna see them play all you gotta do is come to the Jazz Jam at the Baked Potato cause they'll be there!!!

Sunday February 2nd, 9pm Baked Potato!!

Go Matadors!!