A BOWL FULL OF JAZZ.This year they got it right. The Playboy Jazz Festival The Playboy Jazz Festival is an annual event sponsored by Playboy Enterprises to celebrate jazz as well as feature both established and up and coming musicians of the genre. It was founded by Hugh Hefner and was first held in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Stadium in 1959. has come up with a weekend to please everyone from smooth-jazz fanciers, New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded r&b fans, salsa nuts and even the stodgiest jazz purist pur·ist n. One who practices or urges strict correctness, especially in the use of words. pu·ris  tic adj. . Joining the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the bill is a sparkling lineup bringing together such disparate forces as youthful up-and-comer Jamie Cullum Jamie Cullum (born August 20, 1979) is an English jazz/pop pianist and singer-songwriter. Biography Cullum was born at Rochford hospital in Essex. His mother, Yvonne, is a secretary of Anglo-Burmese origin, whose family settled in Wales after Burma's independence; his , the post-bebop Golden Striker Trio, thrilling Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, straight-ahead jazz saxist Benny Golson and rousing crowd-pleasers Ozomatli. Here are profiles of four not-to-be-missed acts. Turn to Page 6 to read about Christian Scott. PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL What: Saturday: The Stanley Clarke/George Duke Project, Jamie Cullum, the Benny Golson Quartet and Baaba Maal. Sunday: Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Ozomatli, Eddie Palmieri with Regina Carter, and Christian Scott. Where: Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. When: 2:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday, 2 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $17.50 to $125 per day. (213) 480-3232; ticketmaster.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: ( cover -- colo) PLAYBOY JAZZ festival This year's lineup hits all the right notes |
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