Playboy Jazz Festival Announces Final 2016 Lineup

Robert Cray, Fourplay, Jon Batiste, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more

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The final lineup for this year’s Playboy Jazz Festival has been announced by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The 38th annual event will be held June 11-12 at the Hollywood Bowl. Headliners include festival alums Fourplay (celebrating their 25th anniversary), Jon Batiste, Robert Cray, Pete Escovedo and Los Van Van, along with festival newcomers Seth MacFarlane, Janelle Monáe, Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman, Joey Alexander Trio, John Beasley’s MONK’estra, Liv Warfield, South Africa’s Freshlyground, London’s Anthony Strong and Sonny Landreth, who will be playing with Robert Cray as part of a B.B. King tribute.

Also performing will be will be Naturally 7 and New Orleans’ Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. (in a new configuration with the Congo Nation-New Orleans Cultural Group), along with Javon Jackson and Sax Appeal featuring special guests Jimmy Heath, George Cables, Peter Washington, and Willie Jones III; Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Presents Stretch Music; The LAUSD/Beyond the Bell All-City Jazz Big Band Under the Direction of Tony White and J.B. Dyas, and the CSUN Jazz A Band directed by Matt Harris.

George Lopez will host for the fourth year in a row.

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