NO HOST. ACJF: The Gathering + Young Artist Competition Winner

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Date**: October 10, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

Venue LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA+ Google Map
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Free but please Register

6:00pm – Young Artist Competition Winner

The Angel City Jazz Young Artist Competition is an avenue for young Jazz musicians in the greater Los Angeles area to create and collaborate with one another in an effort to expand upon the traditional concepts of Jazz composition/arrangement, improvisation and ensemble performance.

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7:00pm – The Gathering, a Tribute to Jesse Sharps
Fundi Legohn – French Horn and Conducting
Dwight Trible – voice
Thomas Stones – flute
Randal Fisher – saxophone
Jamael Dean – piano
Nick Rosen – bass
Roberto Miranda – bass
Fritz Wise – drums

On October 10th, 2005 Jesse Sharps brought together some of the hottest young players in Los Angeles with members of Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra for a historic recording session. This session spawned The Gathering, an ongoing community band, a documentary film, and multiple recordings.
Jesse was one of Horace’s most trusted and influential bandleaders, leading the Arkestra during their strongest period in the ’70s, on several seminal recordings, and he recently put together a 60-year anniversary reunion session of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra.

The Gathering was Jesse’s vehicle for bringing together musicians from a broad spectrum and highlighting the music of the Arkestra. And 20 years on now, Jesse Sharps’ musical journey has become part of the Ancestral Echoes, just as it did for his mentor and friend Horace Tapscott years before.

Ancestral Echoes was one of Jesse’s favorite compositions by Horace, and like his mentor Horace, his contributions will continue to be felt by those he inspired and connected with. Come celebrate this great music and legacy that will continue on for years to come.