KENNY BURRELL & FRIENDS:  Opening Night Concert & Reception

Saturday, March 19, 2011
7:00 p.m.

 The Friends of Jazz at UCLA and the Fowler Museum present a jam session by UCLA Faculty Members Kenny Burrell, Dr. Bobby Rodriguez, Barbara Morrison, George Bohanon, Clayton Cameron, Justo Almario, Roberto Miranda and Llew Matthews followed by a dessert reception and a preview of the America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World exhibition.

• $20 – General Admission
• $15 – Current Friends of Jazz at UCLA members, Fowler members, UCLA Faculty & Staff
• $10 – Students

 PHONE ORDERS: 310-825-2101, Central Ticket Office (CTO), Mon - Fri from 10 am - 4 pm

IN PERSON: The CTO windows are open Mon – Fri, 10 am – 4 pm and are located in the James West Alumni Center, just east of Pauley Pavilion and next to Parking Structure #6.

ONLINE: Ticketmaster (Note:  Online ticket purchases will be charged a Ticketmaster processing fee.)

American Express, VISA, MasterCard, and Discover accepted.  Please make checks payable to “UC Regents.”

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JAM SESSION:  America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World Exhibition

 From the mid-1950s through the 1970s, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and others traveled the globe as cultural diplomats on behalf of the U.S. State Department, thrilling millions of people with the remarkable American art form called jazz music.  See nearly one hundred captivating images that chronicle the tours of these American jazz legends.