Jazz Los Angeles

Pharoah Sanders Quartet
@ Jazz Bakery
3233 Helms Ave., Culver City
This saxophonist's 1960s musical forays with John Coltrane are the stuff of jazz legend--furious, creative innovation that led audiences to new and unfamiliar musical...

Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble
@ Warner Grand Theatre
478 W. Sixth St., San Pedro
The Grammy winner performs selections from his new album on piano with his jazz- chamber ensemble.

Red Hollway
with the John Heard Trio
@ Charlie O's
13725 Victory Blvd Valley Glenn Ca

M83 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
The French electro-shoegaze outfit makes its symphony debut with the Phil, highlighting the group's ambient and experimental leanings.

Lambchop
@ Largo at the Coronet
The offbeat indie-folk band is as prolific as the day is long, and the recent smattering of affecting intimate musing, “OH" is up there with the best of them.

Bebe Neuwirth
Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu
With two Emmys in one fist and two Tonys in the other, Bebe Neuwirth is a classic triple-threat of the stage and screen. This Saturday, she brings an evening of songs and...

Henry “Skipper” Franklin
@ Charlie O's
13725 Victory Blvd Valley Glenn Ca

Curumin
@ Spaceland The Brazilian singer-songwriter plays a deeply modern blend of salsa, samba and funk gussied up with hip-hop production styles.

Bill Holman and his 17-piece band
@ Charlie O's
13725 Victory Blvd Valley Glenn Ca

Nico Stai
@ Spaceland
The local singer-songwriter's chamber-folk rock falls smack in the heart of the Sufjan-Arcade Fire axis of orchestral earnestness. he holds down the March residency at Spaceland.

Origami Records Night
@ The Echo
The local label is about to welcome a physical retail outlet for vinyl records to its stable of indie-centric endeavors. Here they curate March's Echo residencies from their catalog of bands including Summer Darling and Wait.Think.Fast.

Cut Copy
@ Music Box @ Fonda
The Australian techno-pop band had a banner 2008 with the shimmery, effervescent album “In Ghost Colours."

KXLU fundraiser is a noisy affair
The beloved indie radio station throws itself a benefit
On April 11, one of the last bastions of independent radio in Los Angeles, KWLU, will throw a fundraiser featuring performances by the Happy Hollows, Meho Plaza and a DJ set from No Age. It's at the Regent Theatre downtown from 5 p.m.- 2 a.m.