March or Die

March 1-3: Wadada Leo Smith @ The Electric Lodge....The Section Quartet @ The Broad Stage....Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy....March 2: Lou Harrison: A World of Music @ REDCAT....Rudresh Mahanthappa @ UCLA Royce Hall....Azar Lawrence Quartet @ The RG Club (monthlong residency)....Los Angeles Jazz Quartet @ The Blue Whale....Patricia Barber Quartet @ The Jazz Bakery....March 3: Hafez Modirzadeh Quartet feat. Bobby Bradford & Philip Greenlief-Nick Tamburro Duo @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts....Onaje Murray @ Hal's Bar & Grill....March 5: Jacques Lesure & James Leary @ Barbara Morrison PAC....March 6: Vardan Ovsepian Chamber Ensemble @ The Blue Whale....March 7: Ron Meza Quartet (w/ John Beasley, Henry Franklin & Ramon Banda)....Julian Coryell @ The RG Club (monthlong residency)....March 8: String Theory w/ Gingger Shankar @ The Electric Lodge....Carl Saunders Quartet @ Vibrato....Billy Childs All-Star Birthday Jam @ The Baked Potato....Nick Rosen Trio @ Perch (monthlong residency)....March 9: Efterklang @ The Echo....March 10: Vinny Golia Sextet @ Art Share L.A....Daniel Szabo, Edwin Livingstone & Peter Erskine @ The Blue Whale....Anthony Wilson Trio @ Mt. Olive Lutheran Church.....Tony White Project @ Alva's Showroom....March 11: Jazz Unlimited w/ Kenny Burrell @ Catalina's....MONK'estra featuring John Beasley @ Typhoon....March 12: The Makers @ Seven Grand (monthlong residency)....Industrial Jazz Group & Quarteto Nuevo @ Grand Star Jazz....March 14: Julian Lage Trio @ The Blue Whale....Call and Response: A Dottie Grossman Tribute @ Muddy Waters Café (Santa Barbara)....March 15-17: Ambrose Akinmusire @ The Blue Whale....March 16: Music of the Masters Series: Tribute to Billy Higgins @ The World Stage...March 17: Rickey Woodard Quartet @ The Lighthouse....March 16: Chuck Manning Quartet @ Vibrato....March 17: Hazey Jane (w/ Greg Leisz) @ The Baked Potato....March 18: An Evening with Black Francis (solo acoustic) @ The Mint....March 19: Chelsea Light Moving (Thurston Moore's new group) @ The Echoplex....Brian Swartz Quartet @ Perch....March 20: Mos Def @ Belasco Theater....March 21: One Man Band (Lyn Foulkes doc) @ Hammer Museum....Songs in the Key of Nina w/ Maia & Randal Fisher @ Hollywood Bar & Grill....Michael Session Sextet @ LAX Crowne Plaza....March 26: OHM @ The Baked Potato....March 28-29: Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band @ Catalina's....March 29: Kim Richmond Jazz Orchestra @ REDCAT....Dwight Trible Birthday Bash @ The Blue Whale...Morris Tepper @ TAIX....March 30: Tribute to Charlie Haden w/ Bob Sheppard, Billy Childs, Darek Oles & Peter Erskine @ Vitello's....Van Dyke Parks w/ Inara George & Tom McDermott @ McCabe's