Laguna Beach Live! All Stars Big Band with Meloney Collins

This is a special benefit for Live! Music & Kids, an education outreach program presented, at no charge, to students at the Laguna Boys & Girls Club and the Laguna schools by Laguna Beach Live!..

Celebrate and swing into Cinco de Mayo with some of the hottest jazz musicians around! The Laguna Beach Live! All-Star Big Band features critically-acclaimed vocalist Meloney Collins will be performing to benefit the children’s music programs  on Tuesday, May 5th, 7:30pm at the Laguna Playhouse. A few of the featured artists in the band are:Saxophonist Eric Marienthal (who performs with Chick Corea, Barbara Streisand, Patti Austin);  Trombonist Francisco Torres (Poncho Sanchez, Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band); Saxophonist Rickey Woodard (Ray Charles, Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra); Saxophonist Bob Sheppard (Freddie Hubbard, Dianne Reeves, Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band), Trombonist and Musical Director Duane Ben-Jammin (Temptations, Justin Timberlake, Gerald Wilson);  and on trumpet, and Artistic Director of Jazz for Laguna Beach Live!, Bijon Watson (Natalie Cole, Justin Timberlake, Michael Buble, Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra). This show is not to be missed and is guaranteed to spice up your evening and all for a great cause! 

Pam Estes, Executive Director for the Boys & Girls Club, comments, “Without Laguna Beach Live! there would be no music at all here – and music is such an important part of life…Music transcends so many factors – language, culture, age -- and brings us all together. Thankfully, Laguna Live! has opened that door for so many young ones here at the Boys & Girls Club.”