*Pacific Jazz Orchestra (PJO) presents “Miles & Trane at 100,” a strong tribute to 2 of probably the most influential figures in jazz – trumpeter Miles Davis and saxophonist John Coltrane – on Thursday, Could 28, 2026, 7:30 pm, on the Wallis Annenberg Heart for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. The seminal artists, who have been each born in 1926, would have turned 100 this yr.
Famous visitor artists Sean Jones, trumpet, Emmet Cohen, piano, and PJO’s personal Jacob Scesney, saxophone, are featured with the 40-piece LA-based hybrid Pacific Jazz Orchestra large band and string orchestra.
Seven-time GRAMMY®-nominated composer/arranger Chris Walden, the founder and inventive director of Pacific Jazz Orchestra, conducts this system, which incorporates newly organized variations of a few of Miles and Trane’s traditional works that helped form the course of contemporary jazz.
“Miles Davis and John Coltrane are towering jazz figures whose outstanding musical innovation continues to affect the panorama of contemporary music,” says Walden. “Pacific Jazz Orchestra is proud to honor their legacy and rejoice their timeless music.”
Davis and Coltrane created a seismic shift in jazz throughout their fertile five-year musical collaboration from 1955 to 1960. They’re hailed for producing landmark albums infused with a then-novel type of jazz referred to as modal improvisation, which focuses on shade and tonality for the harmonic framework, slightly than chord progressions, offering the soloist larger freedom when improvising. Davis and Coltrane’s personal particular person inventive kinds and different inventive endeavors additionally proved groundbreaking. Davis, recognized for his iconic easy, subdued tone, was a cool jazz and jazz fusion pioneer in addition to a visionary bandleader who championed rising artists. Coltrane’s immediately recognizable darkish, brooding sound and virtuosic management of the saxophone place him among the many pantheon of jazz gamers with lots of his recordings reaching traditional standing, amongst them Blue Prepare, Big Steps, and A Love Supreme.
Sean Jones (trumpet), who has labored with such main figures as Joe Lovano, Chico O’Farrill, Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, and Dianne Reeves, beforehand served as lead trumpet for the Lincoln Heart Jazz Orchestra (2004-2010) and was a member of the SFJAZZ Collective (2015-2017), which produced eight albums on Mack Avenue Information below his management. Jones, who joined Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter for his or her “Tribute to Miles” tour in 2011, is featured on three Grammy Award–profitable albums: Dianne Reeve’s Stunning Life, Nancy Wilson’s Turned to Blue, and Gerald Wilson’s New York, New Sound.
Emmet Cohen (piano), widely known for his virtuosity and deep swing, has launched 12 albums as a band chief and is the producer and inventive power behind “Stay from Emmet’s Place,” a landmark collection comprising over 140 two-hour livestream performances that includes a whole bunch of musicians, which has had greater than 100 million views. A Mack Avenue recording artist, Cohen has carried out in additional than 40 international locations and was chosen to be the Inventive Accomplice of the 2027 American Piano Awards. He was named DownBeat Readers Ballot Pianist of the Yr in 2025. In 2023, he garnered each Pianist of the Yr and Livestream Producer of the Yr honors from the Jazz Journalists Affiliation.
Jacob Scesney (saxophone) is a rising star of the LA jazz and studio scene. He has carried out across the globe with world-renowned acts resembling Maroon 5, The Jonas Brothers, Shawn Mendes, and John Legend. He has performed at Wembley Stadium, Crypto.com enviornment, Crimson Rocks, and Wrigley Area, amongst different iconic venues. Scesney has additionally appeared on the soundtracks of epic movies resembling Babylon and quite a few hit TV exhibits, together with Glee, The Voice, American Idol, The Ellen Present, and The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Pacific Jazz Orchestra has acquired vital popularity of thrilling performances that “entertain, encourage, and enrich” (Selection). Due to the generosity of The Herb Alpert Basis (HAF), the Pacific Jazz Orchestra’s inaugural season was totally funded, and HAF continues to assist the ensemble in its 2025-26 season. Extra assist this season is offered by Develop @ Annenberg.
The Wallis is situated at 9390 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. For tickets ($53.90-$108.90) and knowledge, go to www.pacificjazz.org or name 310-746-4000.
For details about Pacific Jazz Orchestra, go to www.pacificjazz.org.
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