Winter weather got you down? Now you can plan ahead to spend two sizzling summer nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, as the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced the lineup for the 41st annual Playboy Jazz Festival, set for June 8–9, 2019.
Leading the pack of performers are Sheila E., Boz Scaggs, Angélique Kidjo, Béla Fleck and The Flecktones, Harold López-Nussa, Sona Jobarteh and Benny Golson’s 90th Birthday Quartet.
Scaggs, a previous GRAMMY winner, is nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album for the 61st GRAMMY Awards for his latest release, Out Of The Blues. A three-time GRAMMY winner, Kidjo's most recent win was for Best World Music Album, which she took home two years in a row for Eve and Sings at the 57th and 58th GRAMMY Awards, respectively. Fleck has won a whopping 14 GRAMMY Awards in his career, including four with his aptly named group, the Flecktones.
GRAMMY-nominated Comedian and actor George Lopez will serve as host for the festivities. Lopez has been involved in the Playboy Jazz Festival for seven years and last hosted the event in 2013.
Tickets are scheduled to go on sale to the general public on March 5, 2019.
