THE BRIAN SWARTZ QUARTET

Thu, July 25.  The BRIAN SWARTZ QUARTET.   Jazz trumpeter Brian Swartz has established himself as one of the most influential trumpeters on the West Coast, and has performed with or recorded with Michael Bublé, Patti Labelle, The Chicks, Oingo Boingo, Monk’estra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and many more, as well as having released his own well-regarded albums:  There’s Only Me; Portraiture; and 2020’s To Be with You.  He is a founding member of the Los Angeles Jazz Collective, an organization formed to promote original jazz in Los Angeles and abroad; he has been music director for the dance ensemble, JazzAntiqua; and his skill as an adventurous arranger earned him the position of staff arranger for the Luckman Jazz Orchestra, John Beasley’s Mon’estra, and the ABC TV show, Duets.  He brings his quartet to The Gardenia with this series of four weekly performances.