Jazz Bakery

the jazz bakery is "the most prestigious jazz space in los angeles" — a serious, no-frills, seven-nights-a-week nonprofit listening room of international renown, where everybody who’s anybody has played; where iconic musicians turn up as regularly in the audience as on the bandstand; where just ascending the stage is a sure sign that you’ve made it into the music’s highest ranks." (from brandt reiter, la weekly, "the house that ruth built") the jazz bakery has a mission - to bring up a new generation of jazz fans to appreciate, preserve and cultivate a unique american legacy and a gift to the world, an art form that simultaneously conveys at its heart freedom, struggle and innovation: jazz! originally conceived and founded sixteen years ago by ruth price as a showcase for local talent, the venue's reputation has grown to an international stature in the world of jazz through price's uncompromising artistic vision: bringing the finest in world-class "a" list jazz into a space to perform