Bobby Bradford’s Stealin’ Home: a tribute to Jackie Robinson

Bobby Bradford, cornet, lyrics
Vinny Golia, alto and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet
Chuck Manning, tenor saxophone
William Roper, tuba, euphonium, spoken word, vocals
Don Preston, piano, gong
Henry Franklin, bass
Tina Raymond, drums

West Coast jazz legend and treasured elder statesman of the Los Angeles music community, cornetist Bobby Bradford leads a special project paying tribute to baseball hero Jackie Robinson, credited with breaking the sport’s “color line” when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Bradford’s septet features a who’s who of SoCal musical luminaries in a suite of music that swings and swirls, evoking both the power and poignancy of Robinson’s revolutionary career.

🎶Learn more: https://hmmr.buzz/Bradford

You may also like the following events from Hammer Museum:

• This Sunday, 10th August, 11:00 am, Family Flicks: The Wild Robot in Beverly Hills
• Next Tuesday, 12th August, 07:30 pm, Walter Murch and Lawrence Weschler in Beverly Hills
• Next Wednesday, 13th August, 12:30 pm, Lunchtime Art Talk on Christian Marclay in Beverly Hills

Also check out other Music events in Beverly Hills, Entertainment events in Beverly Hills, Sports events in Beverly Hills.