JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble

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25+ yrs of celebrating jazz as a vital thread in the cultural fabric of African American history & heritage and a defining element of the American experience -- through collaborative dance and music projects that educate and inspire as well as entertain. "Excellent live music and dancing that matches it in verve, rhythmic complexity and free-form invention: a proven concept, here distinctively res

haped.
- Los Angeles Times

"... [PORTRAITURE: Stories in Jazz] was a great production filled with heated solos (Swartz and Ruiz often took honors), assertive drumming by McLendon, and some remarkable dance numbers."
- L.A. Jazz Scene

"Dance has been called history written on the body, and Taylor's piece made this abstract truth utterly tangible."
- ExploreDance.com

“… artistic director Pat Taylor provided s*x, soul and style to choreography that not only dazzled but also embodied the music with primal ooze.”
- Los Angeles Times

"...a few troupes like JazzAntiqua are premised on live music, with the interaction and ongoing relationship between the dancers and a music ensemble a defining element of their brand of dance."
- Los Angeles Weekly

“Pat Taylor took that feeling and heightened it in the powerful excerpts from her “A Love Supreme,” danced with equal parts emotion and virtuosity by her locally based JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble.”
- Los Angeles Times

10/15/2025
10/05/2025

WELCOME BACK GROOVE 🎶💜

A nice and easy does it welcome back to Saturday Jazz groove to VIVA TIRADO.

I love the story behind El Chicano’s arrangement of this tune. It’s a perfect encapsulation of LA as it used to be. The LA my mom grew up in and that I also know and truly miss.

In short…
1969 - a group of young Mexican American musicians from the San Fernando Valley play a snippet of their take on African American jazz great Gerald Wilson’s composition VIVA TIRADO while performing as the house band in the lounge of Japanese restaurant Kabuki Sukiyaki (located in the Crenshaw District) before a mixed audience from all walks of life. DIG THAT!

A record label rep was in the audience. The rest, as they say, is history.

We all used to be together. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Shout out if you remember this LA!









10/01/2025

A SATURDAY JAZZ Blast From The Past

Join us Saturdays this October
10:30a-12p
$20 / Always FREE for TEENS
More INFO at link in bio
Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 W Washington Blvd LA 90016
Free street parking

See you on the dance floor!






WE’RE BACK!
09/19/2025

WE’RE BACK!





08/23/2025

Music:
Dancers: .aaron_ .smyth.standard
The Band: .littleton
Thanks for capturing this moment!
💜

08/23/2025

J-TOWN / BRONZEVILLE SUITE
What a night! 🙏🏾💜
A beautiful recap by Grand Performances.
August 22, 2025

LAST CLASS!Everyone knows what this music means… time to roll down. Let’s hit it for the last SAT JAZZ class of the Summ...
08/07/2025

LAST CLASS!
Everyone knows what this music means… time to roll down. Let’s hit it for the last SAT JAZZ class of the Summer. See you on the dance floor…

We’re back!SATURDAY JAZZ Last 3 classes for the Summer. See you on the dance floor…
07/24/2025

We’re back!
SATURDAY JAZZ
Last 3 classes for the Summer.
See you on the dance floor…


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