This Summer, Jazz Is Dead and Grand Performances present Los Angeles' unsung Chicano Jazz Legend, Garrett Saracho, in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of his 1973 masterpiece, En Medio. This will be the first time this album has ever been performed live in its entirety, one night only at Grand Performances.
Set Times:
6:00pm DJ Sacred
7:00pm First set
8:30pm Second set
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Garrett Saracho is a fourth generation Los Angeleno of San Carlos Apache and Mexican descent, with a recording output that spans genres, labels, and decades. Perhaps best known for the mysterious 1973 LP "En Medio", he has recorded numerous other projects that blend pop, electronic, r&b, and indigenous music traditions.
Garrett (Saracho) is a product of LA's vital Jazz underground who went on to win a Frank Sinatra Music Award while at UCLA and later signed a record deal with Impulse! Records. After his first record, he decided to move on from a solo career as a musician. In the Summer of 2021: Jazz Is Dead brought Garrett out to the studio to record new music with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Garrett Saracho JID015, his first new album in the spotlight since his 1973 debut. Garrett will perform the iconic music of "En Medio", along with outtakes, rarities, and brand new material. The Jazz Is Dead crew will host and DJ.
"This concert is bigger than me or my music," Saracho says. "It's my tribute to Los Angeles - the city of my father, my uncle, my family, the city that raised me, and so many others whose stories need to be told.”
- Garrett Saracho
In partnership with Jazz is Dead, Grand Performances presents Garrett Saracho.
Founded in 2017 by music producers Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), concert producer Andrew Lojero and industry veteran Adam Block, Jazz Is Dead is a global movement experienced through community and culture. Under the label, co-founders Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad have produced albums with their musical heroes including luminaires such as Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, Gary Bartz, Jean Carne, Marcos Valle and Tony Allen. Their passion is driven by honoring the legacies of these musical heroes through live concerts, visual media and new analog recordings.
This performance is made possible in part by a grant from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture. This performance is also made possible by Logic Technology Consulting Group.
