Continuing its mission to honor “jazz and blues … one musician at a time,” the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA) celebrated the legacies of longtime industry executive Clarence Avant, tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd and pianist-producer-composer Dave Grusin at its annual fundraiser on June 25. The combination dinner, live auction and concert was held at Los Angeles club Vibrato Grill Jazz.
JFA board member Dr. Daveed Frazier kicked off the evening, welcoming an audience that included Bill Withers’ widow Marcia Withers, veteran label executive/manager Phil Quartaro, music supervisor Joel Sill, film composer Richard…
