Wadada Leo Smith to appear at Bakersfield College

The Bakersfield College Jazz Program will be presenting a special lecture and solo performance Monday evening, February 9 by famed trumpeter, composer, and educator Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith. Known for his work in avant-garde jazz and free improvisation, Smith recently retired from The Herb Alpert School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts, after a more than 20 year teaching career.


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