Nationwide — In its seventh 12 months, The Dymally Institute is bringing its annual Jazz & Arts Competition onto its house campus at California State College, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), to be held on April twenty fifth, 2026, from 1pm to 8pm, with doorways opening at 12 midday. A stellar lineup of unimaginable artists that features the incomparable, five-time Grammy award-winning jazz vocalist, Diane Reeves, finest recognized for her exceptional efficiency recordings of “I Acquired it Dangerous and That Ain’t Good,” “Quiet After the Storm,” “That Day,” “Bridges,” and too many others to call. Cuban American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer, and ten-time Grammy award-winning, Arturo Sandoval, who additionally received an Emmy Award for his composition and performances heard on “The Mambo Kings.”
Arturo is world-renowned and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2013. He additionally obtained the 2024 Kennedy Heart Honor. Moreover, performing can be Grammy award winner, Trevor Ware and the Optimistic Individuals that includes jazz singer, Sidney Jacobs, and Grammy-nominated R&B artist Kenyon Dixon can be featured, finest recognized for his R&B/Soul sounds together with “Larger Floor,” Expectations,” and “Come as You Are.”
New Jazz Underground, the NYC-based trio of Juilliard alumni—Abdias Armenteros (saxophone), Sebastian Rios (bass), and TJ Reddick (drums). Identified for mixing conventional jazz with fashionable, typically ironic, digital-age sensibilities, they’ve risen from road performances to a well-liked YouTube following and pageant performances. Many different artists can be featured on the two-stage applications and the day-long occasion with pageant hosts, radio persona Pat Prescott, and comic Jay Lamont.
This pageant is co-produced by Rainbow Promotions. With over three many years of expertise, they’re the longtime promoters of Southern California’s Lengthy Seaside and San Diego Jazz Festivals.
The Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political & Financial Institute (MDAAPEI) at California State College Dominguez Hills, by means of the event of a wealthy oral and digital historical past undertaking, the MDAAPEI explores and paperwork the skilled lives and achievements of African American public-elected officers, enterprise leaders, and policymakers. The Institute additionally examines the affect of its public coverage efforts on the political and financial growth of African People and different deprived communities.
The MDAAPEI offers coaching applications for present and future leaders, together with the Dymally Fellows Program, which permits college students of coloration to journey internationally to broaden their worldview and better instructional ambitions. The MDAAPEI additionally helps the African American Management Coaching Program for highschool college students and entrepreneur-directed coaching for native companies. The Institute produces and promotes culturally related occasions for CSUDH college students and the group at massive, that spotlight the Dymally affect on the African Diaspora.
Headed by Dr. Anthony A. Samad, Ph.D. present Govt Director of the Institute, their mission is acknowledged as a cultural staple not solely on the campus of CSUDH, however all over the world. By means of cultural engagement, analysis, and management mentoring, Dymally Institute’s objective is to construct group and institutional reminiscence by means of a digital archive of the historical past and contributions of African American elected officers, enterprise, and group leaders who’ve influenced the progress of the State of California and the world.
To be taught extra or buy tickets, please go to the official web site at www.csudh.edu
For press inquiries, contact Dr. Anthony A. Samad at (310) 243-2659 or Gail Gibson, GPR (323) 799-6266, e-mail: bayblack@aol.com
