The Sheriff Support Group of Altadena’s Summer Concert Series at Farnsworth Park presents Louis Van Taylor and his quintet.PP The Altadena resident started young, playing with the Ray Charles Orchestra in 1981.  Van Taylor has backed up a Who’s Who of modern music, including The Temptations, the Four Tops, Little Anthony and hte Imperials, the Chi-lites, Mary Wison, Shiela E., BIg Joe Turner, Billy Vera, Johnny Otis, Mariah Carey, and many, many others.  He has also played in sessions for TV and film scores.

A woodwind specialist, Van Taylor plays all ranges of saxophones as well as flute, bass clarinet, and oboe. The Sheriff Support Group of Altadena’s summer concert series starts at 7 PM on Saturday, July 27,  at Farnsworth Park Amphitheater, corner of Lake Avenue and Mt. Curve Drive.  Get a box lunch from the Park Bench Grill ahead of time.  Beer and wine sales by the Altadena Rotary Club, with consultation from the Altadena Ale & Wine House.  Green room refreshments provided by Webster’s Fine Stationers.

The summer concert series is sponsored by Warner Bros.; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Michael D. Antonovich; MonteCedro; Rotary Club of Altadena; Athens Services; Georgia Rutherford in memory of Don Rutherford;  Toyota of Pasadena; The Printworks; All American Audio Visual; the Altadena Sheriff’s Station; El Patron Mexican Restaurant; and Altadenablog.

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