Louis Van Taylor rips it up at Farnsworth Park

by Timothy Rutt

Altadena’s Louis Van Taylor Septet (yes, it was advertised as a quintet, but we counted) got a late start Saturday night, but made up for it at the Farnsworth Park concert series.

Van Taylor, whose credits are longer than your arm, just got back from a gig in Colorado backing Kool and the Gang, but worked with his own group like they’d been rehearsing all week.  All this despite some of the musicians being held up in Dodger game traffic.  

The contemporary jazz seemed to attract the dogs — we counted at least nine in the amphitheater, bopping with their owners. Other good news: finally, El Patron Mexican Restaurant was there to serve the hungry crowd.

Next week: another Altadena jazzman, guitarist Brian Hughes brings Latin Jazz to the Farnsworth Park amphitheater.