" data-original-title="" title="">Dwight Trible and The World Stage, transformed this street party into the Leimert Park Jazz Festival. Sadly, due to the Covid crisis the first annual event was limited to "streaming," but on Saturday August 28th the Leimert Park Jazz Festival went "live" and in person at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.

Blue skies, mild temperature, and a cool breeze cooperated to make this a glorious day long celebration of African American music, art and culture for the estimated thousand people in attendance, most of whom were masked. Hosted by Southern California's favorite jazz DJ, LeRoy Downs, the music kicked off with the multi-cultural, Afro-centric rhythms of the mostly female band, Adaawe. Vocalist extraordinaire and Executive Director of The World Stage, Dwight Trible, then brought his band up to the stage where his searing and dynamic, signature singing style energized the afternoon crowd.

Later, veteran saxophone master