Fri. Best Bets 12/26 8:30 & 10:30pm Jazz
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On his latest CD “Footprints,” percussionist Bobby Matos and his seven-piece Afro Cuban Jazz Ensemble turn the Wayne Shorter-composed title tune and other jazz standards into detailed rhythm extravaganzas burnished with brass. Matos and the ensemble with saxophonist Michael Turre and trombonists Steve Baxter and Francisco Torres will make it hard to stay in your seat during this timbale-powered three-day run.
* Bobby Matos and his Afro Cuban Jazz Ensemble, Catalina Bar & Grill, 1640 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood. Also Saturday-Sunday. $12. (213) 466-2210.
FREEBIE: Bassist Marcus Shelby leads a trio at the L.A. County Museum of Art, 5:30 p.m. (213) 857-6000.
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