Kindergartener Wendy Otto, 5, dances to boogie-woogie music at a concert celebrating African American Heritage Month at Mountain View Elementary School in Tujunga. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Charles Owens of the Jazz Ambassadors leads students in a march around the auditorium, playing When the Saints Go Marching In on the clarinet. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Owens plays saxophone with Rahmlee Davis on trumpet. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Fourth-grader Chris Bibelheimer, 10, gets a chance to play drums. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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Students grin as Davis plays the trumpet. The educational concert is one of 45 that the Los Angeles Jazz Society is presenting this month. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)