The "L.A. Holiday Celebration 2008" highlights the largest multi-cultural holiday show in the country, performed before an audience of 9,000 plus in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles County is home to 166 ethnic cultures and "L.A. Holiday Celebration 2008" is a glittering cross section of this fascinating mosaic of traditions. From the jazz-African fusion of Tribaljazz, led by ex-Doors drummer John Densmore, to Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Academy's phalanx of Korean drums, to the purity of Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers' a cappella Negro spirituals and the deep, rich sonorities of Mariachi Sol de Mexico, each of the show's 16 featured groups expresses its own spirit of the season.

John Densmore's ensemble, Tribaljazz, caps this year's 2008 performance. Densmore describes his group as a "jazz quartet fuel-injected with master African drummers." They perform "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Jadme (Jam)" with saxophonist/flutist Art Ellis. Densmore keynotes the entire celebration when he says, "I dig my hometown."

L.A. Holiday Celebration was produced by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. For more on the live six-hour Holiday Celebration, you can go to the Arts Commission web site.

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