Cedric Swings With the Movies

An interesting program is on next week's Hollywood Bowl calendar.

Cedric the Entertainer will host the Jazz at the Movies program at the Hollywood Bowl on July 25.
Bassist Christian McBride, the Creative Chair for Jazz at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is  music director for the evening; arranger and composer Vince Mendoza will lead a jazz orchestra performs along with clips.
Herbie Hancock's great score for "Death Wish" is on the bill as are the scores for "Anatomy of a Murder," "The Pink Panther," "Blazing Saddles," "The Blues Brothers," "Catch Me If You Can," "Mo' Better Blues," "Elevator to the Gallows,"  "Ocean's Eleven," "Austin Powers" and some  James Bond pics.
Trumpeter Wallace Roney will perform on "Elevator To the Gallows" and "Death Wish," and singer-pianist Jamie Cullum will perrform "Trouble Man."