Get up close and personal with Host Greg Porée and special guest, LeRoy Downs.

LeRoy Downs has been an icon in the jazz industry for the past twenty years. The Los Angeles jazz radio program & festival host, journalist, television producer, curator and concert series producer began his career with station 88.1 FM KKJZ and has continued to contribute to the art form as broadcaster on several Los Angeles radio stations.  LeRoy, who hosted this year's CJF Virtual Gala June 6th, has also hosted countless jazz festivals and performances including more than 15 years with the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Central Avenue Jazz Festival, the Angel City Jazz Festival, The Playboy Jazz Cruise, The Jazz Cruise, Winter Jazz Fest in New York, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz performances, and you can find him weekly at his own Just Jazz Series.