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March 20, 2024
The California Jazz Foundation (CJF) will hold its 12th annual “Give the Band a Hand” Gala fundraiser on Saturday, March 30, at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel.
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John Dolphin
Dolphins of Hollywood Square
August 17, 2016
On July 28, Councilman Curren Price dedicated the intersection of Central and Vernon avenues in recognition of John Dolphin and “Dolphins of Hollywood”—one of the first African-American owned record stores in Los Angeles.
Who Is John Dolphin?
July 20, 2016
Before Quincy Jones and Berry Gordy there was James Dolphin. At a time when it was against the law for African Americans to set up shop in Hollywood, Dolphin opened an immensely popular record store in South Los Angeles, on Vernon and Central Avenue that not only eased tensions in the area but was the springboard for the careers of many legendary artists.