Ben Jones is a singer, comedian, storyteller and actor who has appeared in front of audiences worldwide, from the Edinburgh International Festival to the Shanghai Concert Hall. His versatile voice has been featured on recordings on the Albany, Naxos and Delos labels, on A Prairie Home Companion, on the soundtracks for the best-selling video game franchises Halo and Civilization, and on commercials for Coors Light and Meow Mix. He was most recently seen as Sid Sorokin in The Pajama Game in San Francisco. In 2022, he won a BroadwayWorld Cabaret award, honoring his work during the pandemic in New York’s hottest club, Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Ron Abel, the multi-award winning composer, producer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and musical direction whose vast client list ranges from multi-million selling pop diva Taylor Dayne to opera diva and Kennedy Center Honoree Jessye Norman, was most recently seen in a recurring role on the Fran Drescher television series, “Happily Divorced” playing himself!

Ron is currently composing the scores for several Broadway musicals with his long-time writing partner, Chuck Steffan. HAZEL, A MUSICAL MAID IN AMERICA (with book by Lissa Levin) opened the 2016-17 season at Chicago’s Drury Lane Theater to wildly enthusiastic reviews. Ron’s other new musicals are: BRICKTOP, QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, the story of Ada “Bricktop” Smith, the American ex-patriot and doyenne of Paris in the 1930s, whose nightclub was a regular haunt for Cole Porter, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker as well as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Also ready for the stage is REINTRODUCING LAURETTE BISHOP, the story behind one of the world’s greatest unknown jazz artists; UNDRESSED, a retelling of the Alexandre Dumas classic love story, Camille; and IS THIS YOUR LIFE?, a music comedy exposé. Ron’s score of TWIST OF FATE (with lyrics and book by Lissa Levin) was awarded both the Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle and L.A. Weekly Theater Awards for “Best Musical of the Year”.

Ron has arranged, orchestrated and conducted for Liza Minnelli, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sarah Brightman, Sam Harris, Eric McCormack, Jason Alexander, Dee Snider, Bette Middler, Beth Leavel, Stephanie J. Block, Tonya Pinkins, Rita Moreno, Tyne Daly, Adiane Lenox, Bryce Pinkham (and many, many others) as well as regularly touring worldwide as musical director for Lucie Arnaz, Michele Lee, Shirley Jones and Valarie Pettiford.

Chris Isaacson Presents (CIP) has created, produced, and promoted over 1500 events since the company’s founding in 2004. From small clubs to major theatres, CIP has presented many of the most influential stars of this generation including Grammy, Tony, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning musicians, actors and recording artists.
 
Highlights include coordinating and producing an elaborate premiere celebrations for Emmy Award-winning series POSE (FX Networks) starring Billy Porter, Janet Mock and Our Lady J , Emmy Award-winning series Feud: Bette & Joan (FX Networks) starring Susan Sarandon, co-produced the Grammy Award-nominated "Considering Matthew Shepard" at Ford Theatres (earning CIP a proclamation from City of West Hollywood) with guests hosts Tim Bagley, Candis Cayne, & Joely Fisher, producing the West Coast charitable event GAIN: Brighter Futures starring Alisan Porter (winner of NBC’s The Voice) for Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, high-flying events for LA Pride, Rolling Stone, The Grove LA and Americana at Brand, serving as Producer on the critically acclaimed feature documentary Studio One Forever directed by Marc Saltarelli starring Thelma Houston, Chita Rivera, Melisa Rivers, Lance Bass, and Bruce Vilanch, and most recently, working with Dick and Arlene Van Dyke, and Tony Danza on "Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic" for CBS Television.
 
Isaacson returned to produce the 2023 Creative Business Awards ceremony in West Hollywood at The 1 Hotel honoring the Sunset Marquis Hotel, presented by West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. This event was hosted by Kate Flannery and Jackie Tohn with special presentations by Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton.

Isaacson’s concerts have been featured on MTV, CNN, Access Hollywood, Extra, ABC's On the Red Carpet, KTLA Morning News, Good Day LA (Fox), and in the Los Angeles Times, New York Post, and The New York Times.
 
He is committed to humanitarian and social causes including Ronald McDonald House Charities, Youth Emerging Stronger (Yes!), La Fuente Recovery, Entertainment Community Fund, and The Trevor Project.
 
For more information on upcoming CIP events, visit ChrislsaacsonPresents.com

The American dream came true for Catalina Popescu in October of 1986 when she and her husband Bob created a supper club devoted to serving an experience of superb eats and the shared magic of live performance. That grand experience began at the door where every night her mother Maria would greet each guest as family and share in their love of music. Housed in Hollywood and decked out in a timeless charm, the club offers a cozy ambience under sparkling stage lights garnished with its signature concoction — Jazz. The first artist to grace the stage was the masterful flutist and saxophonist Buddy Collette, and ever since then, over the past 36 years, the Catalina Jazz Club has hosted the most illustrious legends of all time — from the powerful puffers of Dizzy Gillespie to the electrified fingers of McCoy Tyner, the bubbly belt of Dee Dee Bridgewater and Lynda Carter, the flirtatious saxophone of Joshua Redman, the slick strumming of Kenny Burrell, the insane drum clinic of Steve Gadd, the romance of Steve Tyrell, and the masterclass of Mike Stern.

For Catalina, Jazz is our way of life. It breathes pain. It knows love. It dreams hope. It bleeds courage. Whether we’re showcasing Broadway, Soul, R&B, or stand-up comedy, the lesson learned from all the greats who have serenaded our spirits is how to connect to one another. And that’s why the Catalina Jazz Club will always have a table ready for you.

The Catalina Jazz Club has been honored by A.S.M.A.C., California Jazz Foundation, Los Angeles Jazz Society, and a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation on their 25th Anniversary, which was awarded by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the LA City Council which included then City Council member and current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.