Jazz Aid Concert Postponed Again

The Jazz Aid concert, subject of many reports and denials over the last several months, has been postponed from May 15 to Aug. 26.

Producer Tani Jones said Wednesday that the concert was postponed again because she “didn’t realize what a vast project it was, and we couldn’t line up the appropriate TV air time.”

Jones said the event was designed to benefit hungry children in Africa, Asia and the United States, with proceeds to be distributed through the United Nations Children’s Fund.

Originally announced for a Feb. 13 presentation at the Forum, Inglewood, the February date was postponed to May 15. That concert now has been moved to Aug. 26 at the Forum, and Jones said the program will include the Count Basie Orchestra, comedian Pete Barbutti, pianist-comedian Dudley Moore, pianist-singer Ben Sidran and, by satellite from Moscow, flutist Paul Horn.