Over the years, the Concord Pavilion has gone through so  many corporate-sponsored name changes that we can't keep track of what they're calling the place these days. But we do know the contemporary jazz road warriors of this year's JVC Jazz Festival will be hitting the Concord stage on Saturday, August 16.

We also know who's scheduled to appear at this year's traveling festival (with stops in New York, Miami, Chicago, and L.A.): Grammy-winning guitarist George Benson, smooth saxman Boney James, pianist Ramsey Lewis, and Norman Brown's "Summer Storm" featuring vocalist extraordinaire Chanté Moore, saxophonist Paul Taylor and keyboardist Alex Bugnon.

That's a lot of smooth jazz... doors open at 3 pm, and the music starts at 4.

For tickets please visit the Sleep Train Pavilion website at www.chroniclepavilion.com (see, we told you about the name stuff).