The Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival includes a diverse lineup of musical artists. (photo © 2023 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association)

The 43rd Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival, co-curated by Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18, at the Hollywood Bowl.

Multi-platinum group Bell Biv DeVoe – Ricky Bell, Mike Bivins and Ron DeVoe – will headline on Saturday, June 17, and Grammy-winning vocalist Ledisi will perform on Sunday, June 18.

Pioneering music icons Bell Biv DeVoe have been bridging the gap between R&B and hip-hop music with a pop feel for more than 35 years. Formed from the 1980s vocal quintet New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe merged the sounds of hip-hop beats, new jack swing and R&B harmonies. The group’s debut album “Poison” sold 4 million copies/ The Grammy-nominated group has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from Soul Train and BET.

Ledisi is a 14-time Grammy-nominated vocalist with a career spanning almost two decades. Over her remarkable career, Ledisi has garnered three Soul Train Music awards, an NAACP Theater Award and six NAACP Image Award nominations. Born in New Orleans and raised in Oakland, she has thrilled fans with unparalleled vocals. During the past year Ledisi starred in “Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story” and Hallmark’s “All Saints Christmas,” which she also created. She also portrayed Gladys Knight in the biopic “Spinning Gold.”

The full lineup on June 17 is Bell Biv DeVoe, Kamasi Washington, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Samara Joy, Aziza, Poncho Sanchez, Lionel Loueke and Gretchen Parlato, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA and LACHSA Jazz. The lineup on June 18 includes West Coast Get Down with special guests Leon Bridges and Raphael Saadiq, Ledisi, Digable Planets, The Soul Rebels with Big Freedia, Andrew Gouché and Prayze Connection, Boukman Eksperyans, Butcher Brown, The Cardinal Divas of SC, and the LAUSD Beyond the Bell All District Jazz Big Band with special guest Charlie Young. Showtime on both days is 3:30 p.m.

Tickets start at $79. The Hollywood Bowl is located at 2301 N. Highland Ave. For information and tickets, call (323)850-2000, or visit hollywoodbowl.com.