Jazz Arts Group recently announced the winner of the 2018 Hank Marr High School Jazz Award - Cincinnati area trumpeter Charlie Merk. Having demonstrated “excellence in musicianship and performance amongst Ohio’s young students of jazz” and a talented field of competitors, Merk won a $500 cash prize and the chanceContinue Reading
Jazz Arts Group recently announced the schedule for the 13th annual JazZoo, taking place on four Fridays over the course of five weeks this summer at the Columbus Zoo. Held in the lovely outdoor setting of the zoo’s Water’s Edge Events Park along the O’Shaughnessy Reservoir, these concerts will pairContinue Reading
With its very successful 2017-18 season just now completed, Jazz Arts Group (JAG) has recently released details of its exciting 46th Anniversary 2018-2019 season. Byron Stripling and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra’s Swingin’ with the CJO concert series at the Southern Theatre continues with a program tackling a wide variety ofContinue Reading
Acclaimed veteran saxophonist and educator Dr. Michael Cox released a new album earlier this year at the 5th Annual Mark Flugge Memorial Jazz Concert. Entitled Compassion, Cox recorded this labor of love in 2015 with Chris Sulit at Trading 8’s Studio in Paramus, New Jersey, with Gary Versace on pianoContinue Reading
My Dad and I had a lovely Jazz Night Out when we saw the Columbus Jazz Orchestra’s “New Orleans One Mo’ Time” performance at the Southern Theatre on Thursday the 15th. After Byron Stripling sang a heartfelt rendition of “What A Wonderful World” against the backdrop of rare Louis ArmstrongContinue Reading
After their audiences’ excited response to the excellent 2016-17 “Swingin’ with the CJO” season opener “New Orleans On Parade” (read my review here), Jazz Arts Group decided they had to get back to the music of the Big Easy again this season. The Columbus Jazz Orchestra presents “New Orleans OneContinue Reading
Jazz Arts Group honors the legacy of two all-time jazz greats when the Columbus Jazz Orchestra presents “100 Years of Buddy Rich & Dizzy Gillespie” at the Southern Theatre February 15th through 18th. Showtimes and tickets are available here. Along with the big band majesty of the CJO, these concertsContinue Reading
I hope everyone is having a joyous holiday season. Before I get into the final Holiday Jazz Guide of the year, I wanted to rundown my personal choices for favorite Columbus jazz shows of 2017. I enjoyed an abundance of world-class live jazz this year, so it was very difficultContinue Reading
I hope everyone out there had a great Thanksgiving! As the season is now officially here, it’s time to start my weekly Holiday Jazz Guide highlighting holiday-themed jazz events. As of press time, Columbus Jazz Orchestra’s annual “Home for the Holidays” concerts are underway and will continue daily from Thursday,Continue Reading
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