The final show of the JAG Presents 2017-2018 season will bring a high-flying quintet to Columbus next week. In collaboration with the King Arts Complex, Jazz Arts Group presents the Terell Stafford Quintet at the Lincoln Theatre on Thursday, April 12th at 8pm. Tickets and more details are available here.Continue Reading
Jazz Arts Group’s Jazz Academy is celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month in April by hosting the 4th Floor Fest, “a series of programs throughout the month of April designed to inspire people of all backgrounds and ability levels.” The festival’s extensive schedule includes a wide variety of activities for jazz enthusiastsContinue 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
The Jazz Arts Group recently announced information about opportunities for Central Ohio youth jazz musicians in 2017. First, application details have been released for the 15th Annual Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. Named in honor of B3 organist Marr’s legendary career of over fifty years as a performer, teacher,Continue Reading
The Matt Wilson Quartet, with Matt Wilson on drums, Martin Wind on bass, Jeff Lederer on tenor sax and clarinet, and Kirk Knuffke on cornet, plays two shows at Notes on Thursday, January 19th, at 7 and 9pm. More info and tickets are available here for the next exciting showContinue Reading
The Jazz Arts Group is looking for Ohio’s finest young musicians to participate in the 9th annual Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. Columbus musical legend Hank Marr was one of the world’s masters of the Hammond B-3 organ. Along with Hank’s celebrity status as a member of the jazzContinue Reading
The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus offers a stellar line-up of music making opportunities at the Jazz Academy to engage all ages and interests including clinics and workshops with Grammy-nominated jazz trumpeter-composer Dave Douglas, blues guitarist Chris Thomas King, the Columbus Music Co-op and more. Nationally acclaimed music educator BradleyContinue Reading
The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus offers a stellar line-up of music making opportunities at the Jazz Academy to engage all ages and interests including clinics and workshops with Grammy-nominated jazz trumpeter-composer Dave Douglas, blues guitarist Chris Thomas King, the Columbus Music Co-op and more. Nationally acclaimed music educator BradleyContinue Reading