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Festival

2014 Texas Jazz Jam Cruise Announced

Source: Fito Kahn
November 8, 2013

The Austin Jazz Alliance has announced the first ever Texas Jazz Jam Cruise. Jazz Alliance members have been working for the past 6 months on putting together the final touches on the program, activities, musicians and special guests for this first ever Jazz Jam cruise out of Texas. The cruise will sail out of Galveston, Texas, October 5th, 2014. What started out as an idea to just get a few musicians together to jam has grown to be the “GoTo" ...

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Recording

Not A Word - Glenn Fukunaga

Source: Fito Kahn
April 24, 2012

Glenn Fukunaga has emerged as one of Austin’s most respected and sought after bassists, having played with a Who’s Who list of artists that includes the likes of Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Dr. John, just to name a few. Glenn Studied music at University of Hawaii at Hilo, but ended up making his way to Austin, Texas. Having played for years on other people’s CD’s, Not A Word is Glenn’s first album with his own compositions. Upon ...

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Event

April Is Jazz Appreciation Month In Austin, Texas

Source: Fito Kahn
April 21, 2012

The Mayor of Austin has proclaimed April as Jazz Appreciation Month in Austin. In a ceremony held in the Austin city council chambers Thursday April 12th, Mayor pro-tem Sheryl Cole presented the proclamation to founding members of the Austin Jazz Alliance, Fito Kahn and Paul Klemperer. the proclamation read: Be it Known that Whereas, The Austin Jazz Alliance shines the spotlight on the extraordianry history of jazz and its importance to the American culture; and Whereas,Through concerts, lectures, films ...

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