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Jazz Arts Group/Columbus Jazz Orchestra Present A "Supreme" Evening With Mary Wilson In "Motown Medley" - Sept. 19-20

Source: Scott Vezdos
September 2, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to open its 2014-15 Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) season at the historic Lincoln Theatre with a Motor City celebration featuring the legendary Mary Wilson of The Supremes in “Motown Medley” (September 19-20, 2014). Filling the charts with thirty-three Top 40 hits, Mary Wilson lived the life of a star as she, Diana Ross and Florence Ballard became the premier act of Motown and the most successful “girl group” ...

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Dan White Sextet Kicks Off Jazz Arts Group's 2014-15 Inside Track Season With Your Song - Sept. 12

Source: Scott Vezdos
August 29, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group’s Inside Track series opens its 2014-15 season on Friday, September 12 at the historic Lincoln Theatre with the avant-garde funk jazz of the Brooklyn/Columbus musician collective dw6 (Dan White Sextet) in the premiere performance and CD release of “Your Song.” What originated as a JAG-commissioned educational project through the Jazz in Schools program, “Your Song” began with a two-week roadtrip in which the founding members of dw6 (Dan White, Chris Ott & Jon ...

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Jazz Arts Group Announces 2014-15 Columbus Jazz Orchestra And Inside Track Season

Source: Scott Vezdos
July 30, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to announce its 2014-15 season of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) and Inside Track small-ensemble series. Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, now in its 42nd year, continues to break new ground while honoring the rich heritage of America’s classical music – jazz. With season after season of inspiring, uplifting performances, the CJO is making audiences stand up ...

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Education

Jazz Arts Group Announces Winner Of Hank Marr High School Jazz Award

Source: Scott Vezdos
May 14, 2014

Columbus, OH - The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) has announced its winner of the 2014 Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. This award demonstrates excellence in musicianship and performance amongst Ohio’s young students of jazz. Eight extremely talented high school students auditioned for the $500 cash award and the chance to perform with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and Artistic Director Byron Stripling at the August 8th JazZoo! concert at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. First round adjudicators were ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Goes Wild In Ninth Season Of Jazzoo!

Source: Scott Vezdos
May 6, 2014

Columbus, OH – This summer, the Jazz Arts Group will take jazz to a wilder place as the Columbus Jazz Orchestra takes center stage at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for the ninth season of JazZoo! The four-concert series returns to the Water’s Edge Events Park at the Columbus Zoo providing a beautiful waterfront setting along the O’Shaughnessy Reservoir. Gates open at 6:30 PM with concerts beginning at 8 PM. Friday, July 11 – “Smooth ’70s: Bacharach, Rawls & Beyond” ...

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Jazz Arts Group Presents Brass & Grass Feat. New Basics Brass Band & The Relentless Mules - Sat. Apr. 26

Source: Scott Vezdos
April 17, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group’s 2013-14 Inside Track season finale heats up the Lincoln Theatre stage with an ear-bending collaboration of funky New Orleans jazz and bluegrass when local favorites New Basics Brass Band and The Relentless Mules join forces on stage for “Brass & Grass” on Saturday, April 26. Taste how the common ingredients of gospel, blues, swing, and improvisation stir together into this tasty, toe-tapping gumbo! Whether reinterpreting others (James Brown, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair) or ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Blows The Roof Off In Trumpet Summit Featuring Sean Jones - April 10-13

Source: Scott Vezdos
March 25, 2014

Columbus, OH – In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) returns to the historic Southern Theatre on April 10-13 for a special fanfare to the trumpet titled “Trumpet Summit,” featuring guest artist Sean Jones. The bright vivacious sound of the trumpet has long been featured in the art of jazz. From Louis Armstrong to Dizzy Gillespie to Herb Alpert, our very own trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling will lead the Columbus Jazz Orchestra in an ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Pays Tribute To The King Of Swing In Bravo, Benny!: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

Source: Scott Vezdos
March 3, 2014

Columbus, OH – Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) continues to break new ground while honoring the rich heritage of America’s classical music – jazz. On March 13-16 at the Southern Theatre, the CJO pays tribute to the “King of Swing” and his famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert with “Bravo, Benny!” featuring Ken Peplowski and Bria Skonberg. On January 16, 1938, Benny Goodman brought his swing orchestra to America’s ...

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