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Howie Smith / Mike Nock: Opal Dream
by Matt Marshall
Although their paths didn't cross until 1988, when they first met and performed together in Sydney, Australia, saxophonist Howie Smith and pianist Mike Nock are both important figures in the development of jazz Down Under. Nock, a native of New Zealand, returned to Australia in 1985 after working 25 years in the U.S. with ...
Jazz Arts Group Announces 11th Annual Hank Marr High School Jazz Award Competition
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is looking for Ohio's finest young musicians to participate in the eleventh annual Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. This award demonstrates excellence in musicianship and performance amongst central Ohio's young students of jazz. “This competition is extremely important in these times where music and arts ...
Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus & MojoFlo Join Forces For "Motor City Soul Revue," March 2 At Lincoln
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series continues its 2012-13 season at the historic Lincoln Theatre with a tribute to the famed “Hitsville U.S.A." label and the artists and songs that exemplified “The Motown Sound." On Saturday, March 2, Columbus' favorite neo-funk band MojoFlo joins forces with members of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra ...
Columbus Jazz Orchestra Takes On Broadway With Tony Award Winner Debbie Gravitte, March 14-17
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) returns to the historic Southern Theatre in a night of Broadway magic as the Columbus Jazz Orchestra puts a jazzy twist on your favorite classic show tunes. Tony Award-winning vocalist Debbie Gravitte joins the CJO on this trip down the great white way, March 14 – ...
Columbus Jazz Orchestra Performs Side By Side Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra In Ragtime, Blues & Beyond Featuring Tia Fuller & Lewis Nash
Columbus - The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) returns to the historic Southern Theatre to showcase over 100 years of toe-tapping jazz in “Ragtime, Blues & Beyond: A Short History of Jazz,” February 7 – 10. The Columbus Jazz Orchestra will perform side by side the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra in this tribute to the ...
New York Actress/Singer Eileen Howard Returns To Short North Stage For CD Release Party “Blues In The Green Room"
Award winning professional actress/singer Eileen Howard will return from New York for a CD release party in the Green Room at the Garden Theater. The CD, entitled “Blues in the Green Room” is a live recording of her previously sold-out blues show this past April in the same venue. As part of Short North Stage’s Cabernet ...
Columbus Jazz Orchestra Pays Tribute To Rosa Parks In Suite Rosa - Jan. 25-26 At Lincoln Theatre
Columbus, OH – Under the direction of Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) is proud to celebrate the courage, dignity, and legacy of “the mother of the modern Civil Rights Movement," Rosa Parks in “Suite Rosa" (January 25-26, 2013 at the Lincoln Theatre). In connection with the 100th anniversary of her birth, this multi-disciplinary concert ...
Dan White Sextet Releases Debut Album: New York Sessions
New York Sessions is the first recording collaboration between Dan White, Chris Ott and Jon Lampley. The three met in Columbus, Ohio while attending Ohio State. White, Ott, and Lampley have been performing their own original compositions and arrangements over the past two years. In December of 2011, with the help of a research grant from ...
Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track Series Continues With CJO All-stars Byron Stripling & Bobby Floyd
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series continues its 2012-13 season at the historic Lincoln Theatre with Columbus Jazz Orchestra all-stars Byron Stripling and Bobby Floyd in “Swingin' the New Year" on Friday, December 28. Byron and Bobby lead a small group with a celebration that is sure to beat the post-holiday blues ...
Jeremy Long: In Suspension
by Dan Bilawsky
While saxophonist Jeremy Long's lengthy résumé includes work with large ensembles on both sides of the classical-jazz divide, he goes the other way for his jazz debut. Long chose the tried-and-true saxophone-led organ trio format for his first leader session, but doesn't play it completely straight. In Suspension has its fair share of earthy groove moments, ...
