The Summer Jazz Academy from Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is going on now. It started July 20 and continues with classes for two weeks through Saturday Aug 1. I listened to a great class on Monday, Fundamentals of Jazz…
It all started with regulations on the nightclubs in New York City back in the 1920s. In 1926, the city council passed a law that imposed a 3am curfew and outlawed dancing in clubs without a special cabaret license. You…
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra offers the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival every year in May. It is a festival of high school jazz bands playing from the library of Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington. This year is the 25th anniversary of…
Rose City Swing is a 20-piece jazz band playing swing, Latin, bebop, funk, and rock grooves together since 1991. The jazz branch of Portland’s Rose City Pride Bands, RCS enjoys entertaining audiences at dances, Pride festivals and corporate events across Oregon.…
Rose City Swing is a 20-piece jazz band playing swing, Latin, bebop, funk, and rock grooves together since 1991. The jazz branch of Portland’s Rose City Pride Bands, RCS enjoys entertaining audiences at dances, Pride festivals and corporate events across Oregon.…
What a week! My students played TWO recitals; the same show at two venues. Two Venues On Sunday, 11-11-18, we played in the sanctuary at Laurelhurst Village. This was a new venue for us. The acoustics were fabulous! From the…