Jazz

Harry Connick, JR. in Concert July 12th

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:11:59 +0000

He does it all, singer, actor, conductor, musician, Harry Connick, JR. comes to The Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel Friday July12th. tickets on sale now at ticketmaster.

First Ever - NASHVILLE JAZZ NIGHT Comes to Music City Roots

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:35:50 +0000

First Ever - NASHVILLE JAZZ NIGHT Comes to Music City Roots

MainStreet Murfreesboro Jazz Fest 2013

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:57:18 +0000

WMOT will once again be front and center at Murfreesboro's Main Street’s JazzFest. JazzFest is more than just a concert, it’s an event!

We'll be giving away lots of great prizes including jazz music on cd, and tickets to see singer, conductor, pianist, actor, composer Harry Connick, Jr. in concert July 12th at The Woods at Fontanel. Tickets on sale at www.ticketmaster.com.

Jazz Fest is a place to people-watch, eat, drink, shop, mingle, relax, soak in the rays, and of cour

Kevin Whalum Jazzes Up Campus at Free April 16 Concert with Cedric Dent, MTSU Singers

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:11:00 +0000

Jazz vocalist Kevin Whalum is coming to MTSU for a special Tuesday, April 16, evening that also will showcase the MTSU Singers, led by Grammy Award-winning School of Music professor Cedric Dent.

The free public event is set for 7:30 p.m. in the Hinton Music Hall inside the university’s Wright Music Building.

Whalum, a Memphis native whose countless musical influences range from Al Green and Ella Fitzgerald to The Manhattan Transfer and Lynyrd Skynyrd, recently returned from a visit to South Africa, where his next CD is scheduled for worldwide release this summer.

Jeff Coffin, Dave Pietro Headline Saxophone Conference at MTSU

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:25:43 +0000

MTSU’s welcome for an upcoming saxophone conference includes a special March 16 public concert by renowned musicians Jeff Coffin and Dave Pietro alongside two School of Music faculty members.

Coffin is saxophonist with the Dave Matthews Band and a three-time Grammy Award winner with Bela Fleck and The Flecktones. Pietro, a New York-based jazz saxophonist, has recorded with musicians such as Dave Holland, Kenny Werner and Pete McCann.

MTSU Jazz Artist Series Features MTSU Jazz Faculty and Guests Performing Miles Davis’ “Birth of Cool

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:30:47 +0000

The second concert of the 2012-13 MTSU Jazz Artist Series will feature the MTSU Jazz Faculty Nonet performing music from the innovative and pivotal 1949 recording by Miles Davis, “Birth of the Cool.” The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.

According to Jamey Simmons, Director of Jazz Studies at MTSU, Miles Davis was known as one of the innovators of jazz and formed the original nonet as a cooperative effort with other like-minded musicians in New York.

MTSU Jazz Artist Series To Begin New Season

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:16:22 +0000

The MTSU Jazz Artist Series begins its fourteenth season with jazz pianist, composer and arranger, Andy LaVerne, headlining alongside the MTSU Jazz faculty at 7:30 p.m. Oct.

Jazz on the Cumberland Debuts at Cumberland Park Amphitheater

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:14:04 +0000

Nashville, TN ---The Roland Barber Quartet kicks-off Cumberland Park’s first major music event, Jazz on the Cumberland, a monthly concert series on the banks of the great river beginning Sunday, August 19. The concert, scheduled from 5 – 7 p.m., at the park’s amphitheater (located at 592 South 1st Street, Nashville, TN) is free and open to the public.

Jazz on the Cumberland, which will run every third Sunday, August through November 2012, will present four highly-acclaimed, universally known popular jazz artists.&nbs

15 years of Late Night Jazz on 89.5. Bob Parlocha cotinues to delight

Keith Palmer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:37 +0000

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of Jazz with Bob Parlocha on WMOT, 89.5FM. Voted the #1 best syndicated jazz network by readers of Jazz Times Magazine, Jazz with Bob Parlocha has become one of the most beloved programs on 89.5FM. You can hear the show every night at 9:00. Here are a couple of many WMOT donor comments about Jazz With Bob Parlocah on WMOT.

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Keith Palmer — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:01:03 +0000