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Blue Wisp Jazz Club was a Cincinnati institution and internationally known venue. Established in 1977 by Paul Wisby in O'Bryonville as a bar, the Blue Wisp quickly became well known for its jazz music. Marjean Wisby continued the club's tradition after her husband's death in 1984, later moving the club to the basement space at 19 Garfield Place ...
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (English: Montreal International Jazz Festival) is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts ...
Riverbend Music Center is an outdoor amphitheater located in Cincinnati, Ohio, along the banks of the Ohio River. It has a capacity of 20,500 (6,000 reserved pavilion seats and 14,500 general admission lawn) [2] and was built for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, to allow them to play in an outdoor venue during the summer months.
The band started recording in 1981, releasing an album sponsored by the Cincinnati television station WKRC, then four for the Mopro label founded by Fred and Helen Morr in the 1980s. Sea Breeze reissued the Mopro albums in the 1990s. Among the group's more notable members were trumpeter Tim Hagans and bassist Lynn Seaton.
Adair was an adjunct professor of jazz studies at Vanderbilt University 's Blair School of Music. [6] She was a faculty and board member of the Nashville Jazz Workshop, where she often performed. [5][8] In 2002, Adair was named a Steinway Artist. [7][8] She was inducted into Western Kentucky University's Hall of Fame and Cave City's Hall of Fame.
Big Band Holidays is a 2015 Christmas album by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis, released on October 30, 2015 by Blue Engine Records. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Track listing
International Jazz Day is an International Day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 "to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe." [1] It is celebrated annually on April 30. [2] The idea came from jazz pianist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie ...
Wishes: A Holiday Album is the third Christmas album and twelfth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G.It was released by Arista Records on October 22, 2002, and peaked at number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz chart, number 2 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 29 on the Billboard 200, number 34 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 64 on the Internet Albums chart.