All That Jazz – Lecture
DescriptionJoin us for our Live Jazz & Lecture Mini-Series
The lecture presentations will be about the “First Lady of Jazz: Lil Armstrong”. Jazz enthusiasts will not want to miss this talk presented by Lloyd Kaplan, jazz teacher and musician.
FREE Live Jazz performances will be held on Thursdays, January 11th, 18th, & 25th in the library.
All That Jazz – Lecture
DescriptionJoin us for our Live Jazz & Lecture Mini-Series
The lecture presentations will be about the “First Lady of Jazz: Lil Armstrong”. Jazz enthusiasts will not want to miss this talk presented by Lloyd Kaplan, jazz teacher and musician.
FREE Live Jazz performances will be held on Thursdays, January 11th, 18th, & 25th in the library.
All That Jazz – Lecture
DescriptionJoin us for our Live Jazz & Lecture Mini-Series
The lecture presentations will be about the “First Lady of Jazz: Lil Armstrong”. Jazz enthusiasts will not want to miss this talk presented by Lloyd Kaplan, jazz teacher and musician.
FREE Live Jazz performances will be held on Thursdays, January 11th, 18th, & 25th in the library.
All That Jazz – Lecture
Description: Join us for our Live Jazz & Lecture Mini-Series
The lecture presentations will be about the “First Lady of Jazz: Lil Armstrong”. Jazz enthusiasts will not want to miss this talk presented by Lloyd Kaplan, jazz teacher and musician.
We are eagerly looking ahead to the 2018 and the world renown jazz musicians who will fill our stage and the ballroom air with their music!
MUSICAL LINEUP FOR THE 38TH ANNUAL NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ FESTIVAL
Thursday, February 1
7:30 – 7:35 Welcome
7:35 – 8:15 MANGROOVE – presenting A Tribute to Horace Silver (Mangroove is a local band, led by Manny Santos, a percussionist who moved here from Boston a few years ago.
Also in the group are Teddy Burg – flute and sax, Brian Miller – sax, Jack Krupicka – on piano, and Doug Irving – bass)
8:20 – 9:20 THE NICKI PARROTT TRIO bringing us their “road show”! Nicki, Rossano Sportiello and Eddie Metz will be coming off a tour of the South where they will have
been featuring songs from their cds. Individually these musicians are some of our favorites — together they will be sensational!
9:20 – 9:35 Intermission
9:35 – 9:50 ROSSANO SPORTIELLO – solo piano
9:55 – 10:30 As usual, for the Styles of Jazz evening, we will end with a set of a style that our event is best known for – The Traditional Jazz Jam, led by ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM, will feature some of our NCJF All-Stars.
NCJF ALL-STARS FOR FRI. & SAT.
* = new to NCJF stage
Banjo – * Cynthia Sayer
Guitar – Nate Najar
Violin – Jonathan Russell
Bass – * Debbie Kennedy & Herman Burney
Drums – Chuck Redd & Eddie Metz Jr.
Piano – Rossano Sportiello & * Conal Fowkes
T-bone – Dion Tucker & Jim Fryer
Reeds – Adrian Cunningham & * Scott Robinson
Trumpet/Cornet – Bruce Harris & Ed Polcer
Our Fri. & Sat. night 4 hour concerts feature 7 sets each, with 6 or 7 musicians in each set, and each set has a different leader. These are fantastic musicians from around the globe who get together to perform JAZZ, our truly American art form.
WILMINGTON HILTON RIVERSIDE is home of the
North Carolina Jazz Festival @ Wilmington.
Special room rate for NCJF attendees. $119 per night.
For hotel reservations please call 910-763-5900
We are eagerly looking ahead to the 2018 and the world renown jazz musicians who will fill our stage and the ballroom air with their music!
MUSICAL LINEUP FOR THE 38TH ANNUAL NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ FESTIVAL
Thursday, February 1
7:30 – 7:35 Welcome
7:35 – 8:15 MANGROOVE – presenting A Tribute to Horace Silver (Mangroove is a local band, led by Manny Santos, a percussionist who moved here from Boston a few years ago.
Also in the group are Teddy Burg – flute and sax, Brian Miller – sax, Jack Krupicka – on piano, and Doug Irving – bass)
8:20 – 9:20 THE NICKI PARROTT TRIO bringing us their “road show”! Nicki, Rossano Sportiello and Eddie Metz will be coming off a tour of the South where they will have
been featuring songs from their cds. Individually these musicians are some of our favorites — together they will be sensational!
9:20 – 9:35 Intermission
9:35 – 9:50 ROSSANO SPORTIELLO – solo piano
9:55 – 10:30 As usual, for the Styles of Jazz evening, we will end with a set of a style that our event is best known for – The Traditional Jazz Jam, led by ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM, will feature some of our NCJF All-Stars.
NCJF ALL-STARS FOR FRI. & SAT.
* = new to NCJF stage
Banjo – * Cynthia Sayer
Guitar – Nate Najar
Violin – Jonathan Russell
Bass – * Debbie Kennedy & Herman Burney
Drums – Chuck Redd & Eddie Metz Jr.
Piano – Rossano Sportiello & * Conal Fowkes
T-bone – Dion Tucker & Jim Fryer
Reeds – Adrian Cunningham & * Scott Robinson
Trumpet/Cornet – Bruce Harris & Ed Polcer
Our Fri. & Sat. night 4 hour concerts feature 7 sets each, with 6 or 7 musicians in each set, and each set has a different leader. These are fantastic musicians from around the globe who get together to perform JAZZ, our truly American art form.
WILMINGTON HILTON RIVERSIDE is home of the
North Carolina Jazz Festival @ Wilmington.
Special room rate for NCJF attendees. $119 per night.
For hotel reservations please call 910-763-5900
We are eagerly looking ahead to the 2018 and the world renown jazz musicians who will fill our stage and the ballroom air with their music!
MUSICAL LINEUP FOR THE 38TH ANNUAL NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ FESTIVAL
Thursday, February 1
7:30 – 7:35 Welcome
7:35 – 8:15 MANGROOVE – presenting A Tribute to Horace Silver (Mangroove is a local band, led by Manny Santos, a percussionist who moved here from Boston a few years ago.
Also in the group are Teddy Burg – flute and sax, Brian Miller – sax, Jack Krupicka – on piano, and Doug Irving – bass)
8:20 – 9:20 THE NICKI PARROTT TRIO bringing us their “road show”! Nicki, Rossano Sportiello and Eddie Metz will be coming off a tour of the South where they will have
been featuring songs from their cds. Individually these musicians are some of our favorites — together they will be sensational!
9:20 – 9:35 Intermission
9:35 – 9:50 ROSSANO SPORTIELLO – solo piano
9:55 – 10:30 As usual, for the Styles of Jazz evening, we will end with a set of a style that our event is best known for – The Traditional Jazz Jam, led by ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM, will feature some of our NCJF All-Stars.
NCJF ALL-STARS FOR FRI. & SAT.
* = new to NCJF stage
Banjo – * Cynthia Sayer
Guitar – Nate Najar
Violin – Jonathan Russell
Bass – * Debbie Kennedy & Herman Burney
Drums – Chuck Redd & Eddie Metz Jr.
Piano – Rossano Sportiello & * Conal Fowkes
T-bone – Dion Tucker & Jim Fryer
Reeds – Adrian Cunningham & * Scott Robinson
Trumpet/Cornet – Bruce Harris & Ed Polcer
Our Fri. & Sat. night 4 hour concerts feature 7 sets each, with 6 or 7 musicians in each set, and each set has a different leader. These are fantastic musicians from around the globe who get together to perform JAZZ, our truly American art form.
WILMINGTON HILTON RIVERSIDE is home of the
North Carolina Jazz Festival @ Wilmington.
Special room rate for NCJF attendees. $119 per night.
For hotel reservations please call 910-763-5900
The third annual CCU Jazz Festival is a two-day event featuring performances by the CCU Jazz Ensemble, CCU Jazz Combo, and CCU faculty ensembles with guest composer and pianist Ron Miller.
The CCU Jazz Ensemble is the flagship group of the commercial music and jazz program, featuring traditional big band instrumentation and vocals. The award-winning CCU Jazz Combo performs throughout the area, has recorded albums with national distribution and performed at the 2016 Montreaux, Vienne and Umbria Jazz Festivals in Europe.
Miller is professor emeritus of jazz composition at University of Miami Frost School of Music and a renowned composer and educator. His former students include Pat Metheny; Bruce Hornsby; Bobby Watson; Gil Goldstein; Steve Bailey, CCU artist in residence in the Department of Music; and Matt White, CCU associate professor of music. Each ensemble performs Miller’s original compositions and arrangements.
The third annual CCU Jazz Festival is a two-day event featuring performances by the CCU Jazz Ensemble, CCU Jazz Combo, and CCU faculty ensembles with guest composer and pianist Ron Miller.
The CCU Jazz Ensemble is the flagship group of the commercial music and jazz program, featuring traditional big band instrumentation and vocals. The award-winning CCU Jazz Combo performs throughout the area, has recorded albums with national distribution and performed at the 2016 Montreaux, Vienne and Umbria Jazz Festivals in Europe.
Miller is professor emeritus of jazz composition at University of Miami Frost School of Music and a renowned composer and educator. His former students include Pat Metheny; Bruce Hornsby; Bobby Watson; Gil Goldstein; Steve Bailey, CCU artist in residence in the Department of Music; and Matt White, CCU associate professor of music. Each ensemble performs Miller’s original compositions and arrangements.
On Saturday, April 14, from 3-5 PM, CLASS Productions presents Gerald Smith with his group JAZZSMITH at Kimbel Lodge (Hobcaw Barony) for the ninth performance in the Kimbel Concert Series.
From his introduction to the drums at the tender age of 5, Gerald Smith has been performing professionally as a lead vocalist and drummer since he was 10. After touring with his college ensemble, he formed an R&B group in Arizona which performed for 15 years throughout the southwest, followed by work as an engineer/studio manager in Trinidad where he performed with numerous top artists. He joined the group Michael Boothman and Kysofusion which was the opening act for Al Jarreau, George Duke, Wynton Marsalis, Arturo Sandoval and others.
Upon his return to the U.S., he joined the smooth jazz group Indigo City for a few years and then formed JAZZSMITH, performing at many jazz festivals including the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. The group’s most recent project is a compilation of Smith’s smooth jazz percussive styles and the smooth melodies from over the years, titled “Jazzsmith Live and Unedited.”
A sample set includes Jazzsmith’s versions of favorites like Just the Two of Us, Maputo, On Broadway, Masquerade, Footprints, Let’s Stay Together, What’s Goin’ On, My Funny Valentine, My Girl. CDs will be available at the concert.
Tickets are $30. Space is limited. Light refreshments and iced tea provided (you are welcome to BYO an adult beverage, if preferred). For reservations, call 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com.