(September 30, 2007) "Jazz lovers get a full taste at 4th Avenue Festival." Birmingham News. It began with a New Orleans style parade at 1:00 PM and continued with the New Orleans All-Stars, Tommy Stewart, Ray Reach and Friends, Foxxy Fatts & Co, Cleveland Eaton, Rolando Matias & the Afro Rican Ensemble featuring Bobby Matos, Johnny O'Neal, Eric Essix, Dee Lucas, the Birmingham Heritage Band, and Donald Witherspoon as "Billy Ocean." Other activities included a swing-dancing tent, a children's area, and food and gift vendors. The 2006 festival was held on September 23, the same weekend as the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. The festival also featured work by urban artists, a swing tent, and a re-creation of the Little Savoy Juke Joint.
Featured performers included Jose Carr, The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Youth Ensemble, Jerome Chapman, vocalist Annie Sellick with Ray Reach and Cleveland Eaton, Foxxy Fatts & Co, Gary Motley, Dee Lucas, Ronnie Laws, Debra Laws, Donald Witherspoon as "Billy Ocean" and the Birmingham Heritage Band. Music began at 2:00 pm and continued until midnight. It began with an opening parade at Kelly Ingram Park with Mayor Bernard Kincaid and Councilman William A. The 2007 festival was held on September 29 and about 6,000 people were in attendance. The Magic City Classic is the largest historically black college and university (HBCU) football game in the country. Recording session, with the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, for the Lous Blues CD. including the Magic City Jazz Orchestra (of which he is the founding. Please watch Bernard Lockharts interview about Alabama Jazz Festival on ABC 33/40 Talk. Ray Reach with jazz guitar icon Mundell Lowe at the W.C. Handy Music Festival and a member of the W. The lineup of performers included: Donald Witherspoon as Billy Ocean, the Neo Jazz Collective, On Purpose, Daniel Jose Carr, the Birmingham Heritage Band, Tekneek, Ona Watson, Dee Lucas, trumpeter Lew Soloff and the Ray Reach Quartet (with Cleveland Eaton on bass), guitarist Eric Essix with Joey Sommerville and violinist Michael Ward. Magic City Smooth Jazx (jazzintheparkalabama) Instagram photo. The 2008 festival was held on September 27. 5:00pm – 5:45pm Cleveland Eaton & the Alabama All Stars About, The 4th Annual 2017 Steel City Jazz Festival, June 2-3 in Birmjngham Alabamas historic Linn Park was the event of the.2:00pm – 2:45pm Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Student All Stars, directed by Ray Reach.Bonet currently plays piano, drums, percussion, bass and sings in several bands in Miami, Florida.The 2011 festival was held on September 24, this year presented by Magic City Smooth Jazz. If you're interested in booking the Trio, please visit the contact tab by clicking the button below. He has more than 15 years of musical experience coordinating various concerts for television and radio shows in Cuba, Mexico and the United States. The annual Center City Jazz Festival features more than 20 bands at five venues all within walking. The Trio is gigs at local bars and clubs in the greater Miami area and performs classic jazz by the greats, like Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Miles Davis, and many more. Birmingham’s largest city center outdoor arts festival comes alive each spring with its blast of fresh artistic talent, sights, sounds, tastes, and aromas. The Magic City Jazz Orchestra (MCJO) is an American jazz ensemble which was founded in 1999 as a spin-off of the SuperJazz Big Band (formerly UAB SuperJazz). In addition, he supervises the annual Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival.īonet is a pianist and song composer. The concert is being hosted by the BSC Alumni Association and Magic City Smooth Jazz it is being sponsored by Diversified Supply and Thomas Waters State. We look forward to you joining us in Birmingham, Alabama for the 39th Magic City Art Connection April 22-24 at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. He directs the Northlanders Jazz Ensemble and jazz combos, teaches studio saxophone, jazz improvisation, and the history of jazz, blues, and rock. Hanegan is the director of Jazz Studies and associate professor of music at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Swing Band of Minot and guest artists Brian Hanegan and Yulier “Sabor” Bonet will play in the festival as well. Tickets4Festivals is the perfect place to plan for the Festival with our guide to Magic City Music Fest schedules, ticket prices, lineups, and much more. According to Meinert, the festival will feature jazz bands from the following schools: Jim Hill Middle School, Memorial Middle School, Erik Ramstad Middle School, Central Campus, Magic City Campus, Glenburn High School, Minot State University, Surrey Junior High, Surrey Senior High, and Williston High School.
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