Sad news came in today from the Jazz Artists of Charleston: founding JAC board member, jazz historian, and longtime producer and emcee Jack McCray has died.
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CJI Legends Festival 2010 Signed Commemorative Poster
October 13, 2010 – 3:22 pm
The Charleston Jazz Initiative’s Legends Festival official artist was Charleston resident and artist, Colin Quashie. Read about his work at www.quashie.com.
11 x 17 Signed Commemorative Posters by Colin Quashie
$25
Available for purchase at Avery Research Center Gift Shop – www.cofc.edu/avery (843) 953-7609 or fill out and submit this contact form indicating how many you would like to [...]
CJI Legends Festival 2010 T-Shirt
October 13, 2010 – 2:54 pm
CJI T-Shirt
$15.00
Sizes: small, medium, large, extra-large
Colors: White (Lettering: Orange/Black)
Available for purchase at Avery Research Center Gift Shop – www.cofc.edu/avery (843) 953-7609 or fill out and submit this contact form indicating how many and what size t-shirts you would like to purchase, and we will contact you.
Rivers, Oscar, Jr.
October 12, 2010 – 11:12 pm
Oscar Rivers, Jr. is the quintessential representative of the Charleston-Orangeburg, South Carolina jazz connection. In the 1950’s, the Burke High School saxophone prodigy went to South Carolina State College where he built a reputation that still stands.
Rivers is a master bebop player, somewhere around Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt, with whom he played in Chicago [...]
Kenny, George
October 12, 2010 – 9:21 pm
George Kenny, a native Charlestonian, received his first musical experiences as a trumpet player at Burke High School in Charleston. He later trained as a saxophonist after enlisting in the United States Air Force (Korea), and then attended South Carolina State College (now South Carolina State University) earning a bachelor of science degree in music [...]
Hamilton, Lonnie III
October 12, 2010 – 9:12 pm
Former educator, politician and professional musician, Lonnie Hamilton III is an alto saxophonist and clarinetist in Charleston. He toured with the Jenkins Orphanage Bands during the mid-1940s, and played with his own band, Lonnie Hamilton and the Diplomats, the signature jazz band in Charleston for decades. Hamilton’s Diplomats was the house band for a very [...]
Caldwell, Ann
October 12, 2010 – 8:03 pm
As a solo artist, ensemble vocalist, and music producer, Ann Caldwell is Charleston’s “first lady of jazz.” Performing locally for decades, Caldwell is a jazz and blues singer, and is greatly influenced by the past. She has performed a series of centennial concerts devoted to the music of Duke Ellington and formed the Magnolia Singers [...]
Singleton, Charlton
October 12, 2010 – 7:48 pm
A native of Awendaw, SC, Charlton Singleton started playing the piano at the age of 3. While his older sister and brother took 30 minute lessons, Charlton would watch and then eventually “pick out” what he heard and observed in their lessons. His parents would eventually ask the teacher to include him in the weekly [...]
Jazz and Arts Happenings in Charleston/South Carolina
October 12, 2010 – 6:51 pm
The following are several jazz events happening in Charleston. Check them out!
October 15, 2010
Jazz/Funk Legend George Duke with opening performance by Terence Young
Produced by Tammy Greene
8:00-11:00 pm
North Charleston Performing Arts Center
Information and tickets
October 15-17, 2010
The South Carolina Jazz Festival
presented by Cheraw, SC (home of John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie)
Featuring The Todd Wright Quartet and 3 Mo~La~Dic [...]
Charleston Jazz Initiative Legends Band – CD Release
October 12, 2010 – 5:05 pm
Jazz History in the Making: Release of the CJI Legends Band CD
CJI’s first recording scheduled for release in December 2010 features music from the early 20th century to 2010 that documents Charleston’s influence in the jazz performance traditions of many of this country’s big bandleaders, sidemen, and soloists. It will mark the first CD recording of tunes [...]
