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Jack Arthur McCray, 1947-2011
April 5, 2010 – 7:15 pm
Learn more about the Life
And Legacy of Jack McCray.
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April 5, 2010 – 5:23 pm
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April 5, 2010 – 3:29 pm
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FRIDAY, JUNE 4
11-1 pm, South Carolina’s Jazz Legend: Houston Person LIVE!
Hear Florence, SC native, tenor saxophonist and two-time Grammy finalist Houston Person perform and discuss his career with CJI’s Jack McCray at this Jazz Garden Luncheon.
Stern Center Gardens College of Charleston – [...]
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March 31, 2010 – 11:37 pm
The Charleston Jazz Initiative (CJI) is a multi-year research project that documents the African American jazz tradition in Charleston, the South Carolina Lowcountry, and its diasporic movement throughout the United States and Europe between the late 19th century through today.
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Young, Webster English (1932-2003)
March 23, 2010 – 2:15 am
Born in Columbia, SC (Lexington County); cornetist/trumpeter; later resided in Washington, DC; played and recorded with many of the giants of jazz from the 1940s and 1950s including Lester Young, Mal Waldron, John Coltrane (1957)…
Williams, Sandy (1906-1991)
March 23, 2010 – 2:06 am
Born in Summerville, SC; trombonist; moved to Washington, D.C. as a child and played his first gig with the Miller Brothers in D.C. and with small bands led by Sidney Bechet, where Williams is said to have done some of his finest work…
Williams, John C., Jr.
March 23, 2010 – 2:01 am
Born in Orangeburg, SC; baritone saxophonist; graduate of South Carolina State University; played and recorded with Sarah Vaughan, the Manhattan Transfer,…
White, Amos Mordechai (b. 1889)
March 23, 2010 – 1:57 am
Graduate of Avery – was in 9th grade with Edmund Thornton Jenkins; entered the Jenkins Orphanage in 1900 and played trumpet with Jenkins Orphanage Bands regularly until 1913…
Ulmer, “Blood” James (b. 1942)
March 23, 2010 – 1:44 am
Born in St. Matthews, SC; guitarist; Ulmer began his career playing in funk bands, first in Pittsburgh (1959-64) and later around Columbus, OH (1964-67)…
