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Son Venezuela
Thursday, September 11
at The Blue Note
Doors at 8:45 p.m.
The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series kicks off the season with Son Venezuela, the Lawrence, Kan.-based, salsa dance band extraordinaire. Billed as “The Party of the Century!” the event is produced in collaboration with the Columbia Missourian and timed to both the newspaper’s and MU School of Journalism’s shared Centennial, which takes place September 10-12, 2008.
Son Venezuela, which blew everyone away at last year’s Annual Downtown “Jazz, Wine & Beer” Pub Crawl, is now one of the Midwest’s top salsa dance bands. The nine-piece ensemble was voted “Best Latin Band” in the 2007 Pitch Weekly Music Awards as well as receiving an abundance of other accolades. The group has been together close to 15 years and has garnered attention and critical acclaim throughout the Midwest and beyond with its sellout crowds.
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"Such is the burden of being Kansas' most prolific Latin dance band...a decade's worth of performing with enough fire to keep the dance floor burning and enough new material to keep Latin music fans on their toes." —Lawrence Journal-World
Annual Downtown Columbia
“Jazz, Wine and Beer” Pub Crawl*
Thursday, October 2
Starts at 6:30pm!
Tickets are $36 and on sale now!
*Must be 21+ to participate.
Pub Crawl tickets can be be purchased at the Jazz Series Box Office and at select Ticketmaster outlets including Blue Note, Streetside Records, Schnucks and the Jazz Series Box Office. This year they are also available—as will call—online or by phone (800-646-8849).
Post Pub Crawl Party**
Doors: 8:30 p.m.
Tickets $10 Advance/$12 Door or FREE with Pub Crawl Ticket
**Post Party ALL AGES
Post Pub Crawl Party featuring:Gumbohead
Thursday, October 2
The Blue Note
Gumbohead, now considered one of St. Louis’ best bands, has been together since 1999. Their critically acclaimed self-titled recording houses the full spectrum of Louisiana dance music, including zydeco, funk, blues, jazz, r&b, brass band and traditional “second line” tunes. This is a group that is dedicated to the presentation and preservation of red-hot Louisiana dance music – which makes them the perfect Post-Pub Crawl band and a great way to kickoff your festival weekend. Gumbohead has entertained crowds during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and has shared billing with Crescent City mainstays such as Buckwheat Zydeco, Terrance Simien, Chubby Carrier, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and the Mighty Mighty Nevilles.
Tickets: FREE with your Pub Crawl ticket. Otherwise: $10 Advance/$12 Door.
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Jazz Series Receives NEA Grant
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series snags prestigious NEA Jazz Masters Live grants…
Organization, one of only 12 presenters in the United States selected to receive $30,000 award paves the way for Missouri native and NEA Jazz Master Bob Brookmeyer to compose new work for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. New York-based, 16-piece orchestra arrives in Columbia to perform world premiere February 18, 2009, at the Missouri Theatre with Brookmeyer as guest conductor. Also on hand: Dan Morgenstern, fellow NEA Jazz Master and Director of Rutgers Jazz Institute. The world renowned historian will serve as guest emcee and host a pair of forums: a one-on-one interview with Brookmeyer and an in-depth look into the chronology of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, which has been holding court at jazz’s most famous basement – The Village Vanguard – since 1965. Much-anticipated events serve as centerpiece for MU’s Arts & Science Week.
Are you ready to get your 2008/2009 “Swing” on?
The 2008/2009 “We Always Swing” Jazz Series has arrived and tickets are on sale NOW!
On tap: a sumptuous mix of modern jazz – small groups, large ensembles, varied instrumentation and instrumentalists, vocalists, male and female artists, special events and educational activities all rolled into our 14th season.
We think we have put together a great season, one filled with 10 regularly scheduled concerts and a trio of fun-filled special-event performances that take place in a venues small and large – from the intimacy of Murry’s and the new Ragtag Cinema to the full-size feel of the newly restored Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts and mid-sized houses such as The Blue Note and Stephens College’s Windsor Auditorium and Lela Rainey Wood Ballroom.
Thanks to Socket Internet
Many thanks to Socket Internet for their assistance after our office data server decided to melt down. Socket generously donated some hard drives and a special computer card. Without this help, our “tech world” would have been in some trouble. If you’re a Socket customer, please make sure to tell them “thanks” for their ongoing support for the Jazz Series. If you’re not a customer, check them out!
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