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Imagine Jazz
Imagine Jazz stimulates the local art scene with concerts, festivals, educational workshops and more.
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Imagine Jazz
Our Mission:
Imagine Jazz is A non-profit organization dedicated to
Celebrating Jazz Heritage, nurturing creativity and enriching local living through the arts with concerts, workshops, jams, festivals and fellowship events.
We preserve the jazz legacy and advocating for creative progress through guest artist concerts and workshops.
We inspire the community and advocate for the arts by expanding the local artistic landscape . We foster a sense of community with our fellowship events, local artist features and jam sessions.
We provide educational opportunities to local students and community members of all ages and levels.
Core Values:
We encourage artistic expression, programming a wide variety of of creative and progressive improvised music events. Our roster of artists includes classic jazz artist side by side with related sub-genres of jazz including progressive fusion and related art music.
We celebrate the African-American contribution to jazz, as well as the many global influences to the modern expression of the genre. We highlight the importance of Black American Music as the origin of the genre, and program our series with this pillar.
We aim to foster a sense of community and collaboration among local artists through jam sessions, educational workshops and fellowship events.
Our presentations have included:
-The Willie Jones III Quintet (April 2018)
-The Vincent Herring Quartet (June 2018)
-Logan Richardson's BLUES PEOPLE (October 2018)
-The Black Art Jazz Collective (January 2019)
-The Joe Magnarelli Quintet (June 2019)
-Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet (October 2019)
-Aaron Parks Little Big (October 2019)
-Jeremy Pelt Quintet (January 2020)
-Carl Allen (February 2020)
-Jonathan Barber's Vision Ahead (March 2020)
-Jamie Baum Septet Plus (October 2021)
-Darryl Yokley Sound Reformation (November 2021)
-Jon Irabagon (March 2022)
-Rogerio Boccato Quarteto (June 2022)
-Jaleel Shaw Solo Saxophone (October 2022)
-Marquis Hill: New Gospel Revisited (October 2022)
-Ryan Keberle Reverso Trio (October 2022)
-Camila Meza solo event (March 5, 2023)
-Jaleel Shaw Quartet (April 2023)
-Ralph Alessi Quartet (June 2023)
-Jahari Stampley & d-Erania Duo (October 2023)
-Affinity Trio (November 2023)
-Caroline Davis' Alula (March 2024)
-Tim Berne Trio (March 2024)
-Jeremy Pelt Quintet (October 2024)
-Ryan Keberle Catharsis (November 2024)
-Michael Mayo Quartet (April 2025)
-Jahari Stampley Trio (April 2025)
-The Cookers (Feb 2026)
-Jonathan Scales Fourchestra (March 2026)
-Kate Reid (April 2026)
-David Weiss Sextet (May 2026)
-Caroline Davis Portals (May 2026)
-Ralph Alessi Quartet (June 2026)
Local Series & Presentation including:
-Inner Flame: Female Composers Presentation
-Unforgettable: Tribute to Nat King Cole featuring Horace Alexander Young
-Imagine Jazz Festival featuring local bands & jam sessions
-Community Jazz Day (annually) at Music City
-Jazz at the Bad Seed monthly performance & Jam
-The Glass Bead Orchestra
Founded by Rachel Bade-McMurphy and powered by The Imagine Collective, Imagine Jazz is Member & Volunteer Supported.
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