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This festival is setting up for four days of jazz — and Wynton Marsalis is all over it
No one’s going to mistake Charlotte for New Orleans. For one thing, the Big Easy has open container laws that make it legal to bar hop with a beer in your hand. But for one weekend each spring since 2015, Blumenthal Performing Arts has turned Uptown into a jazz destination. Keep reading »
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Jazz Arts Initiative reveals new name, logo in celebration of 10th anniversary
Charlotte’s premiere jazz organization will enter its 13th season with a new name and look. Over the weekend, Jazz Arts Initiative President and CEO Lonnie Davis, along with jazz great Wynton Marsalis, unveiled the new name of the organization: JazzArts Charlotte. Keep reading »
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JAI Rebrands as JazzArts Charlotte to Celebrate 10th Year
Since 2009, Jazz Arts Initiative has dedicated itself to improving and expanding the jazz music landscape in the Charlotte area. Now, as part of their year-long 10th anniversary celebration, the non-profit organization is rebranding as JazzArts Charlotte with plans for continued growth and expansion of its acclaimed signature jazz music and education programs. Keep reading »
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A Conversation with Wynton Marsalis
Charlotte welcomes a week of jazz as the Charlotte Jazz Festival launches Monday April 18 and runs through Saturday April 23. More than a dozen performances, workshops, late night jams, a youth competition and even a jazz brunch are offered at venues in and around the Levine Center for the Arts campus. Keep reading »