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"Jazz Gives Moore" benefit concert Thursday, June 6, 2013

Tonight, Thursday, June 6, 2013, at 7 p.m., trumpeter and vocalist Jeff Shadley and the Disaster Relief Orchestra will take the stage at Tulsa's Jazz Depot to benefit Oklahoma tornado relief. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged and will go directly to support the Tulsa Chapter of the American...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 6, 2013 12:37 AM

Satchmo: Basin Street Blues and Blue Yodel No. 9

A while back I told you about an Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame exhibit about American jazz musicians touring the world as cultural ambassadors during the Cold War. The exhibit has since moved on, but you can see it online: Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors. Here's Louis Armstrong (born on...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 4, 2010 10:06 AM

Jazz ambassadors

While waiting for my son, who was rehearsing with a small orchestral ensemble at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in Tulsa's old Union Depot, I had time to look over the exhibits, in particular a traveling collection of photos and posters called "Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 23, 2010 12:01 AM

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey comes home -- one night only

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is returning home to Tulsa for one night this Friday, September 25, on a coast-to-coast tour promoting their new EP, One Night in Brooklyn. The show starts at 9 pm at The Marquee on Main and Cameron in Tulsa's Bob Wills Arts District (look for Bob...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 23, 2009 10:04 PM