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The North Arkansas Jazz Society and Walton Arts Center present
th
The 14
Annual KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series
Walton Arts Center’s Starr Theater will be the home for this year’s three concerts.
Tickets are available at: www.waltonartscenter.org or 479-443-5600.
For more information: www.digjazz.com or call 479-225-2306.
SATURDAY, JULY 28TH, The Summer Series continues with the
The Composer’s Showcase:
The Compositions of Dr. James Greeson
This jazz variety show features jazz ensembles performing original compositions
of jazz guitarist, bassist and Professor of Composition and Music Theory at the
University of Arkansas, James Greeson. Active as a jazz composer Dr. Greeson's
music for jazz ensemble has been performed at the Clark Terry Jazz Camp and
the Telluride Jazz Festival. In recent years he’s focused on composing sound
tracks to documentaries for public television, nine of which have been broadcast
in both the US and Canada. In 2009 Greeson was awarded an Emmy for his
score for the PBS documentary The Buffalo Flows. His Fantasy for Five Players
has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space in New York City, and around the country.
Performing Dr Greeson’s compositions will be the Claudia Burson Trio, the18 piece Fayetteville Jazz
Collective, the Gypsy Swing group Hogtown Hot Club. Musical director for this event is Ben Harris.
The Composer’s Showcase - The Compositions of Dr. James Greeson Saturday,
July 28th in Starr Theater at 8:00 PM
Cabaret Table seats: $25 public / $20 NAJS members
General Admission: $20 public / $15 NAJS members & Students
Click here for tickets
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH the final concert of the season
Vic Juris with James Greeson, bass and Darren Novotny, drums.
From the wilds of Manhattan to the shores of Japan, jazz guitarist Vic Juris
has covered an impressive range of territory, musically as well as
geographically. Inspired by rock and roll legend Chuck Berry, the Jersey City
native first picked up a guitar at the age of ten and taught himself to play.
Vic’s taste changed when he discovered jazz. From there it was on to a career
with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Phil Woods, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Eddie
Jefferson, Jimmy Smith and Nancy Wilson. Besides the skills and flexibility of
a virtuoso guitarist, he’s gained a sense of humility that leads him to
disregard any impulse for the flashy stuff he could surely coax out of his ax.
Even his tone – effected subtly with a haze of reverb and chorus – renders his
melodies as mirages of sound, dreamy and never clamoring for attention.
Vic Juris is simply one of jazz’s finest. His playing is modern, creative and
progressive yet steeped in tradition. He has indeed arrived…Jim Carlton Author
of Conversations with Great Jazz Guitarists
Guitarist Vic Juris - with James Greeson-bass and Darren
Novotny-drums
Saturday, August 11th in Starr Theater at 8:00 PM
Cabaret Table seats: $30 public / $25 NAJS members
General Admission: $25 public / $20 NAJS members & Students
Click here for tickets
Proceeds from the Summer Jazz Concert series help fund the NAJS scholarship program, which awards
grants to high school and college students who wish to further their studies of jazz music.
If you would like more information about becoming a NAJS member click here.
Membership fees are tax deductible PLUS members save up to $5/ticket
Call 479-225-2306 for more information
The North Arkansas Jazz Society extends special thanks to our sponsors, The University
of Arkansas Music Department, KUAF, 91.3 FM NPR and Walton Arts Center.
Legacy Blues Lounge
hosts Jazz and Blues Bands Weds, Thurs, Fri. & Sat.
Jazz from 6:00-8:30 PM
Blues starts at 9:00 PM
No cover
Fri., July 6
Sat., July 7
Sat., July 14
Fri., Aug. 10
Ryan Fourt Trio
Lee Tomboulian/Walter Savage 4-tet
Tim Paul Trio
Tribute to Miles & Ella w/ Soulful Sounds-Keith Wood & Tanya Harrison
401 West Watson Street, Suite 203, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 - (479) 587-8981
Jazz Brunch at Copeland’s Restaurant
Every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Claudia Burson Trio
Ben Harris appears on guitar the 3rd Sunday of each month
Copeland’s - 436 N. Rogers Street, Rogers AR 479-246-9455
Mojo's Pints & Pies
1200 N. Garland Suite 7
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703
479.935.3459
Tuesday Night Jazz Jam
7:00-10:00 PM
Greenhouse Grille
July 13 – Matt Smith
July 27 – Alex Lewis
August 3 - Roby Pantall
Music from 6:30 - 9:30 pm – no cover
Phone: (479) 444-8909 481 S. School Ave. Fayetteville, AR.
Emelia’s
Jazz Brunch every Sunday 11AM-2PM
Jazz Duos
309 Suite 2, W. Dickson St. Fayetteville, AR Phone: (479) 527-9800
Saturday, July 7 from 2 – 4 p.m
Charlie Chrysler and his All Stars
at the Promenade Mall – Rogers, Ark.
Jazz at Vieux Carre & The Afterthought
2721 Kavanaugh Little Rock (501) 663-1196
6 / FRI: Rodney Block and the Real Music Lovers ($10 cover)
7 / SAT: Integrity ($7 cover)
8 / SUN: Vieux Carré Jazz Brunch with Ted Ludwig, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
9 / MON: Jazz@The Afterthought — The John Bush Group (no cover)
10 / TUE: Jam Session hosted by Carl Mouton (no cover))
13 / FRI: The Good Time Ramblers ($7 cover)
15 / SUN: Vieux Carré Jazz Brunch with Ted Ludwig, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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/ MON: Jazz@The Afterthought — The Diana Herold Quartet (no cover)
/ TUE: Jam Session hosted by Carl Mouton (no cover)
/ SUN: Vieux Carré Jazz Brunch with Ted Ludwig, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
/ MON: Jazz@The Afterthought — Tiko Brooks (no cover)
/ TUE: Jam Session hosted by Carl Mouton (no cover)
/ SAT: Lagniappe with Genine Perez ($7 cover)
/ SUN: Vieux Carré Jazz Brunch with Ted Ludwig, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
/ MON: Jazz@The Afterthought — Handmade Moments (no cover)
/ TUE: Jam Session hosted by Carl Mouton (no cover)
Capital Hotel Bar and Grill in downtown Little Rock
Markham & Louisiana, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 | 501-374-7474 | 1-877-637-0037
Guitarist Ted Ludwig
Mon through Thurs. -5:00-9:00PM (No Cover)
Fri. & Sat. - 8:00 to 12 AM
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
111 East First Street - upper level
Downtown Tulsa at the corner of 1st and Boston
For tickets at (918) 281-8609 or buy them at the Jazz Depot
Sunday, July 8
Wednesday, July 11
Saturday, July 14
Sunday, July 22
Sunday, July 29
Pat Kelley
Stephane Wrembel
Jazz Camp Concert
Myron Oliver
Israeli Jazz Exchange
Special Announcement: Dancing at the Depot!
Tulsa's own Sweet & Hot Productions presents Dancing at the Depot, the monthly swing dance guaranteed
to get you and your partner out on the floor!
August 3 -Dancing at the Depot, starring host and vocalist Pam Van Dyke Crosby with a dynamite
band: Scott McQuade, Bill Crosby, Wade Robertson, and Mike Bennett.
September 7- the full cast of Sweet & Hot Productions - Pam Crosby, Rebecca Ungerman, and Cindy Cain
- are back together for a swinging three-woman show! The Andrews Sisters-esque harmonies of these
lovely jazz divas are not to be missed.
Come dance the night away to the strains of a rhumba, foxtrot, swing, cha-cha, ballad, or blues! The
doors open for all shows at 7:00pm, and the music starts at 7:30. Tickets are just $10/person at the door.
Northeasatern State University Jazz Lab
Concerts/Events 2011-2012 Season
315 N. Muskogee Avenue, Tahlequah, OK 74464
918-444-4603
[email protected]
Additional concerts and recitals will be added at the beginning of each semester.
For tickets, cost, and reservations call the Jazz Lab Manager at 918-444-4603.
The Jazz Series & Missouri Theatre are pleased to present:
"Jazz Under The Stars"
3-concert Thursday night summer series during June, July and August.
July 19 - Diverse
August 16 - MU Faculty All-Stars
Shows: 7 p.m. Doors: 6 p.m.
TICKETS: 3-Concert Pass On Sale Beg. May 14 Single-Concert Tickets On Sale
Beg. May 26. Limited Reserved Table Seating & Gen. Adm./Standing Room
Available. Tickets available only at Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St. Box
Office: 573-882-3781 on-line: concertseries.org
Buy Tickets: Jazz Series Box Office – 573-449-3001 (M-F, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.)
Questions/Additional Info: Visit: wealwaysswing.org