Comments for Jazz Arts Group of Columbus http://www.jazzartsgroup.org Dedicated to advancing the art of jazz through performance and education. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Byron’s Blog: The CJO Celebrates Rosa Parks! by tom crosby http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/columbus-jazz-orchestra/the-cjo-celebrates-rosa-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-14149 tom crosby Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:34:29 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?p=8423#comment-14149 Byron, Stan Kenton was born in 1913. This is 2013. How about a tribute to The Man? Several years ago the band did a gig featuring his music and it was fantastic. Big crowds as I remember and 3 or 4 years ago you did the Kenton road show with the Freshman and a singer who did a great June Christy. Can't remember her name. It was a great evening. A 100 year birthday party for one of the all time greats. Central Ohio has a lot of Kenton fans. The Kenton Band and June Christy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best, Tom Crosby Byron,

Stan Kenton was born in 1913. This is 2013. How about a tribute to The Man? Several years ago the band did a gig featuring his music and it was fantastic. Big crowds as I remember and 3 or 4 years ago you did the Kenton road show with the Freshman and a singer who did a great June Christy. Can’t remember her name. It was a great evening. A 100 year birthday party for one of the all time greats. Central Ohio has a lot of Kenton fans. The Kenton Band and June Christy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best,
Tom Crosby

]]> Comment on Byron’s Blog: The CJO Celebrates Rosa Parks! by Michelle McClish http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/columbus-jazz-orchestra/the-cjo-celebrates-rosa-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-8354 Michelle McClish Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:09:30 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?p=8423#comment-8354 Good Afternoon, Director Stripling! I was at the performance last night (February 7, 2013) and I did a review of the evening. I know that my words could not do the beauty of the evening justice, but I sure gave it a try! Please check out the article! Keep on groovin' my friend...you folks all have an amazing gift! Thank you for an evening I will never forget! http://columbuswired.net/an-evening-of-sheer-auditory-delight-with-the-columbus-jazz-orchestra-guests/ Good Afternoon, Director Stripling!
I was at the performance last night (February 7, 2013) and I did a review of the evening.
I know that my words could not do the beauty of the evening justice, but I sure gave it a try!
Please check out the article!
Keep on groovin’ my friend…you folks all have an amazing gift! Thank you for an evening I will never forget!

http://columbuswired.net/an-evening-of-sheer-auditory-delight-with-the-columbus-jazz-orchestra-guests/

]]> Comment on Carl Sally by Larry Conway http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/affiliate-musicians/carl-sally/comment-page-1/#comment-4436 Larry Conway Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:51:45 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?page_id=6484#comment-4436 I worked as the Hotel Security Manager for the Anchorage Sheraton when I met Carl and he was the most gracious entertainer I ever met. He was a class act and as smooth as an Anchorage northern night. I worked as the Hotel Security Manager for the Anchorage Sheraton when I met Carl and he was the most gracious entertainer I ever met. He was a class act and as smooth as an Anchorage northern night.

]]> Comment on Byron’s Blog: CJO “Going Rogue” by Mixing Gershwin with The Beatles! by Cal http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/columbus-jazz-orchestra/cjo-going-rogue-by-mixing-gershwin-with-the-beatles/comment-page-1/#comment-4049 Cal Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:00:09 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?p=8284#comment-4049 Holy s***! What a concert! Larry Cook's arrangement of Eleanor Rigby (and its performance last night) was one of our most memorable musical experiences! And this from the top-most row of seats in the house! Thank you, CJO! Holy s***! What a concert! Larry Cook’s arrangement of Eleanor Rigby (and its performance last night) was one of our most memorable musical experiences! And this from the top-most row of seats in the house! Thank you, CJO!

]]> Comment on Jazz Arts Group announces new Executive Director by Ken http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/featured/jazz-arts-group-announces-new-executive-director/comment-page-1/#comment-3995 Ken Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?p=8275#comment-3995 The Jazz Arts Group, in particular the Columbus Jazz Orchestra needs to look forward five, ten years and beyond and try to figure what their audience will look like. Demographics are catching up with the CJO. The last time Jazz was truly a nationally popular art form was in the years surrounding WWII. Even the youngest members of that generation are now in their 80s. This not to say that there is not an audience for Jazz out there; however, it is more diffuse because Jazz itself has fragmented into so many genres and sub-genres, with aficianados typically cultivating very narrow, parochial, aesthetic views, even to the extent of defining all other Jazz forms besides the ones they like as not even being Jazz at all. So faced with declining ticket sales,changing demographics and an increasingly fragmented audience, what is the CJO to do? They clearly can't keep doing what they're doing. A good starting point would be to look at the Wexner Center. They're bookings have been uniformly interesting and challenging to the listener as well as well-attended. The Jazz Arts Group, in particular the Columbus Jazz Orchestra needs to look forward five, ten years and beyond and try to figure what their audience will look like.

Demographics are catching up with the CJO. The last time Jazz was truly a nationally popular art form was in the years surrounding WWII. Even the youngest members of that generation are now in their 80s.

This not to say that there is not an audience for Jazz out there; however, it is more diffuse because Jazz itself has fragmented into so many genres and sub-genres, with aficianados typically cultivating very narrow, parochial, aesthetic views, even to the extent of defining all other Jazz forms besides the ones they like as not even being Jazz at all.

So faced with declining ticket sales,changing demographics and an increasingly fragmented audience, what is the CJO to do?
They clearly can’t keep doing what they’re doing.

A good starting point would be to look at the Wexner Center. They’re bookings have been uniformly interesting and challenging to the listener as well as well-attended.

]]> Comment on CJO’s “40 Years with Jazz Arts Group” featuring Doc Severinsen by Martin Schroeder http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/columbus-jazz-orchestra/cjos-40-years-with-jazz-arts-group-featuring-doc-severinsen/comment-page-1/#comment-3910 Martin Schroeder Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:34:41 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?p=7877#comment-3910 Great concert Saturday! Thanks, Doc! Thanks, Byron! Great concert Saturday! Thanks, Doc! Thanks, Byron!

]]> Comment on JAG opens Inside Track series at Garden Theatre with Akina Adderley & the Vintage Playboys – Sept. 7 by jazzluvr http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/featured/jag-opens-inside-track-series-at-garden-theatre-with-akina-adderley-the-vintage-playboys-sept-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3765 jazzluvr Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:12:47 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?p=8036#comment-3765 Awesome, seen 'em in Austin!!! they're awesome...tight... Are the Smokestack horns playing with them? Awesome, seen ‘em in Austin!!! they’re awesome…tight… Are the Smokestack horns playing with them?

]]> Comment on Carl Sally by john r http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/affiliate-musicians/carl-sally/comment-page-1/#comment-3340 john r Fri, 18 May 2012 10:23:22 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?page_id=6484#comment-3340 Short but sweet video of Carl and Bob live in studio: http://youtu.be/DTLA4ZgrPZk Short but sweet video of Carl and Bob live in studio:
http://youtu.be/DTLA4ZgrPZk

]]> Comment on Joyful Noise: The Columbus Jazz Orchestra with the Harmony Project by Barbara Abel Topolosky http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/columbus-jazz-orchestra/joyful-noise-the-columbus-jazz-orchestra-with-the-harmony-project/comment-page-1/#comment-3327 Barbara Abel Topolosky Tue, 15 May 2012 16:42:38 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?p=7723#comment-3327 Come join me this Friday and Saturday. You can still get tickets. I guarantee it will be a rewarding experience! Come join me this Friday and Saturday. You can still get tickets. I guarantee it will be a rewarding experience!

]]> Comment on Joyful Noise: The Columbus Jazz Orchestra with the Harmony Project by Barbara Abel Topolosky http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/columbus-jazz-orchestra/joyful-noise-the-columbus-jazz-orchestra-with-the-harmony-project/comment-page-1/#comment-3326 Barbara Abel Topolosky Tue, 15 May 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/?p=7723#comment-3326 This is the group I sing with. If you're in Columbus, how about stopping by and get some really good entertainment at the same time? This is the group I sing with. If you’re in Columbus, how about stopping by and get some really good entertainment at the same time?

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