Inside Track
Inside Track, Jazz Arts Group’s newest performance series, presents the best in contemporary music at the historic Lincoln Theatre, perhaps the ideal venue to experience the best and brightest in today’s music scene.
The best way to experience music is live, where you can feel the beat in your body and witness the heart and soul that goes into its creation. The Inside Track series gives music lovers from all walks of life the chance to stretch their ears and stretch themselves. With performers from every corner of the musical landscape, it attracts diverse audiences and entertains listeners of all ages. It’s music like you’ve never heard it before.
Raise Me Up!
May 18 – 19, 2012
Friday – Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
- Artists:
- Columbus Jazz Orchestra
- Artistic Director, Byron Stripling
- Guest Artist: Harmony Project
- Venue:
- Lincoln Theatre
- Map/Directions
Show Description:
Calling all Gleeks! Join the CJO and the Harmony Project for a harmonic convergence of uplifting, joyous, and highly engaging music.
A stupendous, toe-tapping, model for our community, the Harmony Project embraces the mission of building community through the vehicle of the performing arts. Be sure to warm up your vocal chords for an audience participation sing-a-long – there will be rehearsal time during intermission!
The Jazz Arts Group/Columbus Jazz Orchestra will also partner in service with the Harmony Project on their Habitat for Humanity project.
Previous Inside Track 2011-12 Season Shows:
Don’t Listen to This!
September 23 – 24, 2011
Friday – Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
- Artists:
- Byron Stripling
- Dave Powers
- Christian Howes
- Venue:
- Lincoln Theatre
- Map/Directions
Show Description:
For more than sixty years, music lyrics have been banned repeatedly no matter the greatness of their singers. The Jazz Arts Group and the Thurber House present an evening of music and lyrics that have once fanned the flames of controversy.
Music censorship didn’t begin in the ‘80s with Tipper Gore and the PMRC. Dean Martin’s hit song “Wham Bam, Thank You Ma’am” was banned by radio stations for having suggestive lyrics. Rosemary Clooney’s “Mambo Italiano” was deemed having lyrics void of good taste. The lyrics of the Cole Porter classic, “I Get a Kick Out of You” were changed for airplay due to a reference to cocaine. And Billie Holiday’s version of “Love for Sale” was banned for references to prostitution. Join Byron Stripling & Friends for an entertaining and educational look at how censorship has affected popular music even before the birth of rock ‘n’ roll!
In partnership with the Thurber House.
David Liebman & Quartet
November 2, 2011
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
- Artist:
- David Liebman
Show Description:
David Liebman is considered a renaissance man in contemporary music with a career stretching over forty years. He has played with many of the masters including Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, McCoy Tyner and others; authored books and instructional DVDs which are acknowledged as classics in the jazz field; recorded as a leader in styles ranging from classical to rock to free jazz; recipient of the NEA Masters of Jazz Award (2011); founded the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ); a multiple Grammy nominee; inducted into the International Association of Jazz Educator’s Hall of Fame; the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland) and the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government. He has consistently placed among the top finalists for Soprano Saxophone in the Downbeat Critics Poll since 1973; placed first in the Jazz Times Critics Poll (2011) and has to his credit over 100 recordings as a leader/co-leader featuring several hundred original compositions.
Hit the Road, Jack: The Music of Ray Charles
Concert Sponsor: Plante & Moran
January 27 – 28, 2012
Friday – Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
- Artists:
- Columbus Jazz Orchestra
- Artistic Director, Byron Stripling
- Guest Artists: Roger Hines, Sarah Morrow
- Venue:
- Lincoln Theatre
- Map/Directions
Show Description:
Join the CJO and Ray Charles alumni Roger Hines (bass) and Sarah Morrow (trombone) as we pay tribute to “The Genius of Soul.”
With perfect pitch and an expressive voice, he combined worlds as diverse as jazz, country, rhythm and blues, and gospel to break your heart or make you dance. To this day, Ray Charles is one of the most important influences on popular music. His passionate singing and intelligent melding of different genres remains the ideal by which many musicians continue to gauge their work.
Beyond the Blackberry Patch
Concert Sponsors: Lewis & Genevieve Smoot, Sr.; US Bancorp Foundation; Time Warner Cable
March 2 – 3, 2012
Friday – Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
- Venue:
- Lincoln Theatre
- Map/Directions
Show Description:
Take part in the rebirth of the King-Lincoln District with a world premiere performance led by critically-acclaimed trombonist, renowned composer, and jazz ambassador Wycliffe Gordon!
The Blackberry Patch is a folkloric name given to the area on Columbus’ near east side where many settled during the Great Migration. Once known as the Cradle of Jazz, the King-Lincoln District was a hotbed of African American culture. Inspired by the writings of Anna Bishop, “Beyond the Blackberry Patch” is a new commission by world-renowned trombonist/composer Wycliffe Gordon and based on the research of eight neighborhood schools under the theme “King-Lincoln District: Then, Now, Next.” Experience the rebirth of this famous district along with an all-star cast fashioned around the Bobby Floyd Trio including Aaron Diehl and many more homegrown artists!
The Inside Track music series is presented by Sequent with ongoing support from the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Columbus Foundation and the Westin Columbus.
Media support is provided by The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus Alive, and WCBE 90.5 FM.