Friday, July 26, 2024

Jazz at Pinecrest Gardens - 2024-25 Season Subscription Early Bird Discount Ends August 1, 2024


Florida's Most 
SELLING OUT-EST
Jazz Series.
In Florida's Hidden Gem Venue!


Pinecrest Gardens is beyond excited to reveal the program lineup for their 2024/2025 Jazz Series. Past season subscribers have already selected their renewal subscriptions seats. May 31. Subscribers to our Jazz series are guaranteed their favorite seat in the Banyan Bowl for every jazz performance throughout the season, free parking and access to our pre-show reception concessions. New subscription sales begin June 15. Individual concert tickets will be available in September, but DON'T WAIT or you may miss out completely!

2024 - 2025
JAZZ 
11000 Red Road
Pinecrest, FL 33156
MAP
pinecrestgardens.org (305)669-6990

Saturday, November 02, 2024 | 8-10p
The Hot Sardines, a musical ensemble that epitomizes timeless quality through their vibrant interpretations of classic tunes. Led by pianist Evan Palazzo and vocalist Elizabeth Bougerol, this Brooklyn-based group infuses old favorites with new life, blending brassy horn arrangements, lively piano melodies, and captivating vocals.

Saturday, December 07, 2024 | 8-10p
Juke Box Saturday Night celebrates America’s Swing Era performing the greatest hits as recorded by Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Harry James, Artie Shaw, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Bunny Berigan, Count Basie, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and more!  Vocal selections will include songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Bob Eberly, Helen O’Connell, Rosemary Clooney, and other idols. 

Saturday, January 18, 2025 | 8-10p
Big Chief Donald Harrison is an NEA Jazz master alto saxophonist who carries the musical spirit of his birthplace, New Orleans, wherever he goes – he’s referred to as “a one-man jazz festival.” Harrison is hailed by music legends like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark as a genius. His innovative contributions to jazz, soul, funk, and classical music have earned him recognition as a master musician of every era. 

 Saturday, February 08, 2025 | 8-10p
American signer and pianist joined by her rhythm section, the trio will serenade you with songbook favorites and original music.  Kandace Springs, praised by Prince for having "a voice that could melt snow," effortlessly blends soul, pop, and jazz. Discovered by Prince after her captivating rendition of Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" went viral, Springs quickly rose to prominence, gracing prestigious stages and major TV shows, as well as festivals like Afropunk and Bonnaroo.

Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 8-10p
Broadway’s Jersey Boy is a celebration of classic hits from the ‘50s and ‘60s presented in the authentic acoustic style of original rock ‘n’ roll, Doo-Wop and R&B standards. John Lloyd Young is renowned for his Tony and Grammy Award-winning portrayal of Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys and the Clint Eastwood-directed film adaptation. His show, "John Lloyd Young: Broadway’s Jersey Boy," pays homage to ‘50s and ‘60s classics in authentic acoustic style, featuring hits like “Sherry” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” along with tracks from his acclaimed album “My Turn.”

April 11, 2025 | 8-10p
Take a musical journey of clever and insightful arrangements with Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, an 18-piece jazz band that celebrates the best of big band tradition while presenting a modern and unique sound. Gordon L. Goodwin is an American pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He has won multiple Grammy Awards and Daytime Emmy Awards and has received over twenty Grammy nominations for his compositions and arrangements.

Thanks to our Jazz Season Sponsors and Partners!

We extend our gratitude to our sponsors and partners for their generosity and support: Steinway & Sons, Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs, State of Florida Arts & Culture, National Endowment for the Arts, Panter, Panter, & Sampedro P.A., WLRN, and WDNA.
 
SEASON 2024 - 2025
TICKET SALES: 
New Subscriptions: 
Early Bird Pricing: June & July 2024 
Price Increase: August 1, 2024. 
Single Show Tix: Sept 2024 thru season.

For more information or to purchase your subscription,
Email: info@pinecrestgardens.org
Or call (305)350-0765 / (305)669-6990

Outside food, beverage or alcohol is not permitted.
Children not admitted without a guardian.
Event programming subject to change.
   
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Community Arts Program (CAP) Summer Concert Series In Coral Gables Continues August 8, 2024 With Doreen Ketchens

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The Community Arts Program (CAP) 2024 Summer Concert Series continues 7:30 p.m. August 8 with Doreen Ketchens. She’s the Clarinet Queen of New Orleans! From CBS Sunday Morning with Ted Koppel to the Kennedy Center, Doreen Ketchens is here this summer! A vibrant evening of Dixieland – with clarinet, Sousaphone, vocals, and drums.

“Doreen Ketchens embodies the spirit of New Orleans!” – Citizen Tribune

 

Other concerts include: August 22 Lucy Yeghiazaryan, leading voice in American, straight-ahead jazz – with a deliciously rich sound for the Great American Songbook!


Tickets $35-$50, Packages Available / 305.448.7421, ext. 120 / www.CommunityArtsProgram.org


($5 more at the door on concert nights) Free and convenient parking included!

Community Arts Program

Since 1985, the Community Arts Program (CAP) Summer Concert Series has been attended by more than 70,000 concertgoers. It is a time-honored tradition that continued with virtual broadcasts to the world throughout the pandemic summers of 2020 and 2021, and gathered an average of 7,500 views each summer. This developed an extended audience that CAP is excited to welcome on-ground again in the summer of 2024! Throughout the school year, the Community Arts Program (CAP) also provides after-school music education with the CAP Conservatory for the Arts and its Miami Jazz Institute. These reach children and youth from over 53 Miami-Dade County Schools, no matter what students’ circumstance or ability.

 
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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Mick Kolassa's New Release, ALL KINDS OF BLUES, Available Now


Delivering lively and 
animated blues music!

Mick Kolassa has been a blues fan most of his life – all kinds of blues. His previous albums have all contained a few subgenres of blues, but in this album, his 15th blues, he wanted to include as many as he could – the result is the aptly named ALL KINDS OF BLUES. All fourteen songs are originals by Mick, with authorship shared on two tracks; one with Doug MacLeod and another with Eric Hughes. The CD was produced by Jeff Jensen.


Catch Mick LIVE and
get the CD in person!

Sat, AUG 3
Sound Reflections / Home of 
Northfield, NJ

Sat, AUG 10
Sturgis, MI


Artist Contact
Mick Kolassa
mimsmick@gmail.com
(662) 801-5831

PREVIOUS RELEASES BY MICK KOLASSA
Wooden Music
For the Feral Heart
They Call Me Uncle Mick!
I’m Just Getting Started
Uncle Mick’s Christmas Album
Wasted Youth
If You Can’t Be Good, Be Good At It
Blind Lemon Sessions
149 Delta Avenue
Double Standards
You Can’t Do That
Taylor Made Blues
Ghosts of the Riverside Hotel
Michissippi Mick




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Miami's Sunshine Jazz Organization's 1st Fridays Series Presents CieL! at Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater on August 2, 2024

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Sunshine Jazz Organization
Preserving A Legacy And
Illuminating The Future Of
Jazz Music!

Friday, August 2, 2024 | 8-11p
Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater
(Celebrating 110 Years of Culture in the City!)
819 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33136
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Sunshine Jazz Organization presents CieL! in “1st Fridays Live” at the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater Cultural Arts Complex in Miami FL. Saxophonist and band leader, Claudens Louis, explores the infinite possibilities of using multiple genres together with Jazz and fusing different backgrounds, cultures and influences. The CieL Experience combines the styles of R&B, swing, hip-hop, and traditional Haitian music, rooted in the harmonies and improvisation of the American jazz tradition and presents fresh compositions and arrangements that everyone loves. As a collective, the group works for the same goal: to serve the music and the people listening to the best of their ability! No matter your background or musical taste, The CieL Experience is guaranteed to be memorable long after the last note.

General seating TICKETS are $30, VIP TICKETS are $40 and are available online and at the door.

More information at www.SunshineJazz.org plus FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAMSunshine Jazz Organization programming is presented with support of Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council, Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. SJO Events are ADA Compliant.
 
Our mission is to foster and enhance jazz talent by sponsoring workshops, concerts and lectures for aspiring and established jazz musicians, as well as to maintain the archives of audio and video related to jazz music. Sunshine Jazz also provides a jazz musicians' referral service, produces concert tours, commissions jazz recordings, publishes the monthly newsletter, The Sunshine Jazz Messenger, and is the established Florida link for jazz societies internationally.


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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

North Central Florida Blues Society Welcomes Doug MacLeod Back to Heartwood Soundstage July 28, 2024 w/ Bill Ricci Opening

An Unparalled Evening
of Acoustic Blues!


Sunday, July 28, 2024 ~ Doors 6pm, Show 6:30pm
INDOOR SHOW
SEATED, ALL AGES
DOUG MACLEOD
w/
Bill Ricci
OPENING THE EVENING!
AT
619 South Main Street
Gainesville, FL 32601
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The North Central Florida Blues Society is excited to bring Doug MacLeod and Bill Ricci to Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville FL for back-to-back solo acoustic shows.

Nominated for TWO Blues Music Awards in 2024: Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year and Acoustic Album Of The Year for Raw Blues 1.
   Doug MacLeod is a prolific singer, songwriter, engaging storyteller, and masterful guitarist, and he has become one of today’s most award-winning and loved acoustic Blues artists still touring today. And Doug returns to Gainesville, Florida to play Heartwood Soundstage, Gainesville’s finest listening room, courtesy of the North Central Florida Blues Society.
   He has won seven Blues Music Awards, including the Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2023, and Acoustic Album of The Year in 2014 and 2018. Doug is an international touring artist who writes and sings original songs that are based on his own life and experiences. He learned from the old masters and carries forward a valuable tradition. Doug subscribes to the philosophies he learned from country Bluesman Ernest Banks: “Never play a note you don’t believe” and “Never write or sing about what you don’t know about.”

“Like all great Blues men, MacLeod lives his music, and the songs are not just on the tips of his fingers and tongue, they are one with his being.
– Blues Music Magazine

“Simplicity. Honesty. A wealth of Blues feeling. He’s a gem.”
– All Music Guide

Bill Ricci is an acoustic Blues singer/songwriter that has received much acclaim, including 2023 nominations from the Songwriters Showcases of America for Songwriter of The Year and Musician of The Year for Guitar.
He has performed at legendary Blues clubs, including the Historic Tap Room on Beale Street in Memphis, and at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi. This will be his FIRST Heartwood Soundstage performance.
Heartwood Soundstage
Nestled in the heart of Gainesville, Florida, Heartwood Soundstage stands out as a vibrant music venue, enriching the local music scene with its unique charm. Boasting a state-of-the-art sound system and a cozy yet spacious setting, Heartwood provides an intimate experience for music enthusiasts. The venue's commitment to showcasing live jazz and blues aligns seamlessly with the diverse cultural offerings in the area. With its welcoming ambiance, Heartwood Soundstage has become a go-to spot for both local and touring artists, creating memorable performances that resonate with the audience. From its inviting atmosphere with neighboring food and beveage shops, to its dedication to promoting the best in live music, Heartwood Soundstage solidifies its place as a cornerstone of Gainesville's vibrant musical landscape.

HEADS UP!
Sunday, August 25, 2024 | 7-9p | FREE
BLUES ON THE PATIO
at the
A. Quinn Jones Museum & Cultural Center 

 
The North Central Florida Blues Society is a non-profit 
organization dedicated to the preservation, cultivation, nurturing 
and promotion of Blues Music. The  Society also hosts monthly 
electric and acoustic jams. See website for 
more information.   
Join today at: https://ncfblues.org

AREA VISITOR & LODGING INFO AT:
The BLUES has HISTORY in
GAINESVILLE!
20 YEARS OF BRINGING THE BEST BLUES 
IN THE WORLD TO GAINESVILLE FLORIDA!

2024
Doug MacLeod
EG Kight
Cash Box Kings
Kent Burnside

2023
Brandon Santini
Joey Gilmore
Bridget Kelly Band
Barbara Armbrecht
Lurrie Bell
The Blues Beatles
Mr. Sipp
John Primer
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
Chris Cain

2022
Biscuit Miller
JP Soars & The Red Hots
Early Times
Mick Kolassa
The Lucky Losers
Sheba the Mississippi Queen
The Nighthawks
&
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz
Terry Hanck & His California Band

2021
Little Jake & the Soul Searchers
Mike Zito
Albert Castiglia
Bridget Kelly Band
Snacks Blues Band
Josh Miller Blues Review
Eric Gales
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz
Pam Taylor & The Flyin' V's
21 Blue Featuring Longineu Parsons

2020
Pam Taylor & The Flyin' V's
Ruth Wyand & The Tribe of One
Doug MacLeod
Rev Shawn Amos

2019
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues
Vanessa Collier
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
Bridget Kelly Band
George Worthmore
Jason Ricci
Shane Dwight
Damon Fowler
Tennessee Redemption
Patti Parks
Toronzo Cannon
Albert Castiglia
Roy Book Binder

2018
Birthday Blues Bash-O-Rama w/ Anthony Gomes, Danielle Nicole & Bridget Kelly Band
BLUEZAPALOOZA: Ghost Town Blues Band & Betty Fox Band & Bridget Kelly Band
Lauren Mitchell
Rev Shawn Amos
21 Blue featuring Longineu Parsons and Ted Shumate
Bill "Sauce Boss" Wharton
Doug MacLeod

2017
Zora Young
Norman Jackson Band
Selwyn Birchwood
Jason Ricci
Gracie Curran & The High Falutin’ Band
Albert Castiglia
 Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials

2016
Annika Chambers
Cash Box Kings
Doug MacLeod
Matt Schofield

2015
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues
Long Tall Deb Feat. Colin John
Jeff Jensen
Samantha Fish
Terry Hanck
Zora Young
Tinsley Ellis

2014
Tas Cru
Selwyn Birchwood
Janiva Magness
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues
Joe Moss Band 

2013
Brandon Santini
Matt Schofield
Nikki Hill
Albert Castiglia

2012
Jimmy Thackery
John Nemeth
Roomful of Blues

2011
Kenny Neal
JP Soars
Victor Wainwright

2010
Tommy Castro
Mike Zito
Watermelon Slim
Nick Moss
John Nemeth
Ana Popovic

2009
Janiva Magness
Duke Robillard
Michael Burks

2008
Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
Magic Slim
Jimmy Thackery
Lurrie Bell
Mighty Lester
Tab Benoit
Nighthawks

2007
Chris Cain
Sean Costello
Sauce Boss
Bryan Lee
Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors

2006
Eddie Kirkland
Gary Primich
Smokin’ Joe Kubek & B’Nois King
Debbie Davies

2005
Delta Moon
Little Charlie & the Nightcats
Pat Ramsey & the Blues Disciples
Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets

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