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Relax and chill in an atmosphere reminiscent of old jazz clubs at the AXC Jazz Café featuring the legendary Joseph “Joe” Jennings!
The concert will feature the Joe Jennings Heritage Music Ensemble and a surprise special guest. The performance will explore original compositions by Joe Jennings and some compositions selected from the standard Jazz repertoire of the masters. Jennings will also explore different approaches to improvisation that he has been experimenting with over the past few years, thus influencing Joe and his musicians to express their ideas, concepts, and emotions in different and personal ways.
Tickets: $40 in advance or at the door (includes a 1-year ArtsXchange membership); $20 for Current Members & students with ID
Doors open at 3 p.m. The Concert will be followed by a talkback and panel discussion. The Closing Reception will be at 6:30 p.m.
After the concert, we invite the audience to a question-and-answer session concerning Joe’s involvement in Atlanta's music and education community for the past 54 years. Panelists include moderator Alphonso Sanders, PhD., founder of The BB King Museum, musician, and educator; William H. L. Dorsey, an author and professor emeritus at Atlanta Metropolitan State College; James Johnson, PhD., founder and director of the African American Music Institute, Pittsburg, Penn.; Lovell Hooks, jazz DJ on WRFG 89.3 FM radio; and Lamar Renford, musician and one of the founders and producers of the Atlanta Free Jazz Festival.
As we enter the final quarter of our 40th year, we look back over the long list of esteemed and celebrated artists who are part of the ArtsXchange journey. One such artist is Jennings, who was among the original artists in residence at the Neighborhood Arts Center and, after it closed, moved with Ebon Dooley and Alice Lovelace to the newly formed Arts Exchange in Grant Park. There, he set up a recording studio and continued to perform with the NAC Jazz Orchestra.
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